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Michael, What was it that constituted a second ‘acoustic trauma’? I know most people report acoustic trauma as cause for their tinnitus but unless they were exposed to an explosion or work in a night club (chronic source), I’m curious what caused it for this group. I’m a frustrating, maybe...

Does it make sense to you that a suicidal person would get a COVID-19 vaccine? If he wanted to live because his tinnitus was not that bad before he got the COVID-19 vaccine, why would he kill himself just two days after the vaccine if the tinnitus once again became severe? Why would he not seek...

Hi Sam, Loud noise and tinnitus do not go well together so keep this in mind. Even wearing the best hearing protection doesn't mean you can't be affected by loud noise. If external sound is loud enough, it will pass through the head and transfer to the inner ear by bone conduction and spike the...

...TRT which lasted two years. I continued wearing them for a further two years. I was not experiencing any hyperacusis. Please go to my started threads and read my posts: My Experience with Tinnitus, Can I Habituate to Variable Tinnitus? Both go into more detail about variable tinnitus and how...

The things you have described appears to be hyperacusis. This condition is usually caused by noise trauma to the auditory system, brought on by listening to audio through headphones, earbuds, headsets or AirPods at too high a volume, or using them for long durations without giving the ears...

...it is possible, with the right treatment for tinnitus and hyperacusis, a person's quality of life can be improved. Please go to my started threads, and read my post Hyperacusis, As I See It. Thank you for your kind words @SarahMLFlemmer. Looking back, I wish that I were more informed about...

Best of luck Bart. Please go to my started threads and read the posts mentioned below, which you might find helpful as you go through the habituation process. How to Habituate to Tinnitus, The Habituation Process, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a Positive Mindset. Take care...

...to help people that had difficulty managing it through a tinnitus organisation. In 2008 I had a second noise trauma. Please go to my started threads and read: My Experience with Tinnitus. It explains how my tinnitus changed to variable, and the difficulties I had that lasted 4 years. Please...

...to sound or certain sounds, then you might have hyperacusis. I explain more about this in my posts below. Please go to my started threads and read the following: New to Tinnitus, What to Do Tinnitus, a Personal View Hyperacusis, as I See It Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? The Habituation Process...

Hi @tiniturk. Exposure to loud noise is one of the most common causes of tinnitus and this is what you have. It usually improves with time, provided you do certain things to prevent it getting worse. You need to give your ears complete rest and that means keeping away from loud noise, such a...

...or other medication. I am not using my regular PC at the moment otherwise I'd paste the links to my articles here. Please go to my started threads and peruse the list. Speak to your GP. I strongly advise you not to start any long term treatment at the moment. A Hearing therapsist can help...

...but properly managed a lot can be achieved. Try not to think that nothing will help you because this is not the case. Please go to my started threads and read the following articles: New to Tinnitus, What to Do? The Habituation Process, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a Positive...

...may require counselling with an audiologist that specialises in tinnitus and hyperacusis treatment, in addition to using hearing aids fitted with sound therapy such as white/pink noise. Please go to my started threads and read my post: Can I Habituate to Variable Tinnitus? All the best...

...make it worse! I am very serious about this, because noise-induced tinnitus is not something to mess around with. Please go to my started threads and read the follow posts: New to Tinnitus, What to Do?, Tinnitus, a Personal View, The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus...

Hi Martina, I am sorry to know of the difficulties that you are having with tinnitus at the moment, and hope you start to make some improvement soon. The type of tinnitus you describe is known as noise induced. Although it can be brought on by sudden exposure to loud noise, this isn't usually...

...using a hand held wand, instead of the old method of ear syringing, when the water was applied to ear under pressure. Please go to my started threads and read my post: Microsuction and Irrigation. Therefore, if your daughter regularly listens to audio (music) through the devices that I have...

Hi @Bruno Silva. Tinnitus can be caused by a single exposure to loud noise as in your case. The risk increases if a person regularly listens to audio through any type of headphones including earbuds, AirPods, headsets, noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones. The reason being people are...

...making the tinnitus worse. Please click on the link below and read my post: Can I Habituate to Variable Tinnitus? Please go to my started threads and read: The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a...

...them often. They will start to have a positive impact on your mind and help you to engage in things you want to do. Please go to my started threads and read: From Darkness Into Light. It's about Marcus, a member of this forum who had lot of difficulty with the onset of noise induced...

