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  1. Tommi_boi

    Not Sure If This Is Hyperacusis? Help Please

    ...sort of sound sensitivity , I've had sound sensitivity and so I believe it's a form of hyperacusis but a very mild form - as a result of an ambulance siren blasting right next to me. Certain sound frequencies (especially car break) used to distort my hearing but I never felt pain or fullness...
  2. Frenger

    Epilepsy Related Brain Measurement, Interested to See If Tinnitus Shows Up

    ...12 years. Three years ago I had a bad day. I had loud tinnitus and I felt dizzy to the point I couldn’t get out of the bed. I called an ambulance for myself. Being 22 years old at the time, the ambulance guys dismissed me and claimed I probably just have the flu... They took me to the...
  3. Dana

    Hopeless

    I had similar feelings several days ago. Almost picked up the phone to call the ambulance and ask to be taken to the hospital and be put into induced coma, if there is no other way to stop this. The next day I got some pills of Clonazepam (Rivotril in Europe and Klonopin in US). Took one pill...
  4. cspc

    Muffled Hearing from Ambulance Siren

    Something similar happened to me with a truck horn (I was inside the car without earplugs). Did you checked your hearing at the ENT? How are you?
  5. Ed209

    Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) and Tinnitus

    ...but she didn't realise that she was infectious. My oxygen levels dropped this morning to 90-92, so my wife rang 111 and they sent an ambulance. They made me sit up and down over and over again to see if they dropped any further, but they didn't. They measured my sats at 94 and said it was...
  6. Jason C

    What Is the Loudest Thing You've Ever Heard in Your Life?

    ...at a distance of 1 meter and it was literally right in front of my face. They should be banned along with a dB restriction on police and ambulance sirens. How my ears ever recovered from that exposure I will never know but I am thankful every day that they did and will forever be careful...
  7. Jomo

    How Are You Guys Able to Avoid Sudden Loud Noises...

    I go out and about with nothing but if i am going to a loud event or city i wear custom musician plugs...if i see an ambulance i jus cover my ears but sudden lil loud spurts of noise arent always bad...if you are going to beat hyperacusis i feel like its the only way you will get better and i...
  8. J

    Calling All Who Experienced Getting Better Hyperacusis-Wise

    For me that's not enough. Even with earplugs, earmuffs and my hands covering the earmuffs the sound seems to go through and hits me. A loud motorbike, or feedback from a big radio, is impossible to block. It is like the sound went through me, it's bone conduction I guess.
  9. Nadia231

    The Nightmare of Loud Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Is Back — Sudden Worsening in the Middle of the Night

    ...spike my left ear has just increased the volume of the hissing, it sounds really loud and the right ear has developed a new high pitch tone that is not static, it is like the sound of an ambulance siren. Besides all that, I have always had a background noise that sounds like the engine of a...
  10. Autumnwillows

    Don't Know What to Do Anymore, Terribly Lonely and Scared. Reaching Out.

    ...just then and seen me upset, I hate conflict and my heart is racing Don't know if this was a good idea. Il be honest yesterday i had an ambulance called out by the woman on an advice line i was talking to as she was concerned after i couldn't carry on the call I told them how i felt I...
  11. Rust

    20 Seconds Next to an Ambulance Siren with Ears Plugged — Ears Now Crazy

    I just don't understand. My ears are crazy now thanks to being stuck next to that ambulance. Can anyone else offer anything?
  12. M

    Hi, I'm Mar and I Have Tinnitus Too! It's Been 6 1/2 Years Now. Also, I Have Occipital Neuralgia.

    ...were jaw pain, headache and back pain. Because of the headaches and tmj I didn't know I was having a heart attack, luckily my husband called an ambulance. Good luck to you and tell all the women you care for that there are no chest pains most of the time if a woman is having a heart attack.
  13. B

    Lots of People Talking in an Enclosed Space — Tinnitus Spike After Years of Habituation

    I can relate so much to this. That’s basically my story as well. Only that it was an ambulance with sirens passing very close to me. My spike is only 3 days old but over the years I have a fairly good idea about when it‘s just a spike that makes me hear my tinnitus more and when it is an actual...
  14. Bill Bauer

    Is It Illegal to Drive with Your Earmuffs on in Canada?

    When one wears muffs, one can still hear people screaming, the ambulance, drivers honking their horn, etc. If one wears noise cancelling headphones + earplugs, one can hear the sounds above even better (as the headphones eliminate the hum of the engine). NC headphones + earplugs are as good as...
  15. Tommi_boi

    Hyperacusis? Sensitivity?

