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Hi everyone, I had a random question pop into my head and was wondering if anyone might have an answer. I recently experienced some acoustic trauma that caused hearing loss at high frequencies (around 10k+ Hz) in my left ear, along with the development of tinnitus. As a result, I’m curious, am...

Hey everyone, just found this forum trying to find some answers and support while I go through this trauma. Will describe what happened, but my main question is, can sudden hearing loss recover after acoustic trauma from gun shot noise? Is it 100% permanent or is there a chance it can come back...

Hi all Thought I would introduce myself. I'm gill and I have been suffering with t in my left ear for years- I think it was caused by nerve damage from dental work. The reason for me joining is that in the past week or so my right ear has developed a high pitched ringing, different time to my...

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum, and I apologize, and appreciate anyone who takes the time to read my story/concern, as I am seeking to investigate anything/everything that I can do to fix my hearing as I feel that I am losing my life as I know it. I am a 25-year-old male who has been an...

At the Palm Springs Hearing Seminar from last year I believe. The reason for the tinnitus starting (acoustic trauma in your case) shouldn't matter because as Dr. Shore states: All signals must be processed by the cochlear nucleus (including the dorsal cochlear nucleus) before ascending to the...

Thank you for your kind words @Hardwell. As you know, I have variable tinnitus. It can be pretty severe at times but I have habituated to this for many years. In February, it increased to levels that I last experienced in 2008 when my noise-induced tinnitus changed to variable tinnitus after a...

...nystagmus), when I stick my finger into my left ear (gently pushing and pulling creating a small vacuum). I have no acoustic trauma or head traumas, but a bit mild tinnitus in the left ear (diagnosed 6 years ago by audiologist). Any help is appreciated on what condition(s) this could be...

Most people are here because of hearing loss acquired by obvious and less obvious means. In my case, I suspect that the main cause was a soft blow to my left ear while landing on a yoga mat. Somehow, I lost the high-frequency hearing (>10 kHz). This is just speculation because I will never...

Hello. I think I got acoustic shock/trauma after my girlfriend jammed her fork into a plate when eating generating a high pitched sound around 95 dB. I pulled my head back and it hurt my left ear bad. Then I started to feel fullness in ears and sounds got louder and my ears feels weird. I...

After reading the work of Megan Beers Wood and reflecting on my own experiences, I would say yes. Why take the risk?

So after the fourth of July I was framing my basement and my eye and ear protection were upstairs, I wanted to finish a run of 2x4's and figured I could protect my eyes by turning my head. A few shots from the nail gun later I realized I had hurt my left ear. I called the ENT and couldn't get...

So after another acoustic trauma yesterday I’ve developed severe reactive tinnitus, where almost every external noise has an overlay of what I would describe as a screech/cicada sound. However this sound is not present in my normal tinnitus. It only appears with an external source - but...

For me, it's not just "sometimes"—it's like I've been trapped in a nightmare ever since this torture began. I’m even in a state that feels similar to depersonalization/derealization (DP/DR). My sense of reality is distorted; it’s as if I’m perceiving the world in two dimensions, living behind a...

Today during my game I got hit hard in the head running after a catch and my tinnitus spiked LOUD at the moment of contact. It spiked for about 5 seconds then returned to my normal baseline. Why did it spike for only a short time, then return to normal? Do you guys think I experienced some...

I am in the same boat with firearm related acoustic trauma, a little over four months in. I was wearing hearing protection, but I guess my ears were too sensitive. Initially, I only had a mild buzz and some reactive tinnitus triggered by activities like driving or showering. Thankfully, it would...

Hi @Furetto, I hope you're doing well! I've been trying this technique, and in the beginning, it felt like I was repeating the phrase to myself every 10 seconds. I kept doing that for about 3–4 days, even writing it down in my phone's notes app. After that, I started forgetting to do it, but...

I'm trying to see how many people out there are like me. There is a trick you can do for residual inhibition, and I'm trying to get some data from tinnitus sufferers as to what happens when you do it. It's the head tap trick, using vibration. This would be similar to road noise while driving...

Since starting retigabine my tonal component has gone down and I am left with mostly an all over brain 'shimmer' or hiss. It's from the inside out. While that's getting more and more tolerable, I'm left with a feeling of fullness, like an awareness of an area inside my head toward the ear going...

