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You have deluded yourself past the point of anybody being able to talk any sense into you, and that's fine... But the fact that spend so much time attempting to push your flawed agenda and chastising other members for doing things as harmless as attending a dance recital (with earplugs mind you)...

I’m glad you’ve found something you can do with the Comedy audio for now. Another poster said at one point that when they listened to music their hyperacusis started to feel better. It’s weird because in the past sometimes, rarely, I would have that too. Like the muscles tensed up initially...

Well it’s now the 5th of May so I’m 6 months in and it’s time to provide an update. As a summary, the tinnitus is at a 2/10 (from a peak of 8/10 at onset) and the pain hyperacusis is largely gone. I feel lucky, though I suspect my recovery situation is typical. Hopefully in six months to a...

This is correct. It is for calculating workplace safety so the employer / safety director knows how to limit liability and reduce injuries. Take this example. A machine shop has 100 employees. The average dB of the the operating environment is 95dB over an 8-hour shift. That machine shop is...

I feel for you and hope you’ll feel better soon. It’s a good sign that you improved in the first few months. If it's possible, you could try to talk to a therapist that is specialized in tinnitus patients. I don't think a regular one will understand this affliction. I went to three therapists...

Hey @Noir fifty , I used to play the drums. Thing is, you can get used to loud sounds. Playing the drums is fun, but it's also loud. If you plan to continue doing this activity, please get some earplugs. They are cheap, but in the long run will make a good job protecting your hearing. You are...

I still receive frequent "likes", etc. on this post. My own tinnitus has also improved tremendously. My hyperacusis went away 99% of the time. I go to concerts again, loud bars, practice guitar daily. I'm of the belief system that ears can heal for many of us if given enough time and...

Yeah, I think the middle ear stuff can be more controlled to neck and face pain. I read the Stapedius and Tensor Tympani can be connected to nerves all over. I mean if something causes me pain at this point, I completely avoid it. Pushing through, will result in worsening. I’m not in complete...

If anyone happens to read this, I need outside perspectives because I am not thinking about all this rationally on my own, I need help. I’m going to be as objective as possible in describing my experience to see if anyone can suggest the best way forward as I am truly confused about what the...

Hi @VincentWinters Good to hear that you are managing your tinnitus. This condition comes in many forms and intensities and no two people experience it the same. When it is mild or moderate as you have it many people are able to manage. When it reaches severe levels and this is sustained, it can...

Thank you Tom. These stats are uplifting and will help some of us go on with our day without thinking too much of T. My T is from one 2 hour concert so I am still hoping that it will subside someday. -- In the meantime, I am taking better care of myself, trying supplements, and staying busy...

HI @Aegyo I am a little disappointed that you are putting your Yoga lesson before me. I was quite chuffed reading your request for my help. My grin has diminished significantly. I am kidding of course and just wanted to try adding a little humour and hopefully lessen the seriousness of what...

Can you hear your t while sitting in a silent room? Yes Can you hear it while walking outside on a quiet street? Yes Can you hear it over a tv at modest volume? Yes Can you hear it over a shower? No Does your t get louder when in loud environments like busy restaurant with music playing...

So one more question. There is tinnitus that spikes and is louder for awhile after being exposed to noise, but I know there is also tinnitus that reacts instantly to external noises, so I’m guessing not only does your tinnitus spike after the noise exposure but it also rides on top of every...

Thanks Annika and I'm so sorry you're dealing with this too. Hopefully, you've seen some improvement since you last posted, even if a small one? I saw some major improvement within a month but feel like I may have lost much of it by pushing myself too much. Here's what I did while I was seeing...

I'm really puzzled about my apparent Tinnitus and need some advice please. So as i said before, the last time i experienced tinnitus it lasted approximately 2 weeks until some reassurance from the other half made me literally not think about it for 2 months. During those 2 weeks my symptoms was...

Mark...have covered this in detail a number of times. If you want to do search do it under my username in the hyperacusis section = more of my posts on H, etc. Short story. When I first got the "bad H" (2006) I could not be in a quiet car, on the freeway, with windows closed, without full...

Are you now able to go to bars or venues that play music (live or background), with earplugs of course - or is this something you still have to avoid?

Hello all, I've read this forum back to front 3 times before finally signing up today. Today is 1 month since I developed some pretty decent tinnitus - I'm not having much fun at the moment. I think I have always had tinnitus to some degree - I've never been one of those people to experience...

Just "celebrated" my 5-year tinnitus spike anniversary :rockingbanana: Like you, I don't think there has been much noticeable change on a physical level from when I stupidly took my earplugs out and subjected my ears to a sonic onslaught while seeing one of my favorite bands. Since then, it has...

