Recent content by Tinnitard

It's disgusting. It's like the medical community is 'surprised' by the loudness of these things. But engineers have known for decades about the science behind NIHL. There's really no excuse. I'm seeing peak figures of 130dB. This is insane! The benefits must outweigh risks I guess...

I nearly had an MRI. I rang my local hospital. They told me their machine was 117 dB. Yup, that's right ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DECIBELS! I decided not to pursue a scan. There needs to more awareness on this. I would have been a lamb to slaughter if it wasn’t for reading about other people’s...

No improvements yet. In fact my tinnitus seems worse than ever!

Nope, no improvement yet sadly. My tinnitus seems to get worse by the day. I'm hopeful the nerves are just taking their time in coming back and regenerating. I was told it'll take time, at least a few weeks before I notice anything. I'm holding onto that thought. Flying half way across the...

I think it was around 40 injections in total. Alternating between each ear day after day. I'd like to say my tinnitus is a bit better but it's not at the moment. If anything it seems worse at this stage. It's like an 18 month long and worsening spike! What I've got now is very different to...

Thanks. Home now after a long, long flight and 2 weeks in Seoul. My tinnitus is different for sure but I'm jetlagged and very tired.

Thanks. I've composed loads of stuff over the years. It's difficult to imagine or hear music when your ears ring all the time! Beethoven managed it I guess but I'm not him. Here's probably one of my better tunes written a long time ago now. Don't worry it's not a thumping dance track...

Teaching piano part time in a noisy environment for 2 years. And then various noise exposures afterwards caused it to get worse.

Well, I'm half way through my treatment. No improvements yet but my tinnitus is different each day. The treated ear goes through a massive spike lasting until the next day. It is quite tiring having blood and bone marrow extracted and then the injections. I'm doing my best to eat well...

I've got loads and loads of audiograms. If I use warble tone then my hearing looked okayish. If you use a sine wave then it looks ****. I had one audiogram that started my left ear ringing as the tinnitus was originally only in my right... Plus I've had loads of ridiculous noise exposures...

Thanks. I'm coping. Just cooking myself a beef stir fry with veg, garlic and chili. Meat is surprisingly expensive in Seoul! Tinnitus is loud. Like really loud. Ears feel blocked but I've had that for ages now. My audiogram shows that my ultra high frequency hearing is ******* ********. 12...

Thanks. I wear earplugs all the time if there's a busy road or something. Seoul's subway doesn't seem hugely noisy (unlike London's) but plug up in case. My hyperacusis went a while ago now but so did a load of hearing. I wouldn't mind a little deafness. It's more the torment of tinnitus and the...

I am 39. Tinnitus started in Feb 2018. I taught piano professionally in a noisy environment for 2 years. That's what totally messed my ears up. I've since changed professions and stopped all live performance.

Not worried what other people think. Their opinions are exactly that, their opinions. At least I feel like I'm doing something. I've tried fasting (like you wouldn't believe) and a ketogenic diet too. That was going well until further noise exposures brought more tinnitus and more tones...

So I am in Seoul and had my first treatment with Dr Shim. Let's see what happens. I've got noise induced hearing loss from working and playing piano in noisy environments. My tinnitus is frankly insane with tones from low humming below 100 Hz to hissing at 10 kHz with stuff inbetween. When...