Search results for query: quiet room earplugs

I don't understand how tinnitus sufferers can wear earplugs in the house or in bed to sleep, because my perception of tinnitus increases to insane levels when my ears are plugged. Hence, the poll. I'm genuinely curious if this is normal. Since tinnitus is internally perceived, it makes sense to...

I'm glad to hear that you’ve adopted the sound and whatnot pretty well. That’s what I hear from most stories. It sounds like many people habituate it instead of it going away completely. I have had mild tinnitus often on for many years, but it would only last a day or two and wasn’t loud...

Understand that I am not a doctor. I believe that earmuffs are better than earplugs for extended wear since they allow your eardrum and ear canal to "breathe." Perhaps consider using earplugs while sleeping. An ambient noise level of 50 dB is quite loud for a room. Do you know what's causing...

I had a crazy spike after COVID-19 a couple of years ago. This was after 20 years of being habituated to tinnitus, with a few less severe, temporary spikes. It cleared up and went back to baseline after 9 or 10 months. Currently recovering from a second COVID-19 infection, I have a slight...

I was there a few months ago. My tinnitus was faint enough to not notice it at all during day and night. I felt almost normal. Sometimes I had the thought of avoiding super loud noises, but I was doing great. No spikes even when accidentally exposed to some noises like cars, trucks, etc. It...

I live in a house in a suburb, but I'm unsure why the website says it's 50 decibels here. I hope that’s just an error. However, I have been feeling worse from not wearing ear protection in my room, so maybe it really is 50 decibels. I can’t understand why it would be that high, though. My...

Since my most recent acoustic trauma, it seems the increase in hyperacusis is affecting my sleep. With earplugs in, I'm still easily awoken by low-level noises in a quiet room. Masking has not helped. It's maddening. Does anyone else experience sleep issues with hyperacusis?

Hi all! I am new to Tinnitus Talk. I just wanted to share my situation and get some feedback. A few weeks ago, I was at a friend's house about 40 yards from where they were shooting fireworks. One of the big mortars fell over and shot directly at me. I started running, but it exploded about...

I am sorry to know of the difficulties that you are going through with tinnitus at the moment @TJ670. I agree with the advice @Muggumbo has given you. Since the increase in your tinnitus has lasted for ten weeks, it might be a good idea to see an ENT doctor to make sure your auditory system is...

Hello everyone, I have a long history of ear issues (otitis and traumatic otoplasty during childhood, things like that). I started to feel pain overusing the old Nokia 3100 (2003). After that, I could never touch a cell phone to my ears. Then, I had episodes of hyperacusis during a period of...

Hi, 3 days ago I was at the hospital for a moment on a control visit (not related to T) and we went towards the surgery room, then i took off my earplugs because I was talking with my doctor. Everything was fine but then... some other doctors appeared with other patient and started to do...

Earplugs, if they are too tight, can cause blood to back up and yeah you'll hear that. Stop wearing such tight earplugs. True pulsatile tinnitus sounds like pulsing ringing or your heartbeat but you'd hear it disturbingly loudly in a quiet room without ear protection on. Exercise or a sound...

So I've been looking for quieter work since all this started since I work in a semi-noisy warehouse and I've been having trouble. Just had an interview that I think I nailed today for an ecommerce small shipping business and it seemed like a quiet place when I was getting the tour, until I heard...

This weekend is the 6-week mark. There seems to be progress in some areas, but not so much in others. Tinnitus: It is primarily my right ear at this time Right ear: it is constant, although when I'm out and about I don't seem to notice it. When I'm in my hotel room it is quiet so I can...

UPDATE: My first post was in June 2022. I’m posting a quick update here and will also share this on the Success Stories subforum. This is going to be short and to the point. I now understand what success means. It doesn’t mean the tinnitus is gone—mine is not. Nothing worked to the extent I...

I hear pulsatile tinnitus only about 20% of the time. It doesn’t make sense.

Can't hear anything even with earplugs in a silent room.

I guess it depends on which sound environment you're in. If we're almost always in a quiet setting, and use foam plugs, which can cut over 40 dB at 8 kHz almost no high frequency input makes its way to the brain. Low frequency sound penetrates more easily though. I think there's an significant...

Absolutely, completely gone. I never tried wearing earplugs in a quiet room.

Hi @Brian Newman, did you have this surgery?

Hi guys. I have a form low frequency tinnitus (sounds like static noise) and have had it for about 6 weeks. I suspect it is due to conductive hearing loss as I've had two of my ear hearing bones removed due to surgery. Now, the thing with my tinnitus is that it is very quiet when I am in quiet...

10-month update: My tinnitus is not causing any substantial issues. It is still present though, usually hissing and 1 tone (occasionally 2 if I am very tired). I feel like lately the hissing began to reduce in volume gradually so we will see what comes out of that. I hope it will continue to...

How intrusive is your tinnitus? Do you hear it over the shower? While driving on the highway? Outside? Over the tv? Or only in a quiet room? Is your tinnitus bilateral or unilateral? What does it sound like? Do you have multiple tones or just one? How do you live your everyday life with...

