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My right ear began ringing when I was 16 (I’m 26 now). After a rough rollercoaster I finally was at a place where my tinnitus was a second thought and I barely thought about it. I wear ear plugs when I need to, avoid loud noises, take supplements, and whenever I am prescribed any new medication...

Exactly! Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Well, at the end of allergy season I began having ETD problems in my left ear as I have had from time to time. Usually comes with a bit of ringing in that ear, but as the tube opens up as it “heals”, the ringing goes away with it. For some reason, this time it decided to stay. What’s worse: it...

I’d probably say I was habituated at a 3/10, now I’m at a 5/10. Also this happened yesterday.

So here’s the scenario: I was in the doorway leading from the house into the garage. A guy in the garage lit off a fire cracker in the garage. Factors: Garage door was open There was a guy between me and the firework when it went off Firework went off about 13 feet away Immediately after, I...

I am one of those people who can movr my jaw and change the sound of my tinnitus, so I am not sure if when I get braces that if they correct anything in my jaw that itll cause a change.

So I need a few things done inside my mouth, and I was just wondeing if anyone had any input on it. Ive read mixed things on here between different people, so I've decided to make my own post. I need to get a couple of fillings done, three wisdom teeth taken out (already had one bottom taken...

Hi all! Had a recent discovery at work. I had my ear plugs in while vacuuming and I bent down to plug in my vacuum, but as I stood back up I noticed my T get louder for a moment. So I did a test; I stood straight, lowered my head perpendicular to my body and put it back up right. As I lifted me...

Hi all! Been a while since I have been on here. My T hasn't changed much I think, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Anyway, I have decided I am going to really begin my life. I plan on getting my own apartment, going back to school, and learning a new language. For the past 3 or 4 years I...

I know it has been sometime but I still wanted to post. I went to a heavy metal concert this past Sunday (Pain in the Grass) with bands like slipknot, lamb of god, three days grace, just all around loud bass-y bands. I sat up in the lawn (ampitheater setting) and wore ear plugs. I will admit...

Thanks everyone for the continued support.

I take overly cautious matters to make sure I protect my ears, even from the most mundane things. for work I drive a van, and I wear ear plugs for the trip because it's an older van and the flooring in the back is a little loose. So when I hit bumps or potholes, it creates a loud noise. And...

Hammers, drills, nail guns, table saws, those kinds of things.

Hello all, I have recently gotten job offer from my cousin who is a general contractor doing mostly renovations and the occasional house build. I would be helping him do these things and as you can imagine some of the work is quite loud. It would be just me and him mainly so there wouldn't be...

Hi Doctor, I went camping over the weekend and a buddy of mine had brought his 9mm pistol with him. In the spur of the moment I decided I would go fire some rounds with them. I shot 30 rounds in all, two 15 round clips. The first time I had ear plugs and ear muffs, the second time just ear...

Yeah I know, I probably won't be doing it again and probably shouldn't have done it. Spur of the moment type thing. I don't think it's any worse this morning, and if it is it might just be me over thinking it. P.s., there are still people on the board who go shooting all the time.

So I went camping this weekend, and there was some shooting we did outdoors. I had my ears plugged even when I wasn't shooting, and when I did shoot, the first time I shot (both times were pistols) I had plugs and ear muffs. The second time I had only muffs. Took NAC when I got home just to...

Man, whatever if it's a pointless thread. Every thread is pointless if you don't care about it. What's pointless to some might matter to others. Keep your negativity to yourself, it's not like the website has a finite amount of space as to not be able to have one more post on it. Thanks for the...

I'd tend to agree, but I'm talking actually physical damage.

So basically 120-130 decibels for a second or 85-90 for a few hours.

Just wanted to get a question and answer thread going on things compared to other things and which could pose a bigger risk to your hearing/tinnitus. So here's my question, Which is worse, someone clapping close to your head once, or being in a bar (no live music just chatter) for a few hours?

This thread took hard right.

Still alive?

Don't.

This is the kind of post that makes me angry at the people on this site. You came here hoping to get some relation and assurance but only one person has replied. I am truly and deeply sorry for what you have been going through, Sleep. I couldn't imagine being in your shoes. But like a lot of...

Yup. The more you think about it, the worse you think it is. I bet it isn't as bad for you as you might think, in fact I'd be willing to bet that a lot of people on this board would kill to have it as quiet as you do.

Hey man, like you mine started ringing when I was 15. I'm 21 now and still got it. How long have you had it that you can remember?

SAFE

Shout out to the doc.

