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@Forever hopeful, after reading your post, it seemed like you were almost in the clear. Your story is very similar to mine with regard to my tinnitus perception and our age. If it hasn’t already, I believe your pure tone will fade back into the not-so-horrible high pitch hiss. At onset, I had...

Hello @Lisha I’m gonna jump in here. Quick question... How long after you finished shooting did you start to hear the tinnitus?

Well done M4gnus! I enjoyed the Yo-Yo Ma jam particularly.

Hey DPDX, things really haven't changed all that much. T is still present all the time and continues to fluctuate in volume daily. How r u?

Hello @Rohit Saluja Yes, he has hearing loss - especially around his wife. :) Kidding aside, not sure how bad it is though.

I acquired T 9 months ago and it has faded quite a bit. I'll be 51 in 2 weeks. So, DPDX, hang in there. The odds and youth are in in your favor BIG TIME! From the research I've done, if your T changes in volume, brain location, etc. and sounds like electric static most of the time, these are...

I acquired T from a loud power tool in a confined space. You've got youth on your side. With a little patience, you'll find your T less annoying in combination with hopeful fading. I've been to concerts, shot many weapons in the Army with little protection, and worked with loud power tools...

Hello DPDX... I stumbled across your post in another TT article then followed up on your progress to date. I hope you don't mind the intrusion. I want to encourage you that the odds are in your favor of this being temporary. There are so many stories about people of all ages recovering...

Hello JJ and congrats on your continued improvement. Every once in a while I'll search your posts and read a few. You are ALWAYS very positive and supportive to whomever you're posting. You're a good man JJ!

Hello @Vicki14, thank you for the kind words. :) My every-so-often "mosquito" visits usually start out quietly in the mornings but morph into hissing later in the day. For me, the mosquito is an easier sound to deal with. Have you noticed any improvement in your T over the last 1.5 years?

Hello @Joe J, I read your post about your T frequency getting higher and higher. Mine has also gotten higher in frequency and I think I may have made the same comment back in one of my earlier posts. I've noticed that not only has my T become higher in frequency, but I'm starting to have more...

@Vinnitus Hey Vinnie, it's good to be able to chat with you! I hope you'll keep us informed as your progress continues.

Hey JJ, good to see you've upgraded your healing from 70 to 75%.

@Vinnitus , I just checked the time in the Netherlands... Aren't you the night owl. :) It seems as though I lied about the tone abating. It's back today. Very low volume somewhere in the head. I haven't had a tone in 2 weeks so I thought I might have been onto something. When you...

@Vinnitus , my father really doesn't have a clear recollection of his T symptoms. His T adventure occurred over 50 years ago, he's currently 75. From reading your collection of symptoms, have you thought that maybe your T might not be from acoustic trauma? Maybe your first bout with T left...

Hello @Vinnitus, how is your T doing lately? Have you had any moments or days of silence yet? Does your hissing continue to cycle from medium volume to a lower volume? My father got T when he was in his late teens the same way you acquired it back in 2010. His T faded in 6 or 7 years.

@Flamingo It was louder in the beginning but has lessened in volume up to now. It's at a point now where it really doesn't bother me too much. The high frequency hissing seems to be becoming more high frequency. I'll have days with average volume hissing - maybe a 3 or 4, then other days when...

@jjflyman I'm curious if genetics plays a role in acquiring T? I really haven't researched this. My father told me he had it for 6 to 7 years when he was younger - but only after I told him that I had it. I wonder if my grandfather had it?? Anyway, at 7 months in, are you experiencing the...

@jjflyman Hey JJ, I'm guessing you're now in your mid 50's. You also mentioned after 7 months your T has attenuated approximately 70% which is excellent news! I'm currently 50 so that helps me feel good that even after 50, healing can happen.

@Applejuice You've only had your T for maybe a month and a half, right? I remember my hissing also changed to more of a higher frequency at right around 6 weeks into T. The fact that your T is changing so frequently, I believe is a good sign. T that constantly changes would have a hard time...

Hello @Applejuice I'll be 11 weeks in tomorrow. I picked up T after using a loud impact driver in a confined area (trunk of a car). I've had many of those days too where I thought my T was almost gone, then BAM! ...Another loud day of hissing starts. My T also used to react to ordinary sounds...

@Bobby B and @Flamingo I'll see if I can't find out more details the next time I speak with my father. I do know that he was around 16 when he got tinnitus from an exploding cherry bomb. He remembers it took 6 or 7 years for it to totally fade. He did say that T comes back maybe once a year...

@Bill Bauer Hey Bill, I wake up to near silence every morning with a faint hint of what the day will bring. Hissing starts out very low impact in the morning but morphs into a more reactive hiss by the end of the day. On non-hissing days, I hear only a faint high frequency tone in my head...

Hey Mike, congratulations on being 99% T free! I picked up sound-induced T roughly 9 weeks ago. I'm curious... what's the 1% you still hear? Do you still hear the hissing (assuming your T alternated from hissing to minor tones). Also, how reactive was your T?

Thank you for sharing the success stories @Sarah Russett !

@Vinnitus and @jjflyman - Vinnitus, you say you haven't seen any improvement in your T and it's almost been a year. Is this because the volume hasn't receded? I'm curious... (Vinnitus and jjflyman) Both of you have the ability to compare your current T with a prior T. As your prior T was...

@jjflyman Getting T once in one's life sucks. Getting it twice must really suck. I read that @Vinnitus also got it twice and both of you are currently waiting out your 2nd T term. When it came back the 2nd time, you knew right away what's in store without the learning curve. I've also done...

Hello @Sarah Russett Congrats on your tinnitus recovery! Today is my 9-week anniversary of T. Got it after using a loud power tool while I was lying down inside of a car trunk. It's amazing that only 10 seconds of using an impact driver caused this. My T is in my head and ears at any given...

@NatureHiker Keep preaching the good news that tinnitus can heal. There are far too many people that lurk on this site who read, and read, and re-read success stories to gain some peace of mind that others have gone through the misery and survived on the other end. There are those who are...

Hello Gian, I acquired T on Feb 20th, 2017 after using a power tool in a confined area. First, THANK YOU for your overall input onto this site. I know there are so many people who don't register on this site that read and re-read and re-read your posts to keep the HOPE alive. I'm one of...

@NatureHiker Thank you for posting your win over tinnitus! I picked up T just about a week after you using a power tool. Quick question... did your tinnitus seem to cycle from good to bad days? I'll have a day of high frequency hissing, then the next day will be much quieter with a slight...