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Thank you for your advice Michael. I use headphones rarely and only at low volume, and it hasn't made my tinnitus worse so far.

When it comes to dysacusis, is FX-322 or OTO-413 going to be more effective?

@Michael Leigh Michael, if you don't mind answering, how old were you when you first got tinnitus? One of the hardest part for me when it comes to tinnitus is fact that I am 18 years old, and it's really depressing to think that I still haven't really achieved anything, and I will need to do...

I pretty much lost my faith because of tinnitus. It first started after a few hours of lawnmowing (with a grass-cutter) and chainsaw work. I just wanted to help my rather and didn't know about tinnitus, so I wasn't wearing any hearing protection. My earphones were typically set up at 70%, so...

Just wanted to write that I have noise induced tinnitus and I use Beyerdynamic DT 770 32 Ohm at 50% of Android volume, and so far my tinnitus hasn't got worse because of it and my dysacusis continues to improve. Wish every one of you all the best. Remember that each one case of tinnitus is...

It's still present, but it gets quieter with time. I sincerely hope yours will start dying down with time too. Wish you all the best.

Since I last checked (about two weeks ago), I could hear 18 kHz with high-quality headphones at 7/15 of my Android phone volume. Since my tinnitus onset I avoid any loud noises for extended periods of time and I use headphones only once every two weeks to monitor my high frequency hearing. I...

I just wanted to ask something you guys. Since the photo is of bad quality, here is description: Right ear: 125 Hz: 15 dB 250 Hz: 10 dB 500 Hz: 10 dB 1000 Hz: 10 dB 2000 Hz: 10 dB 4000 Hz: 10 dB 6000 Hz: 15 dB 8000 Hz: 10 dB Left ear: 125 Hz: 15 dB 250 Hz: 10 dB 500 Hz: 10 dB 1000 Hz: 10 dB...

Before I was insanely happy, looking forward to my future, very active within multiple areas (math, science, music, IT, you name it), outgoing and completely carefree. Now I am anxious, depressed, stressed, spending whole days on Netflix.

Honestly I don't even know how to talk with my mum (I am 18 and still living with my parents). I was with her (she insisted to go with me) to 2 ENTs. After standard <8000 Hz audiometry they told her my tinnitus/dysacusis is caused by TMJ, but I am 99% sure it's noise induced. She just doesn't...

Seriously you are a great parent. Wish mine told me about the 85 dB rule.

Oh yes, absolutely agreed. It has to be a joke. Instead of regenerating hearing, let's just create phantom noise which serves completely no purpose!

You need to find if it's aggravating your tinnitus or not. Everyone has it different it seems. In my case it's okay to use them.

I got my tinnitus first after mowing the lawn without hearing protection. It didn't last long, but I was so so so stressed by it, it's hard to imagine. After it faded away I was constantly stressed about it, and kept searching for it even if it wasn't there. Then it came back (I wasn't exposed...

It's so weird, my normal tinnitus doesn't even bother me at all. I can even sleep without masking fine. If not for dysacusis I wouldn't even visit this forum. It's so weird.

Yeah, it pisses me off too. I EXPECTED some hearing loss, but not to hear additional noises that aren't there. I didn't get enough hearing loss to start taking precautions. No problems with hearing, really. Tinnitus kicked first. Yeah, I blasted them for a while, but I wasn't aware of...

That's something I agree with. I know I abused my ears a little, but I just looked at others who were abusing it even more and didn't end up with tinnitus.

Not a single soul, any animal, any human being, deserve such suffering. It's incomparable to anything else. I wasn't warned about it, no one talks about tinnitus. I just wan't it to stop. Habituation won't save me. I didn't even do that much, I just listened to earphones for 2 years and...

I am really happy that your grandfather could live tinnitus-free. I wish my ears were so resistant too...

That's true, but another thing is that almost no one I know uses hearing protection when mowing the lawn, I know plenty of musicians who don't use hearing protection etc. I was just listening to earphones for two years at 70% for average one hour daily. Volume level I find comparable with...