Wow, I go through something similar but probably not that severe. I also have hyperacusis so I know what that's like to live with, I really hope you find relief soon. Best of wishes.

74 days ago I worked with a puncher for a couple of hours. There was not any pain or noise in ears that day. Only in the next morning I woke up with a roar (ringing) in my ears and fullness feeling in right ear. A day after the noise exposure I haddexamethasone. I did 6 audiograms including up...

I’m a 55 year old woman. I’ve had high-pitched tinnitus for several years now and I’d gotten used to it. But just recently, I developed a low-frequency “engine idling” sound in my right ear. It is much louder when it is quiet in the room. It is there all the time, even when I put earplugs in my...

I'm so sorry you are dealing with this too. I'm trying my best to be optimistic. As for your future, I will say that my son is my reason for living and it's stressful but super fulfilling for me and does lift me out of my despair lately. So if you do decide to have children I think it can be a...

As I relax more I notice that I actually hear more tones when I sit in silence for a long time, and after I turn my fan off or leave a room with sound I find that my T is actually better until I sit in the silence for a while. Is this possible? That exposure to safe noise helps and being in the...

I don't have the patience to debate this with you anymore. @Autumnly I had bad hyperacusis for most of a year. I avoided loud sounds and wore earplugs most everywhere during that time. I don't advocate for people with hyperacusis issues to strap in some foamies and go see bassnectar. I've...

agree, I went to fast too soon early on and set myself back to where I'm still not at. I was new to having H and was told it was just my imagination, so I put on range muffs and did some yard work with a reciprocating saw. When I took off the range muffs my T and H wear off the chart. I...

So, Tinnitus that increases with noises is Hyperacusis? What I experience is that sometimes, I will get a spike in my T, and with that, all sounds make the T louder, especially things like running water and fans. It actually increases and competes with those sounds. It can last anywhere from...

Not sure if this is going to help you but Neuromod is releasing a new device against tinnitus next year in Ireland and certain other European countries, not sure when it's coming out in the US. Initially, they want to make the device available in Ireland in 2019. After that, they’re looking at a...

9 month update: (after taking doxycycline in March 2020) My tinnitus is largely gone or at least it's not really bothering me any more. For all suffering from new onset tinnitus, give it some time, things can get better. For the past month now there has been a noticeable decrease in the...

Hi @MSmith. You have a lot going on in your life that could have contributed to the onset of tinnitus. Hopefully my advice will give you a few things to consider on the best way moving forward regarding treatment. Tinnitus can be caused by many things the most common is exposure to loud...

I've had tinnitus since my first tour in Iraq. Lots of stuff blew up, and never gone to put in earplugs while shooting back at the bad guys. It's recently almost doubled in a amplification, and may be due to dehydration and a increase in salt intake. I've only just begun researching it...

I don't think there's much to debunk here. The idea that urban noise pollution is a significant stressor and leads to shorter lifespans and lower quality of life is noncontroversial, well documented (and is one of the big reasons I now live in the middle of the woods). The idea that mice...

Wow, I love reading your success story. I am 4 months in with multi-tone reactive tinnitus from an ear infection. It hasn’t improved as of yet, but your story and others remind me that I have SO much time on my side for improvement. I also like how you view sound and letting it in carefully but...

Yeah I've read some of his posts on spikes. @Bill Bauer any thoughts on my situation? Just to summarize- Tinnitus in 2004 after airhorn near the ear (initial injury). Calmed down after a few weeks. Then from my memory and everything I can recall, I believe it was at least another year after...

DO NOT TOUCH YOUR EARS. DO not expose them to loud sounds nor do EAR TESTS that ENT Will want to PLEASE DONT. I had Mild T and now I have Severe T and Hyperacusis, please DONT USE HEADPHONES EITHER. MENIERE usually comes with hearing loss and vertigo. I think you might have noise induced from...

Thank you so much, I just didn't know. I can hardly believe there are still people in 2023 that have never heard of tinnitus, but it's true. Some casually go about their day listening to music through headphones and earbuds at high volume levels blissfully unaware of the dangers of exposure to...

Your posts are very helpful! You are right on the money with bone conduction. I had an MRI on Monday as my otologist wanted one, my wife agreed - she is a cardiologist, and we thought that with earplugs the sound would do no damage to me. It did make sense for healthy ears, so we went ahead...

Hi Everyone, I am an 18 year old from the UK who is currently travelling around Asia. My trouble started a month ago when I was in Phuket, and ever since then I have been very worried about what is going on with my ear. Firstly I did listen to some loud music for one night, and admittedly it was...

I'm so sorry. That sounds like an absolutely horrible experience. I fully believe you regarding the inability to understand speech, but out of curiosity, what are your "Words in Quiet" and "Speech in noise" scores like on recent audiometric tests? What do your doctors think? Have you tried any...

