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Hey butterfly! firstly, thank you for always sharing your opinions on my thread. i really appreicate it. one thing i must say, the whole DB thing seems to be weird to me. there was a time last week where i was simply measuring the sound levels of EVERYTHING for hours. suprisngly enough, A LOT...

The reason I personally tend to believe the "15% of people have tinnitus, 1-3% of them severely" is that it aligns pretty well with conversations I've had with friends, family, coworkers. Especially if you start talking to musicians, motorcyclists and machine-shop workers, it seems like everyone...

Hi Michael I have had Tinnitus 2 times in my life. Once about 12 years ago (from loud lawn equipment) and another bout started about 8 months ago after I went to an outdoor band with dancing. The first time it was screeching loud T with pain and fullness. It took 18 months to fully fade back to...

Have they ever both been present at the same time, or would you say that the high pitch tone has replaced the idling engine sound? Check out Some more info that you might find to be useful: Playing crickets sounds works well with a high pitch tone tinnitus. The idea is not to play so loud that...

Hello everyone, I come here looking for knowledge and advice. I have never had ringing in my ears until 7 days ago when I was stupid and ignorant enough to be using q-tips in the morning to clean earwax from my right ear. Ringing in the right ear, and not my left ear, began noticeably later that...

I had a worsening this week - the hyperacusis and tinnitus, that seemed to be going away, came back. Not in full force, not with pain. But it was bad week. Yet, it is heartwarming to see your replies. I really do hope this metallic echo when I speak goes away. It somehow manages to even more...

Hi guys. My name is Champ and I'm from Thailand. I'm only 21 years old. I'm a dental student. I have tinnitus since October last year. At that time, I'm depressed and I don't know what my cause tinnitus, maybe sleep less, stress but I didn't listen loud music before then. Then I went to see...

Jane, does yours dart in and out with a shrill sound? Mine sort of makes a circle going from high pitch to some lower pitches and then back again. But it does always close the circle, sometimes it sears in high and then goes low and stops. There's static around it all too. I wish the movement...

If you’re organising it then it means you are in control of all aspects of the sound. Get a large room for starters with acoustic properties that aren’t overly reflective, preferably with walls that will dampen sound. Next, you could look into using a sound limiter that will cut out the...

Hello everyone, just wanted to share my experience. I apologize for the long story in advance, but I am just trying to put every detail in it. My journey with tinnitus started in October 2021. One evening a loud ringing (5 out of 10) appeared in my left ear with no apparent reason. I visited an...

Thanks for sharing your story and I’m truly sorry to hear your tinnitus has worsened recently. I can imagine how upsetting it must be for you after getting used to it and then having this happen. Thank you for the reminder to protect from loud noises - I’ve recently in the past couple of years...

So, I recently changed to a new field with software engineering. Specifically web dev. It is a better field than before, but the issue is that since I don't have a lot of experience, I want to make a good impression with my company. I've been in my job a little under a year now. However, I have...

Hey bud, it's ok..you are human. We all made mistakes, i have made many and my tinnitus will never ever shut up :) Don't blame yourself bro, what is done is done. What has happened has happened. Move forward and in the future be more protective of your ears. Hopefully your spike goes down, try...

Yeah 2 months is the average for a spike. Till then it's likely it will subside or even disappear. No more loud noises or headphones in the meantime.

@Domswan HI Domswan, Please read the post below which gives information on what to do when new to tinnitus. Then click on the link below and read the article: Tinnitus, A Personal View. Please take your time and read it. Try to avoid quiet rooms especially at night, by using sound enrichment...

Hi George, The onset of tinnitus can be quite daunting so I know how you feel. Your auditory system has suffered an acoustic trauma and it will take time to recover. Providing you're not experiencing deafness or problems with balance, I don't think your ears have suffered any long term damage...

Hello, I said I would post a success story when I was recovered. My tinnitus came out of nowhere 2 months ago at the end of August. Just to add a backstory - I was working for a large finance firm. I had finished my contract so I went travelling around America for 5 weeks. I didn't take much of...

@Ludvik the post below might be of some help. All the best Michael New to tinnitus what to do? The onset of loud intrusive tinnitus can be very traumatic for most people. I use the words loud and intrusive, because tinnitus comes in many forms and intensities. When it is mild, moderate or...

Hi all, I would love to pick your collective brains on a few things. Thanks in advance! I suffered an acoustic trauma about 2 months ago (Nov. 10) when exposed very briefly to super-high volume on small headphones (the old kind, not earbuds). My ears hurt afterward, but were better by the...