Exactly. I'm probably going to avoid bars that have live music though, that might be a bit too rough for me even with ear plugs.

Thanks, yeah I thought so I just wanted to be sure! And it was very good! I liked the first one a little better, but the new one was still awesome!

And another question, is it still OK to go to bars, movies, arcades etc. even with ear plugs? Thanks!

Oh also, earlier in the day I saw the new Avengers movie, but had plugs in the entire time.

So it was my 21st birthday this past weekend so I decided to hit a few bars with friends. The first bar was loud enough where I had to talk loud to hear the other people at my table, and I was there for about a half an hour, no plugs in. The next two bars were pretty quiet, could talk in a...

Got message back today, he said that when people changed their dosage they might get headaches and they should go away. The increase in T may have been due to the headaches, which are not as much of an issue today. Hopefully it stays that way!

Sent an email to my endo, will let you know what he says!

Hi there, I started seeing a new endo that prescribes medications that other endos might not, such as cytomel. Some people have trouble converting t4 (synthroid) into t3 (cytomel) so that's why I started taking cytomel to cut out the middle man. I switched my medication to this because I wasn't...

Went from 150 mcg Synthroid to 88 mcg Synthroid and 15 mcg Cytomel a day, and my tinnitus is much worse now. Can't even go on a drive and drown it out like I used to. Will my body adjust and it will subside, or should I go back to my old dose? I have a bit more energy, but the T increase is...

What's the time frame on taking that stuff after being exposed to loud noise? It's 3:30 am here and the vitamin shop doesn't open til 8

Think that'd help?

Can't tell. I am more aware of it because I'm thinking about it, but I'm not sure if I spiked or not. I'll probably know for sure in the morning.

Wasn't fun. Happened like 20 minutes ago and I'm still pretty upset.

It's always something. Had my sisters small dog in my lap, and someone knocked on the door and it lifted it's head up by my left ear and did like a half bark half scream. It was quite loud, and it being right by my ear is what worries me the most. I'd assume it was somewhere between 90-100 decibels.

Thank you both, it just sucks when this sort of thing happens..

True that.

Also, I was about 10 feet away from the alarm itself if that makes a difference.

So this morning I was coming down my stairs and like usual I disable my motion sensor, but the beep it made was actually from me setting it off and not from me hitting the button. Less than a minute later it goes off at 120 decibels, and I quickly put my fingers in my ears as to only have a few...

Makes sense, the more you insert them the less room your own sound will have to bounce back and forth between your eardrum and the ear plug.

And I have read all of your guys' posts, I just assumed that if I posted here you two wouldn't notice and would continue to talk amongst yourselves. I just wanted a chance to be able to converse about the topic without being drowned out by a previous discussion. Sorry for the confusion, bud.

Thanks for putting my post into a thread the consists of two people arguing back and forth, mods.

So I have been reading some posts on here about the "Occlusion Effect," which is the echoing noise you hear when you talk, chew, jump around etc., with ear plugs in. Since the sounds that can't escape from your ear canal are being bounced back into the eardrum, can this cause even more damage...

I absolutely hate noises that might not be what some consider loud, but I do. I try my absolute best to protect my ears nowadays but there everyday there is something that sneaks it's way when I'm not wearing ear plugs. The reason I bring this up is because I have read that if your brain feels...

Had my grandpa blow a whistle about 3 feet away from my head today and I'm pretty frustrated about it. Hoping it didn't cause any more problems...

I remember going to about 5 or 6 when I was growing up, never once wore ear protection. Probably didn't help my situation now lol

So I have read a lot of things regarding tinnitus and ear plugs, but I wanted to get some input from everyone. What's the best type of earplug? How long should you wear them? When should you wear them? When shouldn't you? Should you even wear them in the first place?

Hey man, I'm there with you. I've had my T since I was 15, and I'm 20 now. I have recently gotten new T in my left ear, but have long since habituated to my right ear. If it doesn't go away in my left ear (which started after I had a cold recently) then I will just do the same as I did with my...

Could be, the ear is so sensitive I would believe most anything could hurt it /:

Oh and also, does anyone know how much "suction force" is needed to cause damage to the ears?

So I was doing some research and I found out something called the kiss of deaf, which is where someone kisses someone on the ear and in rare instances it could create suction that pulls on the ear drum and damage the tiny bones in your ear, leading to T, hearing loss, hypercausis, muffled...

So I carry around and wear ear plugs everyday (as many of us do), but I come to find out that the kind I have could actually be damaging my ears more. I use the rubber plugs with the three separate rings and attached to each other by a string. I have recently read that the suction made by these...