That's a really good sign. What usually happens is that, when the ears are enriched with sound, the tinnitus gets harder to hear, i.e. it is perceived as lower in volume relative to the environmental sounds. When we put on hearing protection, and get an almost dead silent environment, we hear...

Hi guys, I'm at the end of my rope so I have to vent here as NO ONE else can resonate with my situation. This will probably be my last day in this hell that was once life. I've been following this thread for several months but only now managed to sign up because of a technical issue so I assume...

Thanks once again for your help, Michael. I did print out some of your materials the other day, and read it, but I must have missed the part about the ear plugs. As I have made a habit of using earplugs for years, as explained in the post above, I'm not used to sleeping without them. In...

If you were wearing the hearing protection properly you can probably disregard that "(NRR - 7) / 2" equation. This is more for users who don't insert their earplugs all the way or have exposure before inserting hearing protection. From the 3M website: The NRR rating is already downrated from...

Hi @Luman It is not a good idea for a person that has tinnitus especially when intrusive to sleep in a quiet room or to use earplugs when asleep. The brain and auditory system never turn off. Please read part of a text taken from my article: Tinnitus, A Personal View. As you are new to...

Hey everyone, I've been putting off writing anything but I'm having a bad day so here goes. I've had pretty mild T for 13 years now, most likely due to TMJ. Mostly a soft hiss and when it 'spikes' or I've been anxious a solid tone thats only heard in very quiet places. The usual horrible...

TL;DR: I had mild tinnitus for years with history of concussion. Tinnitus worsened 10-fold and got pain hyperacusis (stabbing pain, burning pain now sometimes in silence, much worse on the right) after 5-day course of Naproxen for autoimmune issue in January 2023. I get intermittent fullness and...

Ha Ha Ha! It's been 6 years since you posted this and still this company hasn't released any device to the public. What a joke!

i think it did spiked, i woke up this morning in "silence" and now i hear this hissing, so after 3 weeks of silence its got a bit louder from a 0 to a 3. i know its "nothing compare to other users, and i have had it loud in the past, but i was getting used to my almost non existent tinnitus"...

Hi Rhea. I can only agree with you. Jastreboff's model of T and his Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, which is a habituation program, strongly recommends to avoid silence, which is what total sound-blocking earplugs like foam will do. He refers to an early trial where ppl (who did not have T) were...

Riding around town I don't since I rarely go over 30mph and I don't want to obstruct too much of my hearing. My full helmet (dampens much sound) + plugs would not allow me to hear what is going on well enough. If I go for a longer ride or higher speeds then I will pop in some foam plugs. My...

Hello all, I’m very new to this web site. From everything I’ve read, you guys all seem to be very helpful, supportive and knowledgeable. I have had tinnitus (stress induced) in a very mild and unobtrusive form for the past 7 years, and have never had any trouble with loud music/noises. However...

Thanks for writing! Is there anything special you have done for this? I’ve been using ear plugs for a few days at work to see if it helps, mine seems to be aggravated by noise. I know I run the risk of increasing my sound sensitive but from what I told that wouldn’t happen right away. People’s...

Sam, without seeming rude (because no matter how I spin this it will sound bad), I have a similar experience. I would say the people who seem to adapt quicker are the easy going, non-thinking, types. My dad has never been bothered by his loud tinnitus, ever. He never mentioned it in his life...

Theezy, do you live near any countryside? For me, the only sounds that give me some temporary relief from my screeching tinnitus are the sounds of nature, birds singing, crunching on stony, country lanes, a gentle breeze. This is my only relief. Right now my tinnitus is really bad. Since...

Apocalypse it is good to question loudness issues at your age. I think you handled the situation well. You didn't immediately run away and hide. I don't know the answer to your poll question but I do know if you are in a situation where you cannot hear your own voice in a conversation it is...

Hello I developed intrusive tinnitus and severe hyperacusis after a long and very loud concert in May 2019, I was 19 at the time. The hyperacusis was so bad that even the quietest noises boomed in my head and caused stabbing pains. I could barely speak because my own voice was too loud. I also...

Hi all, I guess this is a post/contribution looking for support, reassurance or some encouragement to keep going. I don't know where to begin. I have had tinnitus which has distressed me immeasurably over the years. Over the past couple of months, it had seemed to have settled to a manageable...

@Damocles Thank you for your detailed, helpful and positive replies! Definitely make me feel a bit better! xx

Hi CarrieLee, the fans I had in my room were certainly not loud, well below the decibel range to damage my hearing. The white noise youtube was louder, but also not loud enough to be dangerous. And yet: the youtube caused temporary hearing loss and then intense T. I don't think these night...