Neenie... If you have read any of my profile you will know that I have had tinnitus for 58 years and mostly led a brilliantly cool life. It only really became a hassle in 1980 when I was 30 (= the second increase in volume due to loud construction/demolition I was helping with). Before that I...

Hi there. First of all, I'm not a native English speaker so pardon me if I make some mistakes or use plenty of simple constructions. I hope you understand everything, I will try to do my best! My tinnitus started at the beginning of May 2021, during the night while I was sleeping. I'm a...

Hi, I've been a long time lurker and decided I would like to be a part of it... First of all, thank you Tinnitus Talk community for all your advice and stories that has helped me through this unbelievable condition. I decided to say hi because I always find it very helpful when someone shares...

This is really uplifting to hear your success story. It helps a lot to new folks with this like myself. I seem to be pretty good during the day, but sleeping at night is my challenge. On meds right now, hoping that will change in time. Have a great day.

Hi, I just created this profile tonight to hopefully have a place to talk about this without getting eye rolls from my wife. I would like to give a bit of backstory and then ask a couple questions to you guys here. I was never worried about hearing loss and tinnitus as a younger adult, so i...

i guess questions are here for people to answer and it´s Xmas.... @Ilija I have some questions which some of you may be able to answer. 1.) Is your T reactive for me when I hear stuff like the bad breaks of a car or a copy machine,or my CPU cooler,or the static sound my TV produces it seems to...

Thank you for your kind comments @Bill Bauer I feel confident that you will benefit from using a sound oasis sound machine at night and recommend the S-650. If you want the best then buy the S-5000. Many people do not realize the benefit of using sound enrichment at night and are quick to say...

Yes, many people experience fading. Not too many of those people get to hear silence again, but most are able to get to the "can hear it only in quiet rooms" stage. Ears take forever to heal, so the healing process can take months or even years. You will want to be easy on your ears during that...

I was in the studio with my band in the December 2014. I play guitar. Music is my life, I would say. The most important thing in my life, that has safed me from many miseries. We were recording our second album and it took altogether five days. Our setup was to record in sort of “live” set up...

I feel for you. It's hard when you get punished so severely for misjudging a situation. But such is life. I have had an interest in buddhism for years and since having this higher level of tinnitus I've had many insights about life dawning on me. Tinnitus has been a good teacher to me, even if...

Okay, so here's the story. I'm a 20 year old girl (woman?). I developed tinnitus August of last summer for no apparent reason. I was sitting in my room during one of my sister's loud sleepovers, and decided to plug my ears to try to get some sleep. I put the earplugs in, and I heard it--a faint...

Hi there, my name is Daniel Zuccarelli and I live in NJ just outside of Philadelphia. Interesting post for me to write. I've had Tinnitus for about 20 years now. First showed signs at about 18 after a particularly loud concert. At the time I had to jam my fingers in my ears and find a quiet...

Hi Everyone, I've been reading this forum a bit over the last few weeks and thought it was finally time to introduce myself. I'm a 35 year old audio engineer, and while i've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember, it has become much more bothersome over the last 10 days or so. I played...

I don't know if this would work but what about a note from a doctor that you need to avoid loud noise and you are sensitive to loud noise thus you need to be excluded from non-work related events if you suspect that they will be loud? That way you can avoid the lunch meetings or at least the...

Vicki and Sentinel, Although I am dealing with a spike/onset of new more intrusive tinnitus myself; take it from my 14 years of tinnitus experience... It can and DOES fade. My initial tinnitus from 2007 faded to a sound so faint I could only hear it when my head was on a pillow. It was always...

All I can say is that you must have had extremely good filtering in the part of your brain that processes sound because no sensory organ is perfect including the cochlear and "noise" is always generated as part of the signal that goes to your brain. That can in most people with normal hearing be...

Folks, My March 30, 2018 launch to the planet Hearing Loss has been a one-way ticket with some carry-on baggage labeled Tinnitus, Hyperacusis and Diplicusis. The trip has taken me to some places many of you recognize: - HearUSA, a place where an Audiologist administers an Audiogram as a...

Ear plugs have been known to provide a false sense of security. Check out the posts I quoted in the first post of the thread below. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/learn-from-others-mistakes.29437/ Also, check out Make sure you don't overdo it with the earplugs. Specifically, you don't...

Hi @John. Stress can cause tinnitus and the two things mentioned in your post are certainly able to cause it. If this is case then I agree with your ENT doctors and Audiologist, that in time it will go away. The fact that the tinnitus is mild makes this a strong possibility. However, please...