...develop. Please click on the links below and read my posts: Hyperacusis, As I See It, New to Tinnitus, What to Do. Please go to my started threads and read my posts: Tinnitus, A Personal View, Microsuction and Ear Irrigation. Michael. PS: If you are new to tinnitus, then I advise you to...

...A lot of people in this forum have noise induced tinnitus. Please click on the links below and read my posts. Please go to my started threads and read the post Hyperacusis, As I See It. I wish you well, Michael New to Tinnitus, What to Do? | Tinnitus Talk Support Forum Tinnitus, A Personal...

...earplugs too much and I explain this in my post: Hyperacusis, As I see it. You will find it on my started threads. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts: Tinnitus And The Negative Mindset, Acquiring A Positive Mindset, The Habituation Process, Tinnitus And Negative...

Noise-induced tinnitus can remain stable for many years after habituation, providing the person takes care not to be exposed to very loud sounds. Wearing earplugs at a club or concert is no guarantee that your tinnitus will not spike and get worse. In addition to this, a person that has this...

HI @Dirtworks Many things can cause tinnitus including the medication you have mentioned. However, the most common cause is exposure to loud noise. Before the onset of tinnitus did you listen to music frequently through headphones, earbuds? Did you wear a headset regularly? Did you listen to...

I understand your concerns about exposure to sounds, but getting into the habit of wearing hearing protection often causes more harm than good. Please click on the links below and read my posts: Hyperacucusis, As I See It, The Complexities of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, which explains hearing...

Hi @Darren Sykes. Many things can cause the onset of tinnitus and the most common is exposure to loud noise. Typically it is listening to audio at too high a volume through headphones, earbuds, headsets, AirPods, noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones without realising it. If you have...

HI @Vicki3116 I, and many people in this forum know how you feel because we've been there. The tinnitus will improve believe me. When I first got tinnitus 24 years ago I was prescribed Sertraline and found it helpful. Please follow your doctor's advice. I have written many articles on tinnitus...

You have the right attitude Jake. Please go to my "started threads" and read my article: Tinnitus, A Personal View and my post: Hyperacusis, As I see it. I wish you well Michael

...to continue playing music in a band and using headphones, even at low volume, based on what I have mentioned above. Please go to my started threads and read: New to Tinnitus, What to Do? Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Hyperacusis, As I See It. The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to...

...headsets, noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones, as you risk making the tinnitus and hyperacusis worse. Please go to my started threads and read: Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Can I Habituate to Variable Tinnitus? Acquiring a...

Hi @David S. Please go to my started threads and read my posts on TRT. They explain how to use white noise generators correctly. They should be introduced to the auditory system slowly. My advice is to always keep the white noise slightly below the tinnitus and not increase the volume as you...

...where I explain the reasons. You need one to one counselling and preferably with a therapist that has tinnitus. Please go to my started threads and PRINT the following articles, to help reinforce positive thinking and refer to them often: Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset. Acquiring a...

I am sorry to hear of the distress that you are going through. The most likely cause for tinnitus and hyperacusis increasing is using headphones, earbuds or listening to music through speakers at high volume. My advice is to stop using headphones, headsets, earbuds and Aiprods. Don't even use...

...especially at night by using low level sound enrichment. More about this is explained in the links below. Please go to my started threads and read the posts mentioned below: Hyperacusis, As I See It Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? The Habituation Process How to Habituate to Tinnitus Tinnitus...

I am sorry to hear about your car crash @Jordan F and the subsequent tinnitus that emerged. I suspect hitting your head and deployment of the airbag aggravated tinnitus that was already present, albeit at a low level. Listening to audio at too high a volume through headphones is one of the most...

...and surroundings especially at night by using low level sound enrichment, more about this is explained in the links. Please go to my started threads and read: Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, As I See It, Tinnitus and The...

...change to variable tinnitus. Variable tinnitus is my interpretation of a more severe form of noise-induced tinnitus. Please go to my started threads and read my posts: Can I Habituate to Variable Tinnitus? Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Give yourself time and hopefully the tinnitus will calm...

There would be so much to say about these two lines, but the OP said a lot already. Yet, please, take a minute to re-read what you just wrote, then re-read the OP's posts. Maybe you will find something beyond the words that resonate within yourself, even though it might sound unpleasant. I...

Hi @Romano. Noise trauma is one of the most common causes of tinnitus and it's typically caused by listening to audio through headphones at too high a volume. This includes earbuds, AirPods, headsets, noise cancelling and bone conduction headphones. You haven't mentioned whether you have been...

