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I've seen one person had it get higher and higher until one day it faded to where it was inaudible.

Hope that happens to you!

I think I know that story too. But our T is a whole different story..
In silence he couldn't hear any T, but in my case I can hear it clearly.

If it helps, before my spike, my T became higher and higher pitched until it was only in silence I could hear it, or if I plugged my ears.

@Steph1710 Thank you for telling me, I hope that mine could heal like that. What caused your spike?

My spike was caused by either the disgustingly big take away pizza I had; the topical skin cream I used; or the most likely culprit - a slight ear infection from open water swimming. The spike came the next day after the pizza, swimming and use of the cream. So yeah, could have been any one of those. It has now substantially subsided again. Luckily it has only taken a week and a half because it was driving me crazy.

Unfortunately, it is a bad sign. It's a good sign when the pitch lowers and when a tone switches to a hiss...

@Bill Bauer It is not that it's getting higher in volume, it's like it has changed into a higher frequence, and also it became lower in volume (I've noticed it just this last week). I'm hearing my T more and more less. The tones has not changed to a hiss though, they are still very much there, but they have changed to a more beareable sound. It's a bit hard to explain.

Normally, as a high pitch tone gets quieter, you perceive it as lower pitch and eventually you begin to perceive it as a hiss. If it has been at that higher pitch for only a couple of days, I wouldn't worry about it. If there is a monthly trend for the pitch to get higher, then that's not good.

Having said that, what matters is whether it is becoming more bearable. This is your case, so perhaps it is an ok sign after all.

Compared how my T was a year ago it is reduced. Maybe I'll never get rid of it. Who knows. But I'm dealing better with T nowadays, and hopefully it will reduce some more.

Higher pitch... I don't know, it's like my T is getting thinner, and I perceive it as higher in pitch somehow.

Min har också blivit mycket tunnare på något sätt. Undrar va e det för tecken?

@blackeyes Jag har pratat med andra användare här på TT, och de vittnar om att ett tunnare ljud är ett tecken på reducerad tinnitus, alltså en form av läkning. Varför fick du tinnitus, om du vet?