I went through the exact same feelings 7 months ago and did the same stupid things (Googling it). I am now out of that constant panic but still in the depressive stage, my life is slowly getting back to normal. Just don't stay in quiet rooms focusing on it, when you start feeling stressed get...

I'm definitely thinking about seeing an ENT doctor sooner than the doctor recommended, it would be good to get an expert's opinion and they would be able to do more extensive inspection of the ear. I'll look into that tomorrow. Do you happen to know if any ear spray products such as Audispray...

Michael, you give some people good advice but you don’t have noxacusis and you have never had noxacusis. Stop telling people false information about these conditions. If you have what I have, you’re not exposing to sound or doing TRT - I’m sorry to say it. The hyperacusis community is plagued...

Hello everyone! I have collected and translated some noise induced success stories that I have found online on Swedish forums. Hopefully it will bring some hope to someone out there! :) “I got noise induced tinnitus when I was 16 and it was really loud. I could easily hear it over a normal...

Thank's for your reply, it is not certain sounds hurting my ears which is the primary issue, what I am discussing is that I hear additional tones in sound, which are louder than the source sound, and are not part of that sound. Masking is not ideal, as first of all some of my constant T tones...

Hey everyone. Ive been perusing around these forums for awhile now and figured its time to join and introduce myself. I guess ive always had some minor tinnitus ever since i can remember. I started playing music in my teens and played throughout middle school, high school and beyond. I...

Thank you for this, I'm waiting for my day to come when I give someone else some encouraging words on how I got over this.

American here. Just wanted to chime in - I wholeheartedly agree our medical practioners are knudknicks. That's with everything, not just tinnitus. They have no idea how to treat anything and have lackluster non-investigative minds. All they do is prescribe drugs that get them kickbacks...

I have read all your stories here on Tinnitus Talk over the past 2 months and decided it’s time to tell mine. I have encountered such compassion and understanding here, along with wonderful resources, advice, and personal experiences that people have shared over the years. I guess I’m in need of...

I figured out an easy fix to most of the loud noise problems. I keep getting setbacks from squealing car brakes, doors, people honking horns, loud noise that should not be happening. I finally said fuck it and just wear earplugs everywhere. I don’t care anymore, I found Mack’s black earplugs and...

It's a risk (see the quotes below). In the future, you might want to be more careful. However, if you haven't began experiencing a spike within about 24 hours of exposure, chances are you will be ok. Unfortunately...

It's disturbing that the hygienist hasn't offered manual tools to you earlier. There is still a chance that it will begin fading and eventually you will have your life back. Is it the case that you haven't experienced any fading yet? You might want to try being serious about protecting your...

@Steph1710 I can't post the quotes below into your profile messages, so I am going to do this in this thread. Unfortunately https://www.buzzfeed.com/joycecohen/noise-kills-when-everyday-sound-becomes-torture More useful quotes from that buzzfeed article...

I’m so sorry to read this. This is quite the conundrum. I know you both love the dog, but some dog breeds bark very loudly and all the training in the world may not help. I’m surprised by the fact that your partner seems to be placing a lot of emphasis on keeping the dog versus keeping your...

Hi Kevin, welcome to the forum! You and I are on the same boat! I have gotten tinnitus around a year and a half ago. It was around the 8 month mark I got some significant improvement in my tinnitus. And now I am settled with this somewhat predictable cycle of 2 days loud, 2 days medium volume...

Could a steroid taper help? Might be worth trying along with taking nac and magnesium. can you access hbot and/or stems? i havent personally tried hbot so read the threads. i did receive adipose derived stems in may and have noticed my hyperacusis has significantly improved along with my...

HI @Abby Hawk Please read the post below. All the best Michael New to tinnitus what to do? The onset of tinnitus can be difficult for a lot of people to cope with. It comes in many forms and intensities and no two people experience it the same. When it is mild, moderate or occasionally...

HI @KleerTone Welcome to the forum. Please read the post below and click on the links at the bottom of the page and read the posts, which you might find helpful. Hope you start to feel better soon. Michael New to tinnitus what to do? The onset of tinnitus can be difficult for a lot of people...

Thanks for sharing your story. I was 51 when my ringing started. The doctor gave me some anti-depressants to take he said incase I had problems sleeping. The pills worked miracles of stopping me from having to go pee 2-3 times during the night. lol I slept like a log. But not a person who...

Hello there! My name is Justin, pleasure to meet all of you. To cut a long story short, I've been struggling with noise-induced tinnitus for the last three or so weeks. I've been a drummer for many years, mostly using some form of ear protection, and never had tinnitus apart from for a night or...