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  1. bur547

    Poll: Driving. Earplugs, Earmuffs or No Protection?

    This sums it up for me. I don't wear hearing protection when the sound environment is predictable, while I'm at home and I'm in control of the sounds around me. I can have a shower, I can listen to music or watch movies. That doesn't bother me. LOUD unexpected sounds will never be alright, ever...
  2. bur547

    Poll: Driving. Earplugs, Earmuffs or No Protection?

    That doesn't sound that bad. If I don't use hearing protection the vehicle noise alone will increase my T. I could never get away with covering one ear facing a siren.
  3. bur547

    What Does the Difference in Tinnitus Frequency Mean?

    My T is multi-tonal, it dips down to about 13500 Hz, but I've discovered that it actually averages much higher, higher than I can actually hear. If I crank the volume on the speakers I can hear up to about 16000 Hz, and my T ranges there and if you imagine the pitch getting higher, it sounds...
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    Is Anybody Else's Tinnitus *Helped* by Aspirin?

    Be wary about discontinuing aspirin if you are on it, it can cause a rubber band effect with regard to heart attack and stroke. https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20110720/stopping-aspirin-risky-for-some https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/isc/452
  5. bur547

    Is Anybody Else's Tinnitus *Helped* by Aspirin?

    I'm game. I haven't taken aspirin since I was a kid but I have a similar oscillating high frequency that doesn't go away, it just kind of shifts volume and pitch sort of randomly. I will report back with my results.
  6. bur547

    Theory of Everything... for Tinnitus: Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia

    I'm not really convinced about any of this. We KNOW there are physical causes for some tinnitus, such as sound injury, malfunctioning eustachian tubes, allergies, or even tumor growth. How can something with a known physical cause be the result of a brainwave? TCD seems like a symptom, not an...
  7. bur547

    Found the Cause of My 24/7 Tinnitus

    If only I was visiting a doc because I couldn't hear tuning forks, lol. The man would have been a miracle worker. :LOL: Anyways I'm in the middle of a slow and painful process of finding a doc who gives a damn. Not easy. How you doing @Error404 ?
  8. bur547

    How Do I Know Which Ear Tinnitus Is Coming From?

    I can absolutely tell that my T is coming from my left ear, and I can feel my eardrum tremble at times too. Although when the T is very loud such as during a spike I heart a zapping that seems to go back and forth to both ears. I imagine this is an illusion, but I can see how easy it would be to...
  9. bur547

    Poll: How Often Do You Hear Your Tinnitus in Your Dreams?

    If I am aware enough to look for it, it is there. Usually I'm too deep into dream land to think about it.
  10. bur547

    Found the Cause of My 24/7 Tinnitus

    @dayma @GregCA Thanks, I guess I will but not sure how to orchestrate seeing a better doctor and getting someone to take me serious. The Specialist didn't even interview me, didn't look at my hearing test. He put a tuning fork beside my ear and said "Do you hear that?" I said "Yes" He said...
  11. bur547

    Found the Cause of My 24/7 Tinnitus

    When I went in a few years ago because of problems with my ear, the hearing tech told me "It might be a growth, but it's not worth getting an MRI for. We could end up doing all kinds of tests and still never finding a cause." Now a few years down the line I have 24/7 Tinnitus. Should I waste my...
  12. bur547

    Two Months On ... Mixed Feelings

    I get electrical zapping on my bad days, on better days I have a quiet high pitched squeal and a low rumbling. What I can tell you for sure is that tinnitus is never over, even when it appears to be gone it's waiting just below the surface for something to trigger it. I don't think many people...
  13. bur547

    Why Does Tinnitus Take Up to 2 Years to Go Away?

    In my opinion, I think it's because the parts of your ears that are damaged are essentially nerves, and nerves take a long time to heal. Anyone who has had a nerve injury can attest to that.
  14. bur547

    Acute Acoustic Trauma

    Melatonin before bed will help you to sleep and there are some members here who claim it helps with tinnitus. I usually take 2.5 mg, slow release if possible. If you're taking B12 you need a type that dissolves under your tongue for it to be effective, methylcobalamin is probably the best form...
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    Alcohol Quiets Down My Tinnitus

    Alright, this is totally anecdotal but I decided to crack some beers last night, for science and all. While I was drinking my tinnitus didn't seem much changed, maybe a little bit louder in fact. Then as the night wound down I popped some melatonin, some vitamin B, and headed to bed. This...
  16. bur547

    Alcohol Quiets Down My Tinnitus

    I'm a pretty regular drinker (48 beers per week or so), I haven't really noticed any correlation between drinking and T, sometimes when I drink I notice it less, and sometimes the day after drinking it seems a little worse but they are both just blips on the radar. If anything, I can say my T...
  17. bur547

    Still Struggling...

    Funny you should mention that. I experienced the same thing in my bad ear, I woke up one day with sudden hearing loss and it never went back to normal, but I never developed T until 15 years later. It might be that you would have developed T eventually once the right (wrong) conditions were...
  18. bur547

    Spike in Tinnitus... (Venting)

    It's only been a few days, nothing has changed yet. If this process happens the same as last time I should start to hear a very low rumbling which will happen at the same time the high pitched whine starts to fade. The low rumbling is much preferred, almost sounds like earth moving machinery at...
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    Spike in Tinnitus... (Venting)

    I sympathize completely, but I also have to ask how long ago was this and have you noticed any improvement since? I'm still holding my breath over here, the loud ringing was becoming a distant memory for me until recently. It really puts into perspective how fragile our hearing is once it's been...
  20. bur547

    Spike in Tinnitus... (Venting)

    I've been wearing an ear plug in my bad ear EVERY DAY for the past 3 months whenever I leave my house. It's been the best thing I have done for myself, slowly and steadily my T has gotten quieter to the point where I don't notice it most of the time. I was visiting friends yesterday, and tired...
  21. bur547

    Tinnitus Likely from Ketaconazole

    Hi everyone, just doing a follow up. So, it's been 7 months since I officially had tinnitus. What has changed since then? Firstly, I blamed ketoconazole for contributing to my condition, and I swore to stop using it. I did stop using ketoconazole and the week that I stopped was the week of most...
  22. bur547

    Tinnitus Likely from Ketaconazole

    I decided to test my tinnitus for fun to see what frequency it is. Apparently it's about 13.5-15 kHz (but louder than my speakers can produce), it's like having a little fairy screaming in my ears. It's not a constant tone but oscillates randomly. I also just discovered that listening to these...
  23. bur547

    Tinnitus Likely from Ketaconazole

    I'm going to have to start off my introduction with a story. I've been using Nizoral (Ketaconazole 2%) medicated shampoo as regular shampoo for about 6 years. I started using it after I read online that it could help with hair loss. I don't know if it helped or not, but in the end I figured it...