So does it need to be a pretty hard hit to the head to cause a PLF? All the literature out there is very vague just saying head trauma - even mild head trauma - can cause a PLF, but no real clarification on what constitutes a mild head trauma. I hit my forehead on the door pretty hard but no...

I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone and if it got better for them. I got tinnitus and hyperacusis almost a month ago due to acoustic trauma in my ear. That ear rang shrilly for over two weeks, then the ringing moved to my other ear. Now sometimes they both ring faintly or are almost...

I had my teeth cleaned recently, took NAC, and brought earmuffs, although I had to take them off since I couldn't turn my head in the chair. I made sure they didn't use ultrasonic equipment. I apparently have a couple of small cavities, which the dentist states should be addressed. Due to the...

It sounds as if you had an amazing experience randomly finding the right medical people. I wish we all had such success. I've seen a number of so-called experts, and not one has mentioned nerves, magnesium, Ginkgo biloba, etc... It's a shame we do not have a list of the names of the amazing 1%...

Thank you for replying. I am about five months into dealing with tinnitus following gunshot acoustic trauma to one ear. Initially, I had very mild hyperacusis, which faded after about a month. The aural fullness has improved by around 80 percent over the past four months. I also have mild...

...in and still trying to figure out if I have a PLF. If you're not getting headaches and dizzy with straining or bending over and your head feeling like crap and full all the time, no way you have one. And head trauma is known to cause a PLF but that is hard head trauma, like car accident type.

Case report of a pulsatile tinnitus caused by a Dural arteriovenous fistula after head position changes. (no history of head trauma, acoustic trauma, or surgery of the head and neck).

Hi @Kiro. Welcome, and I'm sorry you are dealing with this. You are in the "shit luck" category. Yes, snowboarding or skiing are somewhat risky sports, but this kind of injury could happen to anyone, just slipping on a sidewalk and hitting your head. Or in a car crash. Many of us here are with...

A neurologist I saw (the most helpful of them all) talked about central sensitization but didn’t mention thalamic dysrhythmia. I’ll read about it. Interestingly, you mention TMJ & neck issues because an ongoing problem of mine is the right side of my head, neck, and down to my hip. Are...

My tinnitus was caused by whiplash (rear-ended at stop sign) a couple of months ago. I am pretty confident it is related to my neck muscles, because I am able to change the sound when I turn my head. Relaxing my neck muscles seems to relieve the sound. For example, chin tucks, hot showers...

Yet, for me it did. My first ever really bad morning was after the first ENT/audiologist visit. I refused all tests, except the audiogram. I woke up to a head full of tinnitus, and cried for the first time in 30+ years. This was approximately 3.5 weeks after the initial acoustic trauma and I had...

Thank you for your reply, @Nettles. It sounds like you’re going through something very similar. I’ve experienced the same issue with songs—it felt like I had an MP3 playing in my ears for a few minutes. I’ve stopped listening to music because I’m afraid it will stick in my brain. The phrase...

Suicide rates in the military are alarmingly high. I believe tinnitus is the #1 disability claim among veterans. Sadly, not everyone in the military is able to survive this struggle.

Hi everyone, I decided to join this forum because, about four days ago, I had a run-in with a loud noise that caused a significant increase in the ringing in both of my ears. I've had tinnitus from acoustic trauma since I was around 14—I'm 18 now—so I know I need to take any noise exposure...

Yes, I can 100% relate to this. You have been through an "acoustic trauma", due to your previous fragile ears. This has happened to me as well - pretty much feeling exactly the same way you described it in the quote. There is also a great component of stress and anxiety mixed into this, which...

Yes pretty hard. Sure it "could happen" but you'd have vertigo and hearing loss on exerting yourself.

Tests have shown my Eustachian tubes do not work properly.. how could this happen from an acoustic trauma? gives me a constant sensation of plugged ears. Drinking and poor nutrition seem to make it worse as well as loud noises. The more clogged my ears feel, the more my tinnitus shows up and the...

I wish I could, but my life has turned into a kind of hell I never thought possible. I performed a TFI test and scored 90/100. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone score that high before. My tinnitus has gotten progressively worse over the past week. It’s so loud that I hear it clearly on my left...

Any insights you've found in your time with this? My tinnitus has only two levels: on or off. If my environment is even 1 decibel below my masking threshold, the tinnitus goes full blast, but once it hits this threshold, it completely turns off. Not all of my tinnitus is like this; it is just...