    ...what we have is sound sensitivity to a certain frequency / sound. Yours is to metallic dishes like you say, and mine is to higher sounds because of that dumb ambulance ! I don't get any pain and loud sounds don't cause me problems either , but sounds like car breaks become distorted - not...
  16. kingsfan

    My Hyperacusis Journal — Sound Therapy and CBT with Tracy Holcomb (Treble Health)

    ...sounds started again. Then they fluctuated off for couple weeks, then on for a couple weeks... up until I got hit by 4 different ambulance sirens while at the hospital with my daughter. After it faded that time, I brought it back by vacuuming (even using double protection). Then again it...
  17. glynis

    End of the Line

    ...you something relax . You can even be put under for a MRI if need. Please don't suffer no more and go get help or ring them out to you in a ambulance ... Please put yourself first now and know they can help you and put in place a action plan for you on the next steps...... Promise you will...
  18. Michael Leigh

    Is Tinnitus Becoming More Common?

    Not usually. If a person has hyperacusis then sensitivity to those sounds can make the tinnitus increase causing a spike. The answer is not to wear earplugs outside as this will lower the loudness threshold of the auditory system making sensitivity to sound worse. More than likely it is stress...
  19. Jomariea

    Fear of Going Deaf

    ...and again now it's all the time day and night I cart sleep tied all the time I have had a drop attack single seizure in a shop come round in an ambulance plus 2brain scans have to have another brain scan in 1yr also I just got a hearing aid don't know how much more I can take its making me insane
  20. Gosia

    If You Already Have Hearing Loss, Are You Susceptible to Noise Damage?

    ...:wideyed: I get the main idea, that each time we double the distance we can divide the intensity by four. I knew that before that's why I don't get how an ambulance can be considered as loud as 124 db from as far as 20 m..Sure we have to hear them but we will even if it's at 90 at 20 m..I guess..
  21. erik

    Hello, Glad to Find Site

    ...weeks on Tinnitus talk -everything affects T - diet, exercising, lack of sleep, flying, working out, alcohol, smoking pot, car backfires, ambulance etc. I don't think there is such a thing as managing your Tinnitus. Tinnitus has a mind of it's own...in your head. It cannot be managed. You...
  22. R

    Frequency Therapeutics — Hearing Loss Regeneration

    There are going to be huge losses from investors due to the run up and then the subsequent drop. Most of those law firms will work for free in hopes of a big payday. Investors will call them because it costs them nothing and they lost lots. Frequency Therapeutics will have to defend themselves...
  23. Matt9

    Loud Wedding, Big Spike

    Also, the hearing loss following noise exposure should be what people call threshold shift
  24. Albert Savage

    DAMN AMBULANCE SIRENS — Ruining My Ears AND My Car :|

    ...and when I was close to them, I would start to get reverberations with my hearing aids. Which meant I was hearing the siren twice. So, unless you were right next to the ambulance for an extended period of time, I would doubt that you suffered any damage other than the immediate discomfort.
  25. ALS

    Some Sounds (e.g., Ambulance Siren) Get Stuck in My Head After the Fact

    I've had this happen before, but with music. Look up "musical ear syndrome". I assume the same can happen with other noises. Freaked me out pretty good but it went away thankfully.
  26. Fish

    Loud Mufflers

    I have had the same thing happen to me at few occasions, for example an ambulance passing by close to me with it's loud siren. I always felt my tinnitus being louder afterwards, but I think it was due to stress. I was afraid it has caused me some damage and that made my tinnitus louder. But...
  27. Tinker Bell

    Cars Passing By with Radio Blaring?

    ...car model and color and what time of day they drive by your home. While it's unlikely to damage your hearing in your home, driving with an excessively loud speaker can create an unsafe driving condition. The driver and others driving near him/her may be unable to hear police or ambulance sirens.
  28. Earing

    I Don't Understand What Kind of Tinnitus Others Are Hearing to Be Able to Cope

    ...though it is not there. I do have sensitivity to noise though, and my tinnitus is reactive. Hang in there. I know a guy who had it like an ambulance horn in his head. It is way better and he has habituated nicely. He is a musician and still plays bass and guitar live. Then there are the...
  29. J

    Ridiculous 4 Days (Firecrackers + Ambulance Siren) — Advice Needed

    ...time here - everybody's holidaying and my tinnitus just had to get worse since the incidents. Out of curiosity I called the hospital's ambulance service dept. to ask how loud those sirens really are. They kept putting me through to different departments then but it appears that no one in the...
  30. Jack Straw

    Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, MAOs, TCAs, TeCAs)

    Which AD is it?
  31. Hudson

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    Potassium channels do control heart function. However, the potassium channels that retigabine works on are not supposed to be the same ones that control heart function. It is unfortunate that you've had this side effect.
  32. Bill Bauer

    Does Car Door Slams Bother Anyone?