I've used loud headphones for a bit, I moved lawn without protection. But still I don't really understand whether it all was purely my fault, or maybe we here are just a bit of ,,unlucky" ones. I never really went to any 120 dB+ concert in my life, never even got any warning ringing. Just...

Thank you for giving me hope. I am just 18 years old and have hard time thinking I'll need to go with it for the rest of my life. Also, I find it absolutely ridiculous that no one knows about it. In my case I never had even temporary tinnitus before - just first time and it might be chronic...

I get something like morse code or Geiger counter over car engines, air conditioners, fans or running water too. I have had it for 2 months now. I have heard iit usually subsides after some time. Why couldn't I get just normal tinnitus, really...

I literally don't eat and I am not hungry at all. If my brain is stupid enough to create that phantom noise, then it doesn't deserve anything at all, not even food.

I am curious about it too. If tinnitus is really caused by hearing loss, then any spike should be a sign of further damage, and because of it every spike should be permanent. It puzzles me too. That whole thing has nothing to do with logic. Many people with tinnitus wouldn't even be bothered by...

I'm 18 and all I want to do is to die because of it.

85 dB for 8 hours, 88 dB for 4 hours etc... Your earphones at max can produce 105-110 dB SPL. Lawnmower can be as loud as 100 dB. Don't worry about hearing loss, worry about tinnitus. You will never ever use headphones again and be sentenced with earplugs for the rest of your life. There's...

While TRT may work for some people, it still doesn't remove all of the limitations tinnitus puts on your life. In modern days it's going to make you extremely anxious and exhausted to look after every possible source of loud noise. Not to mention how hard is it when you are in your teens and...

I said that before and I'll said that again. It's ridicolous that ENTs and audiologists are so clueless about tinnitus. Hearing loss and tinnitus are somewhat combined, some people say even hidden hearing loss has its role there. But that still doesn't explain why some people have fine...

How is it now?

@vermillion @LowHumPulse Has it gone away for you? Normal tinnitus feels like blessing when compared to that morse core beep over fans.

Oh dear, how do I even fix this mess lol. Normal audiogram even in extended range, people tell me it's hidden hearing loss (how to even measure that). Now this ETD thing, and my ENT just told me to get used to it. People commit suicide because of it, yet no one gives a ***k to at least...

Literally I was one of the brightest minds my school has ever had when it comes to maths and physics, in freetime I was studying biology and chemistry, I played several instruments in a few bands and was very involved within electronic music/DJ community. Now all I do is sitting at home and...

Dear Michael You seems to be ,,veteran" of tinnitus community. Thank you for your response. Although I don't really have ,,pain" hyperacusis, I experience some kind of morse code beep over certain sounds like fans, white noise or car engines. I follow your advice and I use sound enrichment and...

I have this too, oh God it's so depressing. With normal tinnitus you have that luxury to drown it out in other sounds, but this... it's plain terrible. I am just 18 and I feel that my life is completely and utterly ruined. If this thing doesn't resolve I am pulling the trigger.

Yeah, I know that, but still it's a bit hard. I don't even care about the sound itself, I may even sit in a completely silent room and have no problems focusing on given task. I believe this is that (in)famous habituation, the thing is it doesn't really solve the problem of limitations it has...

I suffer from mild static tinnitus and dysacusis/reactive tinnitus. I am worried it was brought by too loud headphone use and lawnmowing without proper ear protection. But I always had problems with bite - it's bilateral. Always heard and felt that popping noise when chewing, lately it got so...

Do we know if FX-322 or maybe some synapse-repairing drugs could resolve problem of dysacusis/reactive tinnitus/sound distortion? I hear a sound very similar to morse code over blowdryers, car engines, white noise (so apparently strongest weapon against tinnitus...), or sometimes even over...

