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    Best Approach to Improve Reactive Tinnitus?

    What has helped people with “reactive tinnitus”? It’s more uncommon and I recently heard about it on this forum. I need to do everything I can right now so I can be a functional person with sound mind and body in the future. Any sounds, even running water, cause prolonged spikes in my...
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    Hyperacusis Causing High Pitched Frequency Tinnitus Specifically After Noise Exposure

    Reactive tinnitus is something I haven’t heard of before but the phrase makes sense, my tinnitus is directly correlating to any and all noise exposure. For example, going to the grocery store, even with sound blocking ear plugs, I’ll notice reductions amount of ringing in my ears after a few...
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    Hyperacusis Causing High Pitched Frequency Tinnitus Specifically After Noise Exposure

    It’s a bit of both, I would say that the tinnitus definitely increases proportionally with sound exposure, even if it’s something as subtle as running water. The result is tinnitus and pain in the inner ear feeling almost backed up inside despite it being clear. The pressure in my ears is...
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    Soft Chamber HBOT (No Oxygen) for Hyperacusis with Ear Pain

    For budget reasons I cannot afford the hard shell HBOT with oxygen, but I’ve located some places that can offer lower cost HBOT (with only like 25% oxygen as opposed to 100% oxygen) so it’s just the pressure that could relieve symptoms in this case (assuming between 2-2.5 pressure). Would this...
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    Hyperacusis and Stem Cells?

    Are stem cells more beneficial for certain types of tinnitus? And is that because it targets a specific area of the hearing unit that isn’t related to hyperacusis? Also any risk involved with trying it?
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    Hyperacusis and Stem Cells?

    I’ve read that some people have had stem cell success with regular tinnitus, but if the issue is hyperacusis and the range of hearing is otherwise just fine, there’s just extreme pain and noise sensitivity and tinnitus that increases in tandem with noise exposure, is there any possibility for...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    Thanks for the reply. I just went to a restaurant for the first time since this started getting bad and I am a physical wreck right now, there was someone screaming at the bar of the restaurant and it felt like those metal gongs were smashed in my ears... it’s hard to type, find the right words...
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    Restaurant Survival with Hyperacusis

    I went to a restaurant for the first time since the hyperacusis and noise sensitivity started getting bad, and I’m in terrible agony, it’s gotten 1000x worse, I’m never going to a restaurant again. There was some piece of shit SCREAMING at the bar or the restaurant and I just wanted to punch the...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    It’s been terrible at times, completely unbearable to a point where I can’t even describe, but yes I am thankful that I’m able to manage it at times although it never goes away it just sometimes can be rather faint. It hasn’t gone away for a couple weeks now, so I’m starting to lose faith...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    Thank you for your reply, I made sure to look at your thread before replying myself. You seem to have a lot of knowledge and experience with this form of tinnitus. I understand your thoughts on not avoiding the sounds of every day life. I personally think that if I don’t seclude myself to a...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    I’m unsure what a sleepband is but I’ll make sure to avoid them. I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. I’m most likely going to avoid a fan machine anyways considering the kitchen fan reinvigorates my tinnitus... I really don’t know what type of product I could even use that wouldn’t...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    Oooo I was going to get mine on Amazon, basically a random fan machine. Can you elaborate on what to avoid?
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    Sudden Unexplained Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity — Newbie Looking for Help

    I similarly have noise sensitivity that is in tandem with my newly developed tinnitus. Whenever I listen to even one song, or watch a sports game on low volume, it flares up and persists for a while usually until I can meditate it to a lower more manageable level. I’m still working on the...
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    Music Genre Recommendations for High Pitched Hyperacusis-Based Tinnitus

    Hey so I know that I shouldn’t be listening to music at all, but every once in a while I need to listen to low volume music to decompress. It always reinvigorates my tinnitus that is directly in tandem to hyperacusis and noise exposure. Very high pitch, can’t even describe something similar to...
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    Hyperacusis Causing High Pitched Frequency Tinnitus Specifically After Noise Exposure

    With the tinnitus being around for a little longer I understand my specific case a bit better. The ENT said I have hyperacusis from noise exposure, as I assumed he would say. Whenever there’s noise around me, even if it’s just the playing of a single song, it reinvigorates the tinnitus (high...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    So I saw an ENT and they said it’s hyperacusis. In my personal situation when I hear anything at all, even just listening to one song at low volume, the tinnitus kicks in big time. So it appears that any noise at all is directly associated with hyperacusis and in tandem with the tinnitus...
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    Interesting, for me I have sensitivity now with sound coming out of speakers, i.e. artificial sounds. Also wouldn’t the low frequency white noise be better in this case if I’m trying to reprogram the default sound away from the high frequency?
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    Retraining Brain to Forget Frequency of Tinnitus — White Noise Sound Machine vs. Physical Fan?

    He.y I’m trying to decide what the best type of white noise machine would be, whether it’s a physical fan or sound machine. I’m leaning towards the physical fan as I think my ears can tolerate that better than the artificial sound. I’m basically just going for the wind sound, so I think a...
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    Loud Music Through AirPods Pro to Cope with My Surroundings — Now Struggling with Tinnitus

    Thanks for the reply, yes I’m definitely avoiding all music probably for a number of months... it’ll be a decision that I’ll have to make to ensure better health in the future. Those headphones were probably the stupidest piece of audio equipment I could’ve possibly been using for my ears from...
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    Loud Music Through AirPods Pro to Cope with My Surroundings — Now Struggling with Tinnitus

    Hey I’m new to this forum and I really need some advice, I was being stupid and listening to music too loudly in order to drown out the noise of my surroundings and now I’m pretty sure I have permanent hearing loss and tinnitus. I’ll provide some details for better understanding and insight...