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Michael but how can i develop H on the healthy ear? How is that possible. I should have listened to you to leave the ears alone. I was doing amazingly well in December, could only hear Tinnitus when i was in a quiet room, now i can can hear it. I also have H on both ears, left ear muffled, etc :(

This sounds a really good success story - and one, as I also had mild tinnitus since birth that got worse after trauma, that I needed to read today. Can I ask whether your tinnitus was ever sound reactive - and over those four years did you protect your ears much when out and about, or not at all?

Before my acoustic trauma, I would spend every night in my super-quiet room, wearing earplugs, actively listening for sounds and not hearing anything. I used to love the sound of complete silence. I doubt I would hear anything in that soundproof chamber, but even if I did, it would not change...

I've been surprised by the number of people I talk to who say they have tinnitus. When they say "I can only hear it in a quiet room", my first instinct used to be to want to to grab them by the throat and say "No you don't have f***ing tinnitus, you have no idea what it is to go through what I...

I'm pretty sure the sound I hear has no external source. Which makes it all so much weirder, since when it's quiet my T is very quiet, if even there at all. But as soon as external sounds get mixed in I start hearing this whissling sound. I hope it's some kind of healing process or something...

Hi all, and hi benzomom. Wondering if you are still active on here I see it’s been quite some time... I have recently developed severe hyperacusis that has me bed ridden for weeks now. I have been getting construction done on my house now for about 2 months. A couple weeks ago I started to ween...

My opinon on this is as follows @Melike but ulimately the choice is yours: If I were you Iwould never use earphones, earbuds or headphones, sleephones etc even at low volume. Use a portable sound machine or music player for sound enrichment instead. As I've previosly explained, tinnitus should...

@Na_M Na_M. I think you have made the right decision by keeping quiet about your tinntius. I was medically retired from my job many years ago because the tinnitus can be quite severe. It ranges from complete silence to mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe to the point I have to take...

Although I was not a member of the community at the time, because my tinnitus was mild and completely a non-issue, and so I never sought out any solution, I can attest to having reached the complete silence stage after 4 years. I also had some sensitivity to noises, never pain, which 100%...

I think your fear is a reasonable one. The main way I succeeded in habituating to my tinnitus was by limiting any loud noise exposure as much as possible. Avoid noisy situations where possible, have a pair or earplugs ready and maybe also a noise measurement device. None of us are exactly the...

For my second ever post, I would like to pose a question. I've had noise-induced tinnitus for 5 months. I usually hear it if I'm in a quiet room, but not so much if I'm "out and about." Last night I went to a movie, and I wore 14 db noise reduction musician's earplugs (EarPeace HD). The...

I know that feeling... :( Please try to say calm, the spike is probably only temporary as you have not subjected your ears to anything damaging. And as far as your social life... I don't think all hope is lost in your case! Earplugs take some getting used to, but it can be done. Even the foam...

Solid post and I agree. I think the general rule is if one is unsure whether to protect or allow sound, just protect. Isolated in a room allowing a controlled noise environment would be safest bet. I still don’t know if regular white noise frequencies that causes my ears to squeal does long...

I can quickly appreciate how pain hyperacusis is just a different beast. It'd be great if someone who's made progress with this can lend some advice. This morning I was loading some stuff into my van when suddenly my car alarm went off. Not sure what I did to trigger it but luckily I was able...

During my first 2 months the sounds would be unrelenting and I could hear a variety of pitches. Mostly tonal but i had so many tones mixing together... Approaching my 3rd month and most of the tones have gone away. Volume has also lowered to the point I only notice spikes while im busy, and can...

Hi everyone, I attended a wedding a few days ago, got really drunk and have scared myself though exposing myself to a loud wedding band for a short time (with earplugs). Both ears are now ringing more loudly than usual. I wore moulded silicone earplugs the entire time, but the wedding band was...

I got home to find my husband had someone here, so I went to my room for as much peace and quiet as I could find. Husband tends to be noisy, and doesn't know it, never sees it even if you mention it to him... and this was before H. Husband let the dog bark and bark and bark... I'm hearing it...

Hi all - update on my hyperacusis and tinnitus after almost 4 months. Months one and two were horrifyingly bad. I couldn't leave my house for the majority of that time. However, I did make steady (albeit slow) progress, and was able to go to places like restaurants with earplugs by the end of...

@amandine It was a closed mri that I had done, my head inside the tube. I did not have a contrast dye injected so i cannot comment on that. The machine itself was fairly noisy, I was only in there for 10-15 minutes. I had foam earplugs in with headphones playing soft music over my ears...

@Earbombazuke HI Zach, Welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear about the discomfort that you are going through at the moment. From what you have described in your post you might have tinnitus. Above, I have quoted a section of it that might indicate this is the case. Are you a regular user of...