I can't understand it at all, really. My hearing is a bit better than friends of my age who played in the same bands I used to play. They have not even slight sign of tinnitus, yet here I am with my reactive tinnitus/whatever-you-call-it And there is no silver lining to it, really. I'd rather...

Yeah, literally all I thought is going to happen is some hearing loss. And as soon as I start seeing the symptoms of it, I would just lower the volume. I know I screwed up a bit, but I really really wish that someone warned me about how wrong I was. Some hearing loss is bearable, but that whole...

I am 18, I have had tinnitus for 2 months. If it's noise induced you are not really going to have much of a social life anymore, since modern social life is fulfilled with loud sounds. You might use earplugs, but I would rather not be at wedding or in the cinema at all than with earplugs. I...

The title says it all. I am not talking about standing next to a massive speaker for whole night or blasting your ears with headphones at max volume. I am talking about ,,usual" stuff, like not wearing earplugs at cinema (it's just weird, I can't imagine doing that). Also, is there anything...

How is their tinnitus deadly? I'd like mine to be too, it's apparently too hard to kill yourself, and as for now it's the only successful treatment we have.

Dysacusis/reactive tinnitus are so full of nonsense. It's just unnecesary suffering, I already know I lost some of the ultra high 17 kHz+ frequencies, can't my brain shut up about it, really. I was never so unable to function normally. This whole tinnitus/hyperacusis/dysacusis etc bullshit...

I am not even 20 years old. My tinnitus is pretty mild hiss, what bothers me more is dysacusis. I hear morse code like beep over sounds like fans, blowdryers or car engines. Audiogram in normal range seems to be okay, I can hear up to 16 kHz at minimal volume, 17 kHz at low volume and 18.5 kHz...

I think it's rather lower pitched.

I have been a tinnitus sufferer for the past two months - it's pretty mild. What bothers me more is dysacusis. I can hear morse code-like beep over some sounds, like blowdryers, white noise, fans or car engines. It always sounds like it's coming from the source of sound. I obviously don't hear...

That's a fair point. I really hope it's going to work. My case is somewhat mild, but I really miss hearing that 16kHz+ ,,air" from music.

I wonder why they don't test up to 20 kHz, but just to 16 kHz. I really wanted to know how FX-322 affects those ultra-high skull piercing frequencies, since that's where my hearing loss is. It seems like I have to wait a bit longer then.

I heard many times that FX-322 is more likely to improve higher frequencies. But what frequencies specifically are we talking about? 2kHz+, 8kHz+, 15kHz+?

I had only 250 Hz - 8000 Hz done on an audiogram, it seems fine, everything at 10 dB. When it comes to higher frequencies, I just made some quick tests with my headphones and my computer. Headphones used are mid-end audiophile ones. 17 kHz is certainly audible, 17.5 kHz a bit softer (all of...

How likely is it that FX-322 is going to do something for mild ultra high-frequency hearing loss (I mean the roll-off being at around 16-17 kHz)? Is it possible that someone on the edge of normal hearing can take FX-322 treatment and restore their hearing to the perfect state of a newborn...

Recently I have read story here about someone who had his tinnitus significantly worsened by noisy scissors used by hairdresser. Someone recommended him to go there and check those scissors with decibel meter (with his earplugs in). You can habituate for sure, but how to live with it further...

I don't really donate any money, but I try to raise awareness about tinnitus someway. I still attend to school and I had made tinnitus presentation recently to my classmates, as I feel it's ridiculous, especially considering that most cases are noise-induced and thus preventable, that no one...

Only once we were warned that listening to headphones too loudly may cause some hearing loss. As you expect, no one gave a fuck about it. Just 15 minutes with an ENT and/or audiologist could literally save a handful of lives. They could show examples of tinnitus sounds, tell us it may be caused...

Hi, first of all I really want to thank you for accepting me in there. I wanted just to express some thougths I have lately had. My tinnitus is very very mild. I notice it only on very quiet rooms if I focus on it. I used earphones for the past two years - sometimes for few minutes a day and...