Recent content by wonderful9235

Today, I got into my dad's car and he had the stereo up at full volume. As soon as I got in it blasted in my ear, and it took my a few seconds to turn the volume down because everything is touch screen in there. Now my ears are sore. Is there anything I should do to mitigate some of the...

Basically, my sister has this keychain that you pull when someone is kidnapping you. I didn't know what it was, so I tried to move it, and the loudest sound I'd ever heard in my life blared into my ears. I tried to turn it off but had no idea how. I think I was exposed to it for about 30 seconds...

So, I know a common opinion on this forum is to avoid earbuds, but after digging deeper, I've found a decent amount of people on this forum that still use them. I've been to 3 audiologists, and they all told me that if I use them at a reasonable volume I'll be fine. So basically, I got tinnitus...

Basically, my tinnitus started a year ago. For six months, I did everything to protect my ears, and by mid January, it had faded to static. Then, in April, I made a mistake. I performed in a dance show, and on the last night I forgot to bring earplugs. I just wasn’t thinking—I normally carried...

So basically, the situation is that I am scheduled to perform 2 songs in a Loud jazz band. I'm talking real big, real loud. Before, I would just sing my songs without earplugs and then put the plugs in after my songs were over, assuming 10 minutes of exposure wouldn't be too bad. Unfortunately...

Long story short, the volume in my car somehow got turned up to the max volume and blasted my ears. It was only a second but I’m worried. My parents won’t drive me to the ER (no car) and I’m leaving for Mexico tomorrow so even if I were able to get to the ER I wouldn’t be able to get the...

Okay, so here's the story. I'm a 20 year old girl (woman?). I developed tinnitus August of last summer for no apparent reason. I was sitting in my room during one of my sister's loud sleepovers, and decided to plug my ears to try to get some sleep. I put the earplugs in, and I heard it--a faint...

So, I was doing this improve group that involved a lot of yelling/loud singing, and I went to this loud activities fair. My tinnitus got slightly worse but I thought it was because of stress/lack of sleep/sickness/poor diet/too much caffeine. Well it turns out that my 33 dB earplugs weren’t...

Also, I’m glad about all the replies so far. I’m just frustrated because music is my life and even with earplugs, 15 minutes of practice makes it worse. I’ve heard of a lot of people with t that play music so there has to be a way to fix this, right? How can I practice piano with earplugs and...

I would, but I’m in college and I don’t have access to electronic keyboards. And I have to play piano because I’m in a piano/music theory class (I’m a music major)

I’m not sure. My t is in the treble clef but not super high pitched—maybe around a b above middle c. Any thoughts as to why it may be reacting to music? Confused because this was brought on by stress/a potential jaw problem, not noise exposure.

I guess I understand that. I’m just confused because if I’m wearing earplugs, the sound should be reduced to about 60 decibels, which is an acceptable level. How could it still be damaging? Also, do you know how my auditory system may have gotten damaged? I didn’t listen to loud music or attend...

So, I’ve been a piano player for years. Even though I’ve never seen anyone do this, I’ve been practicing with earplugs since my tinnitus started. But I notice that whenever I play, my tinnitus gradually goes up, even if I play for 15 minutes. And, sometimes it starts with a specific note. Like...

Maybe. I could see if there’s someone else. Any suggestions in the mean time?

I am 19 years old.