For all my fellow tinnitus sufferers that are not noise induced, you may find this article interesting. Especially if you have TMJ and or a crooked bite either from TMJ, a trauma to the neck/head or even from birth. ——————————————— Effective treatment Now there is new hope for patients with...

Hello! I need to write my thoughts guys. It's nice therapy! Thank you for reading me! And sorry for my English. Did my best to not make too much mistakes. I don't write enough in English! But it is a good training haha! My original story...

30 days into acoustic Trauma my new tinnitus is awful head aches i think its safe to say this ones staying around

So this acoustic trauma happened over a year ago and your spike is still subsiding? That gives me some hope as I'm 2.5 months into a spike and I haven't seen any improvement.

I had a horrible night last night with fire alarms going off multiple times. One of the times it was directly above my head and I wasn't wearing any hearing protection. This morning when I woke up I had muffled hearing in my right ear. I already have loud tinnitus and hyperacusis, I'm...

Last week, I was playing a series of pure tones for the purpose of residual inhibition over my car speaker between songs on my mp3 player. My tone volume for the car stereo is 6 while the level for music was 11. I forgot to adjust the volume and has a pure tone blasted into my ear at the painful...

My name is Tom and I've had tinnitus for 6+ years and it's from Acoustic Trauma. For 30+ years, I was the guy you'd see in front of the bands at the bar, watching, or dancing very close to the PA systems. Ya know the stacks of amps. I would play music loud in the car, and eventually I got me...

I remember stretching my neck before swimming and noticing I could "hear" a high-pitched tone as I twisted my head around. This was exactly three weeks prior to my onset, eight years ago. I thought it had to be really tough to deal with the condition and just three weeks later... BAM! Maybe I...

I've had T since 18 (27 now) and it got worse last year from a short exposure to a wood saw. Clearly, my ears are damaged badly. No hearing loss detectable so it's probably hidden or above 8k. I've struggled for over a year, had noise make it worse, then got better, than worse a little bit and...

Yeah I mean it’s possible, but extremely unlikely. Like I said if you have vertigo/hearing loss in that ear, dizziness, bad head pressure, trouble bending over or straining then it could be. Either way if you are convinced you have it, rest up and it heals for most people. Sleep with your head...

It would be interesting to know whether the hyperacusis that causes the tensor tympani muscle to vibrate and hurt on sound input after a history of sound shock/trauma is equivalent to inner ear pain hyperacusis. Norena also mentions inflammation/contraction of the nerves innervating the tensor...

I am currently 2 months in to acoustic trauma after gunshot went off by my head inside my closet. Is there still a chance mine can get better?

Severe tinnitus from Head Trauma

Thanks for your reply. I’ve decided not to go ahead with getting grommets. There’s definitely both an ear-related and psychiatric component to all of this. Fortunately, my best mate is a psychiatrist, and he's helped me with some medication for sleep. On three occasions now, the tinnitus has...

Hello, I am a single woman in my mid-50s with very little history of noise exposure. Life was great, but things changed last August 6. I took a lesson at an indoor firing range while wearing earmuff hearing protection, but I did not know I should double up with earplugs. During the lesson...

Thank you, @Michael Leigh. May I ask why you decided to see an ENT for the first time after your symptoms had cleared up rather than at the onset when you also sought help from an herbalist? By the way, your hyperacusis thread is very informative. I also believe that exposing your ears to...

Stomping on the ground did not cause head trauma. If it did, many toddlers would have head trauma from stomping their feet during tantrums. A panic attack or sudden fit of rage can impact blood flow, which could cause a headache. And before you panic, no this would not cause long term damage or...

It took a month or two to resolve. It comes back occasionally if I am very stressed. I recently had a head cold and it came back then, but resolved when my congestion cleared up. I wondered about hydrops in the past, especially closer to the acoustic trauma because my ears would have a "wet"...

For many people (including myself), the head movement affects a lot the tinnitus volume, this is called somatic tinnitus. Mine increases by rotating the head to left/right and moving my jaw in front. My hyperacusis and tinnitus are from acoustic trauma also.

Bonjour Pierre, Honestly, I don't know where to draw the line between loudness hyperacusis and pain hyperacusis. After my initial incident, noises in places like restaurants, walking on the street, or even singing birds seemed far too loud for me. If something is too loud, it hurts. Your body...