    You SHOULD be panicking (if you don't have muffs nearby). If an ambulance with its siren blaring comes close to you, you might regret it for the rest of your life. It is ok to be scared of scary things. Still easier than living with debilitating T, right?!
  33. M

    Phantom Crickets 24/7 After Watching Cricket Video

    Aren't you too focused on it? If I hear a ambulance and I want it to hear it forever, I think I could, but I just forget about it and when I hear it in my head, I think: ''ooh, it's just inside my head'' and forget about it. Although, when I think about it, I am not sure if I will be able to...
  34. BrysonKingMe

    My Entire Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Story — From Hell to Paradise

    I needed to hear this. I got a significant tinnitus increase from withdrawing from Klonopin, and then the hyperacusis made the tinnitus insanely reactive. Keep in mind I was on this drug for 4 years and then was put back on it a year later by an unknowledgeable/incompetent psychiatrist --...
  35. Vicki14

    Have I Stupidly Worsened My Ears?

    @Tommi_boi - oh my, those unexpected noise are just the worst! They just ramp up your anxiety? Goodness! Was it an ambulance that caused the T or H? How awful! The thing was that I did have Pelter hearing protection on but it's obviously just been too much for my ears as I've now been left with...
  36. T

    Afraid of Ear Damage

    Hell I wish I had no T. I use to be in the same boat sure no T and hypercasusis then T developed. ;-;
  37. Tommi_boi

    Afraid of Ear Damage

    ...but then I started getting anxious after a while and slowly sensitivity came back a little. My own sound sensitivity was cause by an ambulance, but like you I can tolerate most sounds except the high frequency ones like car brakes , sometimes those REALLY get to me. If I see an ambulance on...
  38. Z

    Really Scared My Hearing Has Been Damaged by an Ambulance Siren?

    ...me and was right along side me for about 3- 4 seconds. I couldn't say how far away The siren was from my ear, 2-3 metres maybe, but the ambulance itself was right next to me and the pavement for that period. I just came back from the urgent care centre, I was meant to see the ENT but they...
  39. quietatnight

    Muffled Hearing from Ambulance Siren

    I have been reading in this thread about people on here getting exposed to sirens like from ambulance's, but I don't see anyone saying that they were ok, or recovered from a spike caused by it. I was in my car a few days ago ( I always wear ear plugs, and gun muffs over them when I'm out...
  40. Bill Bauer

    Driving My Car and Taking Showers Spikes My Tinnitus

    ...the cops are not on the lookout for people breaking that particular traffic law. I know that I can still hear cars using their horn, the ambulance, and even people shouting, so I don't think that wearing NC headphones would compromise the driver's safety. Wearing earplugs would provide a lot...
  41. J

    Can Hyperacusis Get Worse Before It Gets Better?

    Yeah, it is tricky to survive with bad hyperacusis.
  42. Danny Boy

    How Much Risk — Ambulance Siren

    I always, always plug my ears when that happens out of fear.
  43. Street Spirit

    How Much Risk — Ambulance Siren

    Take this with a grain of salt, but I think you will be just fine.
  44. Stink

    Tinnitus Spike, Not Sure of Cause

    you have mega mild tinnitus. if ambient noise masks it you will habituate to the noise in a couple weeks. try cognitive therapy if you continue to fixate on it. you find ways to unfixate it. be happy your tinnitus is mild! many of our tinnitus is louder than the ambulance siren
  45. Christian78

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    last time when in took 300mg,and 2 h later 200 so it was not 500 it was maybe 450, my heart almost stopped, ambulance came measure irregular heart beats, speed ups and fall down of pressure and i was almost catatonic for 1,5h
  46. Taw

