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@GeorgeLG, thanks for asking. It went fine actually. I used foam earplugs and it was very quiet. The radiologist actually went against my parents' request and ordered that I not be given contrast, as it wasn't necessary. Of course, the scan showed no anomalies and everything was normal. I had a...

@Matchbox, was it a multiple person one or a single person chamber? And do you think wearing earmuffs/ear defenders is safe with the pressure, since I can't wear earplugs in there unless they're vented?

How loud is the hyperbaric chamber when undergoing HBOT? Decibel approximation? I have hyperacusis and not sure if I can handle it. Are the single person chambers quieter than the multi person ones? Thanks.

Hello, Today I went to a tinnitus clinic in a faraway city. Six hours of driving round-trip. There, they did a ultra high frequency extended audiogram that went all the way to 20 kHz. At some point around 18 kHz - 20 kHz (not sure which frequency exactly), the one or two second tone the...

I have had a ton of bad incidents with them due to them being difficult to take out of my ears.

There is no acoustic neuroma as confirmed by the MRI so yeah basically. I'm planning on using silicone putty earplugs, are these safe to wear in the CT Scanner?

AC/Furnace is my guess.

Hello again, Despite having had a CT scan already show nothing, and then having a MRI scan show nothing, my parents requested my doctor to order me 2 more CT scans again this time with contrast. They are convinced that the scan will show the problem with my ear and then the doctor will be able...

@Matchbox, wow I never even knew this. Almost a week ago I had an event that spiked my tinnitus and I took Prednisone within two hours. I should have waited longer perhaps? What is hydrops? Thanks.

Yeah there is no need to taper for courses <=7 days long. I would first ask your doctor if it's okay to stop. If he says it's okay, then I would probably stop after day 4 or 5 if you think it is not benefiting you much anymore and just save the rest in case of acoustic trauma in the future so...

Prednisone always helps my tinnitus get quieter after a spike or loud noise so I'm surprised it made yours worse. But I wouldn't worry if I were you because I have heard that if Prednisone causes a spike it's usually temporary and goes away shortly after stopping it. Good luck. I hope your...

@Lane, I highly agree with you. It's complete bullshit and I don't agree with the it's just inflammation from the vaccine and it will go away in 6-12 months that the medical establishment keeps saying. You can't even explain how the vaccine causes ringing but can explain when it will stop??? My...

I just had a panic attack and started hyper ventilating causing me to get lightheaded. I calmed down now but my tinnitus in left ear got even louder. I am basically crying. Right now it's maybe a 9/10. Apparently when you hyperventilate, it causes a lack of CO2 in the blood, did this stress my...

I think it's diet. Sodium potassium and sugar in particular. Maybe some other nutrients. The level of these in your blood can vary quite a lot. Also I think blood pressure and body temp and pulse rate also have some effect. As well as hydration levels. That's my theory at least. Try cutting out...

I ended up taking the 40 mg 2 hours after the incident. Did I make the right choice taking it only 2 hours after or is it more effective if I had waited 24 hours? Now 2 days later it still has not resolved, my tinnitus is the worst it has ever been. And today a super loud military jet flew only...

Hello, Today I was wearing my ear muffs / ear defenders and stretched them to take them off but when the left ear cup was stretched maybe 4-5 inches away from my ear I accidentally let it slip and it went fast and slammed/smacked my left ear. These are really tight peltor earmuffs so it smacked...

Thanks @Damocles for the tip when it gets stuck. I ended up not taking the Prednisone. I am using ear defenders now so I don't hurt anything further.

I have taken NAC and Lexapro (SSRI) and Prednisone all together at once with no problems. NAC and Lexapro together as well quite a few times with no problems. Just my experience. Since then I take 600 mg twice daily.

Hello, I'm not sure what to do now after an earplug got stuck in my left ear. My left ear canal is very small so, after taking a shower, when I tried to remove the earplug in my ear, it took me five minutes of fighting with it and continuously mushing it just to pry it out. I saw some dried...

@K.A., did you just leave them and live on your own? That's what I am thinking of doing now. My tinnitus keeps getting worse the longer I am here. And it turns out they swapped my real Prednisone for fake Prednisone, a placebo medicine. I didn't know this until yesterday when I talked with...