Thank you for getting back to me, my tinnitus is mild as I don't hear it outside at all, I can sleep without masking it and I only hear it in a quiet room, I don't have hyperacusis, and my tinnitus is very likely caused by a bad cold. The cinema will be 82 dB loud. It does spike , but not very...

I am in a similar boat to you. Was wondering how you are getting on now? Perimenopause joined me in 2020. It might have been what caused a relapse in my tinnitus. Since October 2021, I've experienced a further relapse. My progesterone has bottomed out. The naturopath suggested we try herbs to...

You wore ear plugs all the time? Even at work? I just started wearing them at work. The ringing seems to have dialed down a little I think over the past two days but I still get that odd “loudness” the minute I walk into a quiet room. It seems “louder” is that the hyperacusis? Idk. Ugh! It’s so...

@fishbone thank you so much. I hope both of your parents to be in a better place. Keeping an eye on you from above. Being your guardian angels. When you feel lonely feel free to talk. I hope you have good friends there to support you. I truly wish all the best and no more sorrows. Trying hard...

Man, I am sorry for you. That's not a good job to do with hearing issues, as some of the loudest sounds around come from the kitchen, dishes clanking, pots and pans, frying stuff. For me it is hard to cook. I stopped frying stuff in a pan for years, and resorting to the oven to cook fish for...

Thank you so much for this article, it gives me hope. I've had noise enduced Tinnitus for about 3 months now and all the horror stories online have made me very paranoid. Likek people who've had it for 20+ years and there's no cure, not to mention the suicidal cases. I'm on 35 and mine happend...

That new tone was over a year ago (October 2017). I don't think it's going away. I'm just hoping I don't develop something new from this fire alarm... Edit: to be fair the new tone did fade some. It's in the background when my T is having a good day, but it ramps up when I'm having a bad T...

Hi. I am new to this forum. I have noise induced tinnitus since since I went to a bar/club in San Francisco where it was so loud I probably did not even hear when ringing started until I left. After a few weeks/months it got better but I have a little permanent hissing in my head or little high...

I advise you to never use headphones again even at low volume. When your tinnitus reduces still don't use them. Try to go out as it's not good staying at home all the time. I do understand how you feel, but staying at home isn't such a good idea. If you find outside sounds affecting you because...

Trigger Warning To preface: at this moment I am very calm, no anxiety, I think my depression has greatly weakened. Anger gone. I just have a major sadness (hey I got a good reason for it). As my condition continues to worsen, I have reached a stage that is not really livable anymore - for me...

"In short, cotton provides only 5 - 10 dB except at the highest frequencies; surprisingly motorcycle helmets, which are quite acoustically leaky, are not much better, but fingers in your ears (though not terribly functional for general activities) nets you 25 - 30 dB; quite sufficient for a...

What was the ear plugs' NRR?

I took the Clonazepam after tinnitus and hyperacusis onset for over a year. I had no major issues. It never negatively effected my tinnitus or hyperacusis. I stopped taking it when I felt better. I tapered for about 4 months with no problems really. Some restless nights and mild spikes. I was...

Great post, but if you had tinnitus, wouldn't you want more noise so it would mask the buzzing? Or is this ways to not damage your ear more to make tinnitus worse? I might as well share some tips from me. These tips are for me MASKING the tinnitus buzz. My tinnitus is a high pitch frequency...

This study must have been flawed...I have used ear plugs to sleep in a dead silent environment (before I had T). I experienced nothing but dead quiet. I have also been for a hearing test pre T, I may of hit the button falsely imagining and anticipating a test tone (this to me is not...

@SilverSpiral Funny you mentioned how it's quiet on the lower floors, because I have no problems with vibration from traffic when I'm walking down the street beside them. I have earplugs because honks hurt me, but with the exception of loud motorcycles and large trucks, I'm generally okay with...

It's a constant presence in my life (non-stop). Sometimes I'm unaware of it. Sometimes I'm very aware of it. Exposure to a certain level of noise/music will trigger it to increase and the tones might change to a lower one or higher one. It's been awhile since I pinned down the frequency. I...

This kind of thing is really hard to track. It really varies from day to day, and for me it's not related to any medication changes. Sometimes it changes from morning to late morning to afternoon, and then spikes in the evening and quiets down the next morning Today, for example, I wore...

Man I remember being in the exact same mental state as that guy and thinking that hyperacusis was the very worst thing that could happen to someone. Total despair. But honestly I think bad tinnitus is even worse than bad hyperacusis, having had pretty intense cases of both conditions. The...

These are normal everyday sounds and shouldn't cause you any harm because you are not being exposed to them long enough. I went into a venue recently where the sound level was 100 decibels. I stayed there for 30mis and wore no earplugs, although I had them with me. The next day my tinnitus was...

