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Honestly, don’t waste your breath. If you dare to suggest there might be an alternative to double protection or living in silence as a hermit, you’ll be immediately shot down here. The quote above is accurate. Many people do improve over time, and once they do, they leave places like this. What...

Personally I don't believe in sound generators nor do I believe in total silence or TRT or even CBT. What I do believe in is time (lots and lots of time), avoiding damaging sounds (jet engines, fire alarms etc) and maintaining a positive attitude. Oh and Amitriptyline, Vitamin B12 and...

Last time I checked I don't owe you an answer but I'll indulge. As far as I can tell Brian is one of the unlucky few who gets this sh*t chronically. I honestly feel very bad for any poor soul who's life is ruined by hyperacusis. However that does not mean he is the authority on Hyperacusis nor...

If people's success bothers you that much, then why reply to their post? Like someone said, you're the one in the wrong for sh*tting on their success. Why not be happy for them rather than spreading more negativity? And I'm not sure what truth you talk about. The OP appears to have gotten...

So posts like the above are acceptable? Who is @Brian Newman or anyone else to say those who got better were mild? And please quote where @sjtinguy, or myself, said that 'Everyone can get better'. Personally I've neve made such a statement. All I've ever said is that hyperacusis is a very...

@sjtinguy, thank you for coming on and sharing your success story. The replies you got are why I generally don't bother posting anymore. God forbid you dare say that hyperacusis and noxacusis is anything but hearing damage or that maybe silence isn't the best treatment. Like you, these same...

Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. When I was at my lowest (I'm talking rock bottom, ready to leave this mortal coil low) I promised myself if I got better, I'd come back to the forums and tell my success story and what worked for me. I did get better, I still am better. I'm living my...

Yay Guy Fawkes night. A T and H sufferers nightmare!

IMHO you'd be seriously unlucky for that to cause you hearing damage! I'd suggest it's more likely your ear doing what it's supposed to do and tensioning the tensor tympani and stapedius muscle to protect you from a perceived loud noise. My ear muscles are overly reactive from having a very...

I read it more as @Aleph trying to be positive and trying to help the OP. Nowhere did he gaslight. In fact his argument was constructed of solid facts based on research papers. He was then shot down for having an opinion. Rather than shoot them down, why wasn’t a counter argument presented? In...

How can you say it's objectively wrong when no one fully understands the mechanics of hyperacusis? That's my point. And I believe that @Aleph was trying to make that point and responded in kind when shot down unnecessarily for trying to help the OP. If you don't buy into the affluent hair cell...

Why all the hate for @Aleph? The guy (or gal) comes on here with a solid argument and gets shot down in flames just because his ideas don't fit with others. Jeeezus even professionals don't know what's wrong with us. Maybe an open mind would suit us all well. IMHO no one likes to hear this is...

If it helps, I suffered an acoustic shock and am now much better. It just takes a very very long time. Almost 2 long horrible years in my case. Cheers, Shaun.

I'm almost 100% sure it's psychosomatic and involving the middle ear muscles which in turn irritate the trigeminal Nerve. Like you, if I hear a door slam etc, or anything I perceive as dangerously loud (even though it isn't), the ear closest to the sound becomes full and my face and jaw become...

Hey Abbie, For starters your life is not ruined, not even close to ruined. Even if the hissing/ ringing sticks around you will get used to it. For the majority of people it becomes a none issue. However, chances are that in a few weeks or months the ringing will ease or disappear completely...

Well I woke up this morning to less hissing and less ear numbness. I thought I was heading in the right direction. I was driving to work when a rock hit my windscreen. My left, good ear rang for a couple of seconds and now has a dull ache. Besides wearing ear defenders everywhere it just seems...

If i didnt have bad luck i'd have no luck at all. Rock hit windsceen of car and made my good ear ring for a second or 2. Really give up.

Well, no real change. Neck and face tension continue. Ear hisses all the time. No hyperacusis or noxacusis that I can tell. To make it worse, the guy I was with reckons it was 130 to 150 dB... If that's true then my ear really is damaged and it isn't stress/anxiety. I was just starting to...

Aye, trying not to think about it but every fibre of my body is on edge again! If I felt this way with no obvious trigger then I think I'd be OK with it. But because a loud noise happened and I can't stop thinking about that loud noise I'm heading back down the rabbit hole. Has it damaged my...

Hey, The whole thing has been very weird for me as I don't *appear* to fit into any kind of category. I can still listen to music, drive the car, go to restaurants. None of these things make it worse. The worst bit about it is the feeling of burning that starts for no reason I can pinpoint...

