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I’m about to hit 5 months and it’s still constant :( I’m scared, I haven’t read any stories of someone having it longer than 5 months.

I got my COVID-19 booster vaccine in January, 2022. 3 weeks later, I developed music distortion. My first 2 vaccines were alright, I had no auditory symptoms at all. My first two jabs were AstraZeneca and the booster was Pfizer (only one available). I work in healthcare so am at a high risk of...

@Jon R., how are your distortions now?

I have been having this for 3 months now. Did it follow some specific pattern before it got better? Thanks for your reply.

How long did it take for you to get better?

hey how are your distortions now?

@HootOwl, did your distortions get better?

I am 17 months in, yet still cannot bear to hear it. i don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Maybe it’s because I developed a new sound 5 months ago, because before that (only for a week) I was able to sleep with my baseline. But I was still upset I had it.

I think this would only happen if you have uncontrolled diabetes type 2. Since normally your body regulates the amount of sugar, at most it would cause inflammation. Nerve damage is a long term effect of diabetes because of elevated sugar levels.

Hopefully it will work. I don’t know if I can handle this sound, I wasn’t even fully habituated before to my old one.

@Ben Winders, no I’ve never had a buzzing sound. My original tinnitus sounds like tinkles, like if you imagine you’re walking past a lake and the sunlight hits the water and it glistens, turn that sight into a sound and that’s what my tinnitus sounds like (a bit faster).

I’ve had tinnitus for 1 year and 4 months now. I was not habituated to my baseline, yet I was making small steps like sleeping without a fan. One day after, like a sick joke, I got a new sound which is still with me 4.5 months later. It sounds like an inconsistent buzz. Like a fly trying to...

Does it sound like a fly trapped in a lightbulb trying to get out? Because I also have had this for the past 4 months. It randomly came on, no idea how, not noise trauma either... Life’s unfair.

Did your tone go away?

How are your tones now?

I’ve been masking for a year now. I still can’t handle my tinnitus. Am I too late to stop masking now?

It has not gone away. I’m on month 2.

I’m sorry to hear that. Do you have other sounds (I do) or just the one tone?

Yes it somewhat goes away when I shake my head. It doesn’t go away if I put my head on my arm, or on my pillow. I think it goes away when someone’s talking, so yes. I am hoping this is a temporary sound. I’ve never had a spike before. How long have you had this sound?

2 weeks ago I moved into my new uni accommodation. At night I realised there was a weird buzzing sound coming from somewhere, I assumed it was the pipes in the new building and turned on the fan and slept. The following week I went home and the sound followed me, I got very stressed because it...

I am experiencing exactly this. Definitely not noise related because I haven’t used headphones in a year, and don’t listen to loud music. Did yours go away?

Wish @Marton would reply as it seems he’s the only one who can do both, silence his tinnitus by doing Valsalva maneuver and hanging upside down :(

I can also do this. Is there anyone else that can? If so, I have another question for you.

hi, are you active?

Hi @Poseidon65, Does your tinnitus go away when you are upside down? I can, also, make my tinnitus disappear by doing the valsalva maneuver.

Ohh, I’m just seeing if anyone else can make it go away like this as I’ve never heard of or met anyone similar. Makes me wonder if there is a different cause to my tinnitus, as it’s unilateral and not exactly a ‘tonal’ noise.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone's tinnitus goes away with contraction of the tensor tympani muscle? I don't mean how the sound of rumbling drowns the tinnitus out, but when plugging the ears, and contracting the muscle, the tinnitus completely goes away. If so, what is the cause of your...

hi, are you active?

hi, are you active?