    Hyperacusis, As I See It

    ...or low volume noises or anything, it's just non-stop. The sharp burning pain begins at an excruciating level, 9/10, i want to call the ambulance but they cannot help me, because I already take 3 types of pain pills and they do not help. And I am like this for months. I am asking because...
  47. kingsfan

    Noxacusis Got Worse from Neighbor Slamming Their Front Door Three Times Consecutively

    ...with my daughter. I got caught in all sorts of traumatizing volumes - Loud music from stereos and buskers, a marching drumline, and an ambulance passing us while we were walking to our car on the street. My ears felt brutal at the end of that day. I started Prednisone the next day. Again, I...
  48. Michael Leigh

    Just Learned the Hard Way That My Phone Beeps When the Battery Is Low

    ...fully habituate and your hyperacusis (auditory system) is cured of oversensitivity. Beeps and other sporadic sounds, including police and ambulance sirens will be of no more concern, as you won't give them importance and will cause you no harm. It is fear and anxiety that a lot of people...
  49. B

    Passed by an Ambulance with Sirens On — Now My Tinnitus Is Spiking

    Hey Rhea, I initially also thought that it can’t possibly have been long enough to actually hurt my ear. But it seems it did anyway. It’s day 7 after the incident and i still have a very loud hissing sound in my left ear. The fact that it’s only in the left ear makes me pretty sure that it’s...
  50. dan

    The Nightmare of Loud Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Is Back — Sudden Worsening in the Middle of the Night

    Dear, most people here can hear their tinnitus over a laptop, tv... and most are fine.
  51. Tommi_boi

    Noise Sensitivity

    I had this after an accident involving an ambulance siren . After this I began to become sensitive to high pitched noises. I believe that's what you have maybe a little worse. At the start of this any car brake would just cause fluttering sensations in my head. Thankfully I am in a better...
  52. dpdx

    Noise Induced Tinnitus

    What are loud places. I dont go to cafes, bars, restaurants, etc and I still get spikes and damage, from ambulance, police sirens, fire alarms, and other stupid loud unexpected noise...god damn it, it so hard to live with this. I am disabled 27 year old.
  53. Tommi_boi

    I'm So Worried, Don't Know What to Do

    ...I think you just need to relax a little more about it (easier said than done I know!) I have sound sensitivity from sound trauma (an ambulance siren) but given time and learning to relax around sound it has improved considerably. If your extra worried, then perhaps even consider musicians...
  54. Tweaker

    I'm Tired of Tinnitus Controlling My Life

    I know how you feel. It is easy to get anxious about many sounds. The ones that worry me the most are Ambulance sirens, fire alarms, bus brakes, fireworks, car airbags and now to add to the list: baloons popping. Since reading that article which said baloons can pop around 168db, I don't feel...
  55. Vincent R

    Chances of Recovering from Tinnitus? — If It Never Happens, What About Habituation?

    ...Always insert foam ear plugs properly before you leave your home. Sooner or later, you might suffer additional damage to your hearing due to ambulance sirens, fire alarms, car alarms, popping balloons, fireworks, or something else. The only strategy that really works is to always protect...
  56. J

    Afraid of Ear Damage

    yeah, sirens are very loud. In general the world is getting noisier.. gardening! Ughh There are all kinds of new loud machinery, and now everyone seems to need them.
  57. R

    Frequency Therapeutics — Hearing Loss Regeneration

    You are right that they are just investigating, and the case could not even have any merit, but I've been through this before. These law firms have the paperwork all written up from the last case they put together. They find the most similar one, change some words, in some cases they even...
  58. Bill Bauer

    Guy Yelled Near Ear — Can It Permanently Worsen Tinnitus or Cause Hearing Loss?

    ...hearing protection that is as good as it gets, the best course of action is always to leave the area where there is noise. I think that ambulance noise would result on in a temporary spike. However, I am a little worried about that exposure that lasted for two hours. In any case, you ought...
  59. J

    Afraid of Ear Damage

    The key is trying to be exposed to sound in normal environments - not only music at home - without getting hearing damage. That may be easier in some countries than in others. For instance, it is not the same walking on the street, around traffic in Helsinki or in New Delhi.
  60. ColdHands

    Tinnitus for 2 Years: I Was Fully Habituated — A Month Ago Things Got Worse

    ...sound like beep beep beep, over white noise, for example over a fan and also over car sounds. Later I also started to hear a sound like an ambulance siren that bothers me a lot. Normally I don't hear these sounds at night or I hear them very distantly. I have been taking Vortioxetine for...