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Hi! I have a similar story: I was wearing custom-molded -25 dB linear musician earplugs at a bar and spent a few hours on the dance floor, only to realize (once again) that these earplugs may not be the best when things get really loud! Next time, I'll either avoid such loud environments or use...

Hi! I had several episodes of SSHL in both ears and am left with annoying tinnitus even though my hearing came back to 'normal' each time (within max 3 days but might take longer so don't lose hope). I think I have inner ear damage after all these episodes and no real explanation about the...

Take care of you and your dreams !

Well not in the sense of acoustic trauma but neuromodulation is supposed to modulate neuronal activity right?

I experienced a lot of changes without identifiable cause... But stress can only make things worse...

Difficult to tell it also probably depends of the level of anxiety and individual profile... You will never know anyway but stress especially long term is generally toxic for your health...

From readings and experience I believe it can... Maybe through bloodflow impairment... Quite stressful right?

Covid?

Hello, SSHL might be a consequence of too much stress have you checked this? How old are you? Good luck with recovery and with the tinnitus!

Hello fellows! I have a feeling that everyone is now experiencing what it is like to live under a constant threat like we do with tinnitus :(! I have a question about Lenire: Does it work better for some kind of tinnitus? I have a new whistling kind of morse code sound in one ear above my...

Hello ! Was the onset instantaneous or progressive ? This could also give some indication... It looks like T is often triggered or aggravated by a combination of things with noise and stress at the forefront ! Be very careful with noise, stress and medication as from now...

Anger and suffering can lead to destructive behaviors and can be contagious and even exponential... The past cannot be changed but lessons can be learned... or not ! It looks like humans have difficulties learning from the past, either on an individual or collective scale ! Don't vote for anger...

I thought like you! Then I went to a party without earplugs... Then real hell started! Protect your ears ever...

The guy you saw was probably Gerard Spencer ! He is the one who brought me to this instrument :woot:! Are you from Brussels ?

I am musician too and cannot imagine giving up on music ! I think in my case the tinnitus was actually brought by stress or some drugs (sudden hearing loss) more than by music but then probably noise/music made it worse... I know I have to be very careful with my ears but I also know that...

Hi! I had a hearing loss and worsening of tinnitus after a phone call too but I also think that I have fragile ears for whatever reason... Perhaps stress/depression is a contributing factor! Are you anxious or under chronic stress or depression? I also thought about micro waves of the phone...

Please don't forget to come back on the forum when you'll have become suicidal because of your imprudence ! If you really like music my advice is to keep it low !

Well stress/tiredness +noise looks like a very bad combination for our ears indeed ! No surprise T is the number one disease among war veterans ! What do you mean by 'type writer' T ?

Done, thanks! Will you post the results?

Hello French mate ! It looks like stress can affect the body in many ways including the hearing so I think it is still something to consider (for some of us at least) ! I'm curious about this could you explain a bit more about the effect of Tegretol please ? Thanks :) !

Most of the testimonies here are touching and I think that we are all struggeling to find a balance despite of the suffering... I think it is really a matter of individual decision to continue or not with music with T and/or H. Beethoven was deaf and had T and still he dedicated his existence to...

Hello I am curious to know which antibiotic was it ?

Hi Daniel !:welcomesignanimation: As a musician and music lover myself I know exactly how you feel right now... However, it seems that your tinnitus is not too bad and in an early stage so I would advise first of all to finish the course with steroids (cortisone) shots or tablets. I did HBO...

Well I would actually not be so optimistic as this report shows that the whole brain of tinnitus sufferers is a mess meaning that it will be more difficult to target the problem and find a possible cure ! In some way I am not surprised of these findings cause I always felt that tinnitus (and...

I think you had the right treatment and as it is only 4 weeks ago you still might want to try everything to regain some hearing and reduce the tinnitus ! Have you completed the course of steroids ? Or perhaps is there a hyperbaric oxygenotherapy centre close to you ? Again don't loose hope as...

Hi Rob ! Any idea about the cause of your hearing loss ? Was it sudden ? How much hearing did you loose ? In any case as you are in an early stage you should give it some time because there are great chances that things will evolve in a good way ! When did it happen exactly and what have you...

@davidchampoux thanks for the details I can strongly relate to your story and I have the same feeling about the role of anxiety ! @amandine there is no evidence but no counter-evidence either and statistics and intuition of T sufferers seem to confirm that fact... But as David wrote it is most...

Thanks for the story... Looks like stress was the trigger as for many of us ! Concerning the sleeping/loudness pattern it is the same for me (louder after sleep) so it seems to differ from one person to another... Are you a professional musician ? If so how do you manage with the T ? Have you...

Unless all hair cells are completely destroyed at a given frequency I think your brain is able to compensate with the remaining ones. However, OAE may be almost absent at this frequency... It has also to do with outer and inner hair cells that don't have the same role (but I don't remember the...

From what I understood the brain is able to compensate the hair cells damage with the price of increasing its general 'gain' thus creating tinnitus and/or hyperacousis, usually at the frequencies that are the more damaged. However this plasticity goes sometimes 'wrong' and you can have a...

No I never used it...

A psychiatrist wanted to prescribe it to me to alleviate Tinnitus so I presume it would most probably help with the tinnitus as well...

Hello ! Could be a viral or vascular problem triggered by stress but as for many of us you will probably never find out ! Have your hearing checked (with oto-acoustic-emissions if possible) and try to keep the stress level low (I know it is hard in this period but it could prevent chronicity or...

I had a transient sudden hearing loss after a phone conversation (no joke) ! Now it is probably a multifactorial thing and there are many things than can make a loud sound too loud for one person and not for the other including individual fragility, stress, fatigue, ototoxic drugs, previous...

Hi Luka ! Definitely a good attitude thanks for sharing your experience and ideas ! As for the app I think it is a good idea and there are actually already some existing ones for instance one called 'tinnitus help' (by IND-Ingenieurbuero f. Nachrichten- u. Datentechnik) that I found quite well...

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This title was just to be sure to have a maximum of views and because I found that humor is one of the resource that can help to cope with this f.... condition ! Laughing out loud to cover this unwanted guest noise ! So to introduce myself I'm French living in Belgium and suffering from T since...