Hello All, Sadly I got extremely upset as my parents were making a ton of noise intentionally out of anger towards me and causing me lots of pain and a huge tinnitus spike. As a result I started yelling and wailing and crying for an hour nonstop and got into a huge argument with my parents...

Exact same thing happens to me. If I rub my eye it makes that Tensor Tympani reflex or rumble happen in my ear. If I get something in my eye causing it to water and cry and shut it also triggers the same thing. I think the nerves or whatever are connected between the two probably.

I get the same whistling distorted sound when I am in the car and it's driving on a road. The road and wind noise makes that weird sound.

My current stack: 600mg NAC (Thorne) x2 a day 350mg NAD (Tru Niagen Nicotinamide Riboside) 1x a day Multivitamin (Garden of Life) 1x a day [contains Vitamin A, B, C, E, D, etc.] 350mg Magnesium Complex (Purely Optimal) [contains all types of Magnesium for maximum absorption] 1x a day After...

It seems like I have developed hyperacusis to sounds with very low frequencies (which are effectively just vibrations). Every footstep I take it feels to me like the room is shaking (my vision perceives the room as shaking but I don't think it actually does). Vibrations from cars are massively...

Hi All, I just want to preface this by saying that sometimes I notice I get temporary pulsatile tinnitus (sounds like a whooshing sound in sync with my heartbeat) for a minute or two and then it fades. I have normal tinnitus that is much louder I guess. But what I am curious about is if I...

Thanks for the information. I will try and buy those kinds. Thank you for the tips. I will stick my fingers more deeply into the canal to try and get a better grip on them. Yeah it happened to me one time and really scared me. I just bought the ER-20, I will try and see how it goes. Thank...

Everytime I use foam earplugs I insert them very deeply. I leave maybe 15% of the plug, so like 3 mm or 4 mm, out of the ear canal so I have something to touch when I take them out. The problem is I always make a ton of noise when I try and remove them. If I try and pinch the end to grab them...

I know but you can just buy it online from pretty much anywhere.

It's okay man. I miss chips too haha. Hyperacusis sucks for sure. I hope one day we will get better.

Interesting, thanks for showing me this. I think it is simply just hyperacusis and the sensitivity ramping up to the noise that's made in my mouth when I eat or drink. Yesterday I got assaulted with noise at an emergency ward in the hospital and afterwards, the sounds in my mouth were negligible...

I got bombarded with a ton of noise yesterday. I am taking Prednisone now (24 hours later) along with Lexapro (an antidepressant) I have been taking for a few weeks. I was wondering if it is safe to take NAC as well as I heard it helps with very loud noise too. My doctor said Prednisone +...

I am frustrated with dealing with hyperacusis. I think it has been a month and a half now. Everytime I get extremely upset and stop eating my parents force me to go with them to urgent care where I get bombarded with door slams and loud metal clanks and the doctors can't do shit for me so they...

A similar thing happened to me with regards to ear infection. I had an external one and it made my post vaccine tinnitus double or triple in volume. No clue if it was permanent or not but other loud noise exposures seemed to have put me at a 6/10 tinnitus level now.

@SD7, I have the exact same theory. I noticed after the vaccine, but before I blasted my ears, everything was louder and things like kitchenware were bothering me. I definitely believe it made the ears more sensitive.

@SD7, the video is behind a login wall since it was for school so I can't give you a link. I can probably record it and send it to you but I need to use a laptop for that and my hyperacusis is so bad I can't stand the clack of the keyboard. I will try and get it to you later when I manage to be...

@Brian Newman, I had perfect hearing after the vaccine according to an audiologist that did a hearing test on me. A month later, I accidentally was playing a video on my laptop when my speakers were set to max volume and it was a rather high frequency of sound and I got blasted by it for 3...

Hello Everyone, For the past week, everytime I swallow anything, be it water or food or milk, my ears either make loud cracking/crackling sound, or they both pop and this is quite a rough and loud pop as well. I am concerned this is damaging my ears and potentially my hearing due to the...

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Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself onto the forums. I had the 2nd dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and immediately developed tinnitus in both ears. The volume was an initial hiss of 3/10 severity. As the days went on, I also got an external ear infection, had to clear the wax from my...