Yeah, this pretty much describes how I've been feeling as well. I've barely been listening to anything since moving back in with my parents for quarantine. I miss vibing on train rides, listening to music, more than anything. I dont think I'll ever feel true happiness knowing I'll never...

Update: 7th month since tinnitus first started, 4th month since the 7-day moderate flare up: All in all, I'm doing fine. The tinnitus is in the very mild level. I can hear it quite well with earplugs or earmuffs on (20 dB attenuation), but still not very overwhelmingly. In a very quiet room, I...

@HanaK, I can 100% relate with this. I saw your threads about earwax build up and syringing earlier. Did syringing really cause your hearing loss and tinnitus? I get a lot of earwax as well and I used to use Q-Tips. Do you manually take earwax out now? Does it affect your tinnitus or not? Also...

Thanks for the update. Wishing you a quick and steady recovery!

Hey there, I would say overall I am doing better these days. My tinnitus is 100% here to stay and is still loud as hell if I focus on it or find myself in a quiet room, but otherwise I can usually tune it out and would say I’m pretty much habituated to the tinnitus itself, unless it has spiked...

Well the Prednisone was great while on it and I remember laughing out loud hearing my tones die within a couple hours of taking my 75 mg dose. The distortions I had though? They never changed on Prednisone. It was always the coming off where I was left permanently in worse shape. I've gotten...

Here's my story. Not really a gun person but a friend invited me out clay shooting. We stand around until another friend arrives and he suddenly grabs some earplugs from a bowl and tosses them to me then walks out the door to get ready. I'm shocked and glance at the range operator because last...

Hi @Digital Doc and thanks for that. I just feel like "making an effort" is an understatement of what I have been doing these last 12 months. I have completely changed and adjusted my life to tinnitus which includes following all of your advices. I wouldn't touch a vacuum cleaner even if someone...

Beware of noise canceling headphones if you have tinnitus! I've had tinnitus since 2006, but over the years my brain had pretty much blocked it out 90 percent of the time or more. I felt very fortunate. Then this weekend, I attended a meditation course. During the class, I didn't notice the...

There is a thread about low frequency tinnitus, where some people share their experience about something similar to this. I do have a machine like sound, which comes and goes, and disappears while I'm covering or plugging my ears with my finger, talking, humming, yawning. Earplugs don't make...

Do you have hyperacusis? It's really different for everyone. The loud intrusive tinnitus was tormenting for the first couple years for me (just look at my old posts), but I'm mostly habituated by now. The noise sensitivity/hyperacusis has not gone away unfortunately. Even if it might be...

Yes, I think it is possible. I often get ear pain without knowing the cause or being unsure. Even if I suspect I have ear pain from a certain noise, often I feel that I can't be 100% certain. I think I get pain from a particular noise but it's somewhat rare. The problem is the pain remains...

Hi @Tweedleman, Glad to hear that you are about 85% back to normal with your hearing, and that your tinnitus is 2/10, four years on. What was the timeline for your recovery? Has it just been a case of gradual steady improvement over the four years? I am two months in, after acoustic trauma...

Hello, Tara! I'm afraid yes, the healing process is really long. At the moment I am 7 months in with my tinnitus and hyperacusis. Good thing is that I almost can't hear my tinnitus when I'm outside. I think my hyperacusis is gone or almost gone because I don't feel that everyday noise is louder...

Thank you for your kind comments @FestivalT. Listening to classical music for sound enrichment is fine but remember, the idea is not to mask or cover up the tinnitus so it can't be heard. I have covered this in my post: New to Tinnitus, What to Do? I strongly suggest that you print the articles...

this is the same strategy I use to listen to sounds on airplanes: the silicone will cut out ~28db or whatever of everything, including background noise (office hum, airplane engine, whatever). You do then have to increase the volume on the headphones until you can hear it, but because you've...

* Numerous FB friends have tagged me to all kinds of earplug ads. * The coworker sitting beside me speaks in a lower voice when talking to me. * A teenage niece reminded me to wear my earplugs properly when she saw them popping out of my ears. * My senior citizen parents visit me 2x a month to...

@LostTruck, it looks like @jjflyman missed your post. Maybe he will respond still. I can't answer for him, but I don't think anyone, including a success story like him, can tell you how much exposure your ears can take. It's uper individual, nobody knows, you will find by trial. Probably better...

Yep I take 2.4g of NAC a day, way over the prescribed dose and I'm not sure it's doing anything but making my visits to the bathroom expensive but trying anything that can help! No idea about best brand - I go to Holland and Barrett (the big health food chain found in most towns and cities) to...

I have some questions for you. After your acoustic traumas, were you working a job during your recovery/healing periods? Were you exposing yourself to normal sounds still? Or did you decide to overprotect and isolate in a quiet room with earmuffs/earplugs most of the time? Was your tinnitus ever...