Well I was doing great lol. Now my face is numb and I have some burning again after the compressed air incident. I'm hoping it's just my mind overthinking the whole thing! I've no secret how I got over it the first time. I didn't really have the normal pain or loudness to noise. I just had an...

Hey. Sorry, I really wanted to write a success story but was terrified of jinxing my progress. I went from constant burning ears, even in silence, to just aching jaw and ear. This progress happened over almost 2 years. Until my latest setback I reckon I was at about 90% better. Anyway...

Thank you :) You've set my mind at ease slightly which has relaxed me a little. That's exactly what happens. I hear a loud noise. Panic. Go into fight or flight mode than constantly worry. Constantly think about it and then constantly over think it. Hopefully in a week or maybe a month I'll...

Hey, You may or may not remember me. I was the guy who got a possible acoustic shock from his brother's car. After almost 2 years I'd recovered. However, now I'm back to almost square one :( The other day at work my stupid employee messed with a pressure release valve on compressed air...

Don't panic. Easier said than done I know. Chances are all you've done is impacted the wax, which diminished your hearing and made you more aware of the tinnitus you probably already had but didn't realise you had. Now your brain's locked onto it and is seeing it as a threat. Try to relax...

Funnily enough I've just got off the phone to the doctor. I came off Tegretol because I felt it wasn't helping and was put on Lyrica. The doctor is now giving me Tegretol as well to see if that will help. May I ask what symptoms do you have? Cheers, Shaun.

Thank you for the reply :) I get horrible tension in my face, jaw and ear. Tonight I've taken another Lorezapam and it's all gone away. Someone said its' either acting on GABA receptors or relaxing the middle ear muscles. I think I'm going to try get the Dr to prescribe Baclofen next. I'm...

I get the tightness even without sound. Wish someone would tell me what I've done so I can at least try find something to help. Feels very muscular as opposed to pain. I took my last Lorazepam to see if it takes it all away again. If it does, then I'm still thinking TTTS. Shaun.

It's more the feeling of pressure I get in my face and head than tinnitus.... My tinnitus is basically non.existent. Just been for a walk and my face and jaw are super tight. No tingling today yet thank God. Shaun.

High pitched sudden noise from my brother's car. It was apparently his faulty differential. The noise startled me. After that the symptoms built up. Tingling in the face, jaw, pain etc. After a Valsalva one night everything seemed to get worse... That or I overthought it and stress caused a...

My very old tinnitus is from a single concert and a few years of unprotected ears riding motorbikes. I'm not sure I have hyperacusis... Sounds are not too loud. Sounds don't cause stabbing. I have fullness and achiness and more annoying tingling at times. It was started by possible Acoustic...

I'm sorry it doesn't work for you :( My hyperacusis or whatever the hell I have has always felt very muscular in nature so I wonder if the muscle relaxing properties relax the middle ear muscles, giving relief? Either way I'm going to talk to my doctor tomorrow and try convince them to...

I just took Lorozepam and 75% of my symptoms have gone away! Gone from sitting on the sofa with ear feeling discomfort and tingling to feeling much better. Could be placebo though. Shaun.

Lorazepam took all my horrible ear symptoms right down. Tingling and aching are almost non existant. I know this isn't a long term solution.

Hey, I'm on Lyrica for face, jaw and ear pain. Have loads of tingling in my ear and fullness. Doctor thinks trigeminal neuralgia (I know it isn't) so they prescribed Lyrica. It doesn't work. I just now take all 3 at once and basically collapse into bed. Shaun

I'll never make it 2 years.

Hey guys, 14 months of ear problems from an acoustic shock and possible Valsalva and I think I've reached the end. I've tried before and failed... hanging oneself is easier said than done. My ear now is constant fullness and some kind of constant sensitivity like a sensitive tooth. I just...

I have the same problem with pressure and pain. I really believe mine is caused by the middle ear muscles tensing. At its worse I can feel the ear clamp shut. Ear usually feels pressure and numbness all day. Shaun.

Tensor Tympani muscle I'd guess. I should contract before speaking, eating etc so you don't hear your voice etc loud in your head. Mine makes a crumply noise after speaking... I've heard others say theirs makes a whooshing noise. Nothing to worry about. Strange thing for me is one side does...

My symptoms have changed over the year. I used to have constant burning and fiercer aching. Also more fullness and tingling. Now I have constant jaw and face ache. My ear burns on and off. It also feels full on occasion. ENT and doctor insist nothing wrong with hearing or ear and that it must...