So I'm dealing with some real difficulty sleeping. It's been a week since I was diagnosed but I'm already a mess. My anxiety and depression are super spiked and I'm catching 3 hours of sleep max a night. I'm constantly freaked out that my current severe noxacusis is not going to get better...

I dunno, I go back and forth. Severe hyperacusis is more painful obviously and it’s more debilitating, it destroys your life and traps you at home. But when my tinnitus was 10/10 after the Pfizer vaccine, it was a legit struggle to stay alive. I guess it just depends on how bad each condition...

My tinnitus always decreases when I am in a quiet environment (or when wearing earplugs). It is extremely reactive to sound. It is a 2/10 low buzz in a quiet room and a 5/10 high pitched, very annoying hiss in a moderately loud room.

What do you hear in a quiet room? What do you hear if you wear earplugs in a quiet room?

Funny, I’ve recently acquired that drone noise and I’ve realized it only happens when there’s silence, too. If I’m in a quiet room or wearing earplugs, it starts up. Can’t sleep with any background noise as that makes my other noises act up and I feel like my ears need that break at night.

Back then, would you say that you would not hear anything if you were to NOT wear earplugs in a quiet room?

Hi All, Let me start by saying I've been dealing with tinnitus for 15 years. For the most part, it’s been more of an annoyance than a life-altering issue, and I've gone long stretches without even noticing it. Recently, I experienced an extremely stressful few months (unrelated to tinnitus)...

Correct. After about 2 years I didn't hear any ringing, hissing or static without earplugs even in complete quiet room, it was like I never had T

I had a terrible episode after playing with the speaker. It was next to my head, and I played frequencies upwards of 13000 Hz at around 80-90 dB for 10 minutes. I didn't think this would be bad, but the following six months completely changed me. For the first two weeks, I was on Prednisone 50...

No, it is completely gone... I still wear earplugs if I go to a lowder place just in case...

I like most know that ringing is the loudest when lying in bed or in a dead quiet room. Even the smallest sound or movement will cause it to spike. I've noticed though that if I put in foam ear plugs when I get in bed and lay still, while the ringing is amplified at first, after 2-3 minutes...

Thank you @gameover. One very loud shot! 157 dB! That's loud enough to rupture your eardrum! Followed by a loud hockey game and a loud rodeo show, probably peaking around 100 dB. After 3 months of worsening and not improving, my hyperacusis seems to be getting slightly better. Some sounds...

Can you hear it when you wear earplugs in a quiet room?

@Shanna Whenever someone reports that their tinnitus is gone, I ask them whether they can still hear it in a quiet room (to determine whether their tinnitus is actually 100% gone). Check out the search results below. When you click on each of the text links there, you will see my question...

So I have had tinnitus my whole life, as a little kid I just thought that's the way the world sounded. I would make comments to my parents about the pitches changing, or about the pressure in my ears would suddenly get very intense and then my hearing get muffled. These didn't concern my parents...

This is a great question and something I didn’t think of. This would be easy to do if someone suffers from reactive tinnitus or hyperacusis from lower noise levels. For normal people, maybe all you need to do after getting a dose of OTO-413 is wear earplugs if noise levels reach 70 dB or more...

@Vassili I mean in earplugs?

I experience pain and fullness in my ears if I wear earplugs too much. I also occasionally experience fleeting T and find that it is far more noticeable if I am in a quiet room or wearing an earplug. Why were you wearing earplugs? It sounds as if your home is in a quiet setting.

With earplugs. Otherwise I can't.

But even now when I wear earplugs in a quiet room I hear a very slight (VERY slight) high pitch in my left ear.

Completely gone? This is pretty impressive.

Was it a jaw splint that helped it go away?

Good afternoon, I'm looking for additional first-person experiences. Tinnitus Talk should pat themselves on the back now that ChatGPT often cites this website. I mostly utilize Bing Chat now, but when utilizing Bing/ChatGPT to inquire about tinnitus and drugs that could cause tinnitus, often...

Pretty sure the humming we (all?) have are rapid muscle spasms -- I have OVER analyzed my hum by confronting it in a very quiet room and feeding the ear with THE CORRECT (needs to be vibrating noise) outside noise makes the spasm less intense/subside because the ear is receiving noise. Sometimes...

At those times, can you hear your T if you wear earplugs in a quiet room?

Hi all, Introducing myself so I can share details about the various things I am trying to reduce the impact of my recent tinnitus. I got persistent tinnitus after a concert in October 2023 (I've always had mild tinnitus due to too many loud concerts as a kid without protection). Before I could...

Hello all! I haven't posted an update in a while. The tinnitus is still here with me and I don't see it going away. The good news is like everyone said I have become accustomed to the noise. I sleep with the AC in the window over the summer or a sound machine with a stream running in the...

It was a good 18-24 months before I could say it was completely gone. I havnt tried that but I know when I’m in a quiet room I do try and listen for it and thankfully it’s not there.

Can you hear anything in a quiet room with earplugs in?