...However, since your tinnitus is improving I think using sound enrichment in the way I have described will suffice. Please go to my started threads and read: Hyperacusis, As I See It. New to Tinnitus, What to Do? The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Can I Habituate to...

...This treatment will take time, whether you choose to seek professional help with an audiologist or try on your own. Please go to my started threads and read: Hyperacusis, As I See It, The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring A...

...and bone conduction headphones even at low volume, as you risk making your tinnitus and hyperacusis worse. Please go to my started threads and read: The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? Sound Enrichment and White Noise Generators, Hyperacusis...

The most common cause of tinnitus is exposure to loud noise. This includes using headphones, earbuds, headset, at too high a volume. Since you noticed the tinnitus and oversensitivity to sound after hearing the loud noise through your headphones, this is likely the route cause of the tinnitus...

Please go to my "started threads". There you will find my articles on positivity. Hope you start to feel better soon. Michael

Hi Rockman, From what you describe it seems to me you have noise induced tinnitus and possibly hyperacusis, which is having an oversensitivity to sound. This condition often accompanies noise induced tinnitus. In order for your symptoms not to get worse, my advice is not to use headphones...

The first thing I did when I was going through this was stop using headphones and have not used them since, thank you for the advice Michael.

...The correct health professional to see is an audiologist, that specialises in tinnitus and hyperacusis management. Please go to my started threads and read my posts mentioned below, which will give you more information on tinnitus and hyperacusis treatment and how to habituate to tinnitus...

I don't think I have hyperacusis. Noises don't bother and they haven't bothered my tinnitus for over a year. Why my tinnitus changed 1.5 months ago, I don't know but I don't have hyperacusis. I don't think every single person with noise induced tinnitus has hyperacusis.

...a sound machine. More information about this is in my post: Hyperacusis, As I See It. It is on my started threads. Please go to my started threads and read my post: Tinnitus, A Personal View. The Habituation Process, From Darkness into Light. I suggest that you don't use headphones, earbuds...

...this in my threads: Hyperacusis, As I See It and The Complexities of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, in the links below. Please go to my started threads and read the posts mentioned below. If possible, print them and refer to them often, as you will absorb and retrain the information better than...

...things can cause tinnitus but I believe yours might be noise induced, especially if you regularly use headphones. Please go to my started threads and read the posts: The Habituation Process, Hyperacusis, As I See It. Please click on the links below and read the posts. My advice is not to use...

...You need to be aware of low bass frequencies as these can also make tinnitus worse without a person realizing it. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts: The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Will My Tinnitus Get Worse? New to Tinnitus, What to Do...

Hi @ElliottC. I am sorry to hear that you are going through such a difficult time with tinnitus at the moment. Listening to audio at too high a volume without realizing it through headphones, headsets, earbuds, AirPods, noise-cancelling and bone conduction headphones, is often responsible for...

...get better, believe me. If you drink, I suggest a glass of wine or lager during the evenings for medicinal purposes. Please read my posts again as they will help to reassure you that things will get better. Please go to my started threads and read the article: The Habituation Process. Michael

...the care of an audiologist, they may experience an increase in the hyperacusis after developing variable tinnitus. Please go to my started threads and read: Tinnitus, A Personal View, The Habituation Process, How to Habituate to Tinnitus, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a...

Hi Nat, I am sorry to know about the difficulties you are having with tinnitus at the moment. Although it doesn't seem like it, noise induced tinnitus, which is what you have, does improve with time. For this to happen I advise that you follow some of my suggestions. I realize that you want to...

Hi Ben, This is the reason ENT doctors advise patients to leave the ears alone and wait and see what happens. It is important not to sleep in a quiet room, so use sound enrichment using a sound machine as advised in my posts. Your tinnitus is likely to calm down so you may not need to go to...

Hi Claireexo, You must try to avoid sitting in silence this is not good for you. The reason being it can make the brain increase it's background activity and also the tinnitus which it will focus on and it's possible to make it louder and become permanent. Please do not do this. Also, buy...

...you require hearing aid(s). You are still in the very early stages of tinnitus and need to take things slowly. Please go to my started threads and read the following posts: Tinnitus, A Personal View, Tinnitus and the Negative Mindset, Acquiring a Positive Mindset, How to Habituate to...

I wish tinnitus and hyperacusis were my only problem.