I've had the same problem for a year now after an acoustic shock. It started out as a bit of fullness and developed into jaw pain, ear pain, fullness, numbness and tingling in my ear and face. My advise is dont panic about it! Giving it attention and researching your condition will lead you...

Very glad to hear it :) Totally agree with the relaxing round sound... I had a great weekend after been neutral to sound etc... Back to work and stress and the pains back, yuck. Hope you make a full recovery! Shaun

How are you doing now? I have a lot of these symptoms. The line is very blurry between ASD, ETD and Trigeminal Neuralgia. I've had symptoms for over a year... whilst they've improved I'm still not better. Shaun.

@superworm, stop blaming yourself :) There was no way you knew riding with earplugs was going to give you tinnitus. Just as there's no way you'll know tomorrow you'll step out your door and be squashed by a falling meteor lol. I do the same thing everyday when I say I shouldn't have gotten into...

Hi, For starters, don't blame yourself. I rode for years as a teenager with no earplugs. It was only when I got tinnitus after a concert that I started plugging up. I then rode for another 20 years with earplugs and had no problems. It was only when I got ear pain that I had to give up (not...

Hey, Thanks for the reply :) My audiogram is perfect with very little change from 5 years ago. However, my right bad ear just feels bad all the time... I'm suspecting TTTS. My DIY high frequency test is good up to 14 kHz. Yes, I've read the dominant ear thing too. Maybe my mega...

Hi John, I have very similar problem which I have also put down to TTTS. I was exposed to a second of loud high frequency noise which triggered all my symptoms. This was one year ago now... Scary that you've had it for 25 years! Since that day I've had tight muscles in my jaw, face, neck and...

Hi, When a single-sided hearing loss is suspected, most doctors will perform a hum test. Basically you hum and if you hear the hum clearer in the unaffected ear, it's a clear indication of sensorineural hearing loss in the affected ear. When I hum, I hear it much clearer in my left, my good...

Not really. My jaw and Eustachian tube do pop on yawning. I also can't pop my right bad ear by soft Valsalva. However, I've read that's common with Acoustic Shock Disorder. Shaun.

My understanding is the Tensor Tympani muscle (at this point in spasm) innervates the Trigeminal Nerve which in turn causes pain in the branches of the Trigeminal Nerve (I'm writing this drunk so correct me if I'm wrong). What I think may help is sound therapy. Yes, yes, many people say it's...

Hi, I've been suffering with a variety of symptoms for nearly a year brought on by my stupid brother's car. When he pulled off, I was exposed to about a second of high frequency subjectively high volume. Since then I've experienced: -Almost constant ear fullness of varying degrees -Burning in...

Hey, I've had ear pain, jaw pain and constant fullness for almost a year now. Brought on by 2 seconds of high pitched noise from my idiot brother's car and maybe made worse by Valsalva maneuver. I've kept going with the hope it would all subside but it hasn't. I enjoy nothing in life anymore...

Be very very careful with this! Read up on kiss of deaf... The suction can cause irreversible damage by pulling on ear drum, ossicles and inner ear. I used to do this often years ago... Luckily no damage. Shaun.

Don't do it. An ex colleague of mine was a rampy and ended up with hyperacusis and tinnitus from years of Jet engine noise. I work at an airport and even away from the stands it is loud! Shaun.

Hi, I'm suffering the same with ear pain. This has been an ongoing issue for me now for almost a year. It started after a loud wheel spin and was possibly made worse by a Valsalva. Anyway the pain has been a constant aching, boring, nagging and occasionally burning feeling. I can't seem to...

Hey, Same problem here. It started after 2 seconds of subjectively loud noise (wheel spin). I have had jaw ache and burning ever since. That was 10 months ago. Doctor thinks it's atypical trigeminal neuralgia. I was prescribed Tegretol which I think helps but it also stabilises my mood so...

Hi, I'm in exactly the same position! 10 years ago I got ear pain, fullness, jaw ache etc from a jet engine. It lasted 5 long years 24/7 until it sort of melted away and I began living again. Last year my idiot brother pulled a wheel spin which created loads of noise (I was probably exposed...

@Benjaminbb, I know you're right and for a few months I accepted it... Pain and all but then I slipped back into bad thought pattern. I think anxiety plays a massive role in it all... More anxiety... More pain... A vicious circle. I keep hoping in a few more years most of the pain will have...

How are you doing now mate? I fluctuate from doing OK and coping to the pits of despair. I think it's improved over the year but I'm not back to normal yet :( Shaun.