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I couldn't wear earplugs the first couple of weeks because it made me too anxious, but that had a knock-on effect on my sleep quality. We sleep with the window cracked open, and we're by the seaside, so there's seagull noise aplenty all through the night. So I was having poor sleep and feeling...

I feel you. The person who caused mine is a manager at my work who delivered poor training and exposed me to noise unnecessarily. I know it wasn't intentional, but I have so much anger and frustration that I just don't know what to do with. Lots of "oh dear, hope it's better soon" at work. I'm...

Glad to hear yours is improving. Gives me hope!

How is your T now? Have you seen much improvement since it happened? I feel like such a fool for just following orders, and I'm hoping mine will start to fade soon.

Ok, thank you! That makes me more confident to insist on some additional sound level tests (or, given that I have keys to the space, to get someone to do it for me discreetly on a weekend!). I still work there, so feel very awkward making a fuss, but also don't want to be completely shafted by...

Ok, thank you. I guess what I need to understand is what I SHOULD be saying. Basically employer is saying the alarm was 98db at moment A, but if there's a chance that at moment B, C, D, E, F, G.... >Z it may have been GREATER than 98, then I need to know how to put that case forward. I still...

Thanks for replying, but I'm still confused. I WAS in a really small enclosed room - like 3 metres x 3 metres sorta thing, with a piercing digital intruder alarm sounding constantly for 1 minute. Basically if there's a chance that constructive interference could have come into play in that...

I have developed tinnitus as a result of a “training incident” that took place at a new place place of employment on 13th May. I've posted full details in my 'Introduce Yourself' thread, so I won't give full details here. In short, I was being shown an alarm lock up/unlock procedure by a senior...

I just posted this on another thread, but thought I would update here: I've managed to find ways to tune out my tinnitus already (though I do recognise mine is quite low level). I get really anxious about it, but breathing deep and intentionally refocussing has helped (I have to do a weird...

Sorry hear how you're struggling. I'm a tinnitus newbie, too. Two weeks tomorrow after a manager did something stupid at work that I probably have no come back against because it's not really worth a lawyer pursuing, since I have no obvious physical injury. I've managed to find ways to tune it...

I like brown noise! I've only just developed T, after needless noise exposure at work (thanks manager), so am feeling anxious because it's all new. It's been taking me a while to drop off to sleep, as I've been fixating on the ringing, so I decided to try white noise, but didn't like it. But...

ps - when the waves SUBTRACT, it's called destructive interference. Science FTW!

I've been reading about "constructive interference" this morning, off the back of something a friend and I were talking about last night. Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs but, basically, when two sound waves of the same amplitude combine and their sums added together (or subtracted...

Thank you. Me too. All the best to you.

Thanks. I'm finding out what the options are. It certainly seems like they neglected to follow the very simplest of UK health and safety requirements. Namely that training should be provided by someone competent who knows what they are doing (they obviously didn't) and even in cases where risks...

I'm going to book another appointment at the doctors for this week. They said to come back if it hadn't resolved after 2 weeks. So I'll ask what the options are. Thanks for the reassurance!

I was talking to a friend today who works in TV and broadcasting, and I asked if the space (a small enclosed area with reflective surfaces) could make a difference to the sound level over a minute. He said definitely possible. The fullness in my ears seems like it might be something called ETD...

Thanks for the background. I've been taking general multivitamins. Gosh, I LOVE a cuppa. Giving up my regular cups of tea would be dreadful. I stopped drinking alcohol months and months ago, and have been feeling so super healthy and positive. This incident has knocked me down quite a bit.

@Digital Doc - I don't have any gigs until August, but I'll want to start rehearsing in July. Hopefully something will have changed/improved by then. I'll obviously continue to take care (extra care!) of my hearing between now and then.

@Contrast - My test with the audiologist was a couple of minutes inside a booth where i had to click when I could hear certain pitched sounds, even if only very quietly. Is that fairly standard?

@GSC - I am feeling pretty despondent, but I largely think any lawyer / health and safety body is just going to shrug their shoulders and say it was bad luck.

@Digital Doc - the alarm sure SOUNDED insanely loud, but plenty of websites about sound levels do seem to suggest 98 isn't that unreasonable to be exposed to. So I can't help but think that Health and Safety Exec (the official body that I've messaged) will just shrug their shoulders. Part of me...

Point taken @Digital Doc! That's my polite Englishness coming out again, which is part of the reason I'm in this situation. Didn't want to upset someone by not following their directions. What an idiot.

Things will get better, I promise. I'm very new to this tinnitus thing, but I've already learned that anxiety makes it worse. Take a walk somewhere. Take deep breaths. Watch some relaxation videos on YouTube. Watch a goddam horror movie if you want. But just do something to distract yourself...

Thanks for the reply @Digital Doc. I have logged an enquiry with the Health and Safety Executive asking if they think the manager acted inappropriately by using a potentially unsuitable (i.e. stupid!!) training method. I've always been quite sensitive to noise, and very careful to protect my...

Thank you @New Guy . I just tracked down your story and had a read. It's frustrating when you feel you been trying to do the right things to keep your ears as safe as possible and something goes awry. I hope your situation improves too!

Hi all, New to this forum and new to tinnitus. Sorry for the long post, not least because I feel I’m maybe jumping on here too quickly, given how long many others have been living with their tinnitus, but I guess I’m just seeking reassurance and maybe there is some early days advice that might...