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It was the stupidest, most banal thing I can imagine. Long story short, I was cleaning my Britta filter and its handle broke and it made the most absurdly loud sound ever. It's like an inch thick piece of plastic so it makes sense that it'd be so loud, but I didn't expect it, and my right ear...

Resurrecting this thread and putting it back on topic... I recently had another pain hyperacusis setback. As I've always done during times like these, I'm doing hyperbaric oxygen treatment. After every treatment, my tinnitus is unbelievably quiet for about 5 minutes. It's not silent, but man...

Exact same situation here. Former very serious musician. I just had a setback that undid my previous 2 years of healing. At this point I'm just ready to give up. It's too much.

Yup, I've experienced the same thing. For whatever reason, speakers are just worse for hyperacusis, no matter the sound.

Interesting! I haven't tried that. I recently went on Lexapro after hemming and hawing for years, and besides a month of glory, it's been pretty useless. Maybe I could kill two birds with one stone and switch to Duloxetine.

Yup. I’ve managed for years to avoid a downturn this bad, reading about those who wear ear defenders all day and never leave their house. As real as the threat was to me, I never actually thought I myself would get this bad. In a way I almost want this to become more common. Not because I wish...

This is not an opinion, but yeah, cool.

The fact that you seem dismissive of the different terms and fail to understand that "pain hyperacusis/noxacusis" are terms created to differentiate from "loudness hyperacusis" (i.e. plain old "hyperacusis") is pretty telling to me. You may have dealt with severe hyperacusis, but not noxacusis...

Perhaps this test is simply essentially showing the brain activity of tinnitus... happening? Seeing as it's a sound that we hear, the act of hearing it and listening to it will of course by definition show brain activity. I of course am not a doctor but my rudimentary understanding makes me...

Wow, what an incredible post! You are a ridiculously clear thinker. I intentionally fully quoted this post, big as it is, so as to repeat it for people who are new to this thread. I think a good way of summing up your theory is that it's essentially "tendinitis of the ear." I've unfortunately...

I'm in the exact same boat. I developed mild loudness hyperacusis in 2017, it went away, came back with a vengeance as moderate loudness hyperacusis in 2020. Since then it's been a balancing act of isolating and keeping it from getting worse, slowly working up to louder sounds, feeling pretty...

Double vaccinated (Moderna) and I just got Omicron. The vaccine had zero impact on my tinnitus, but COVID-19 itself has spiked my tinnitus a LOT. It is a good deal louder in both ears. It's been about two weeks since the onset of symptoms, so I'm hoping it will go down with time, but I'm...

What specifically does he talk about with regards to treatments/cures?

What exactly do you mean by "ear reset" here? I haven't heard this term before, especially with regards to (as implied by your language) fleeting tinnitus. Are you suggesting that fleeting tinnitus is a good thing or a good sign, or am I misunderstanding?

I got an audiogram yesterday, and now my tinnitus has new tones that sound exactly like it: almost like a melody, slowly changing notes. New notes start and then fade, or change to a new note. This is the first time I've had tones that change, as opposed to the static ones I've had for years...