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No, they are not common everywhere. But parts of the US are currently experiencing a once-every-17-year massive (e.g., trillions, literally) emergence. So I thought that some others on the board might be dealing with this problem also.

Yes, @linearb is right! The periodical cicadas come out literally in the billions and get up to 90-100 decibels. So yes, they *caused* the hyperacusis/tinnitus spike! But after one bad day I started the earplugs and it’s been ok. They will be gone by July, thank God (though I do find them...

Anyone else dealing with the hell-on-tinnitus-sufferers that are Brood X cicadas? I actually like the bugs, but we live in the woods and they are high-pitched and loud as hell. As of today I realized I could not take my daily walk on our road without earplugs. Looking forward to July when they...

Yes, but I do think that is also bc the laptop speakers are crappier. I’ve gotten terrible effects just from the speaker on my phone. Sound quality is also a significant factor.

The other thing I would add here is that proximity to the problematic sound is a VERY big deal. I had trouble listening to music from our stereo, but realized if I just sat on the other side of the room, farther away from the speakers, it made a huge difference in my reactivity to the sound.

I was having terrible trouble with Zoom and got a pair of speakers where you can adjust the bass/treble on the speakers. (I put treble all the way down.). I put them on the floor on the side of my less bad ear, pointed away from me. It has been a game changer! For TV, we did use closed...

Juan, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. It is interesting that you do not think this is hyperacusis. I have certainly read of others on this forum who have particular issues with tinny sound from low quality speakers like laptops or TVs. Do you think using pink noise in the...

Hi all, I am still trying to understand how hyperacusis works. My situation: I had an acoustic trauma in late 2017. For a while I had quite bad tinnitus, especially in my left ear (the Morse code kind). My tinnitus has improved a lot. Even when it spikes, it's quiet enough that it doesn't...

Hi folks, I would like to clarify the use of the term "hyperacusis," because I have seen it used to refer to what I have experienced as two very different phenomena: 1) experiencing ordinary sounds as unpleasantly "too loud" 2) experiencing ear pain (sometimes only a little while later, not...

I should have added, I do spend a lot of time in quiet. I live in a quiet place and write in the mornings, which I can do only in silence. I do find in general I do better when we go to big cities. This all makes me think that maybe my problem is more too much silence than too much noise...

I had an acoustic trauma in Nov. 2017. I developed Morse code type tinnitus in my left ear and more of a hissing in my right. The tinnitus itself has gotten much better over the years. I really almost never think about it. I wake up a lot at night these days, and often I'm aware at some...

Hi all, 1) The good news: I suffered an acoustic trauma in Oct. 2017, was very careful during the first year, saw gradual improvement, and by early this past summer (2019) was really doing great: many moments of no tinnitus at all, listening to music again at significant volume in car. I felt...

Thank you all, and perhaps especially you, Pero-- that is very interesting to learn about the tensor tympani syndrome. In many ways it makes much more sense to me that it could be something like that; it just seems implausible to me sometimes that these small sounds could set off a genuinely...

Hi all, I know this is a controversial subject but... After acoustic trauma in Nov. 2017 I have been pretty religiously protecting my ears since about Jan. Well, I guess not compared to some people here-- I don't wear ear plugs going outside or anything, but I do only watch TV on low volume w...

Hi all, I developed tinnitus after acoustic trauma in Nov. 2017. It gradually became pulsatile in one ear; in the other it's just high white noise. (The second is actually the one the ENT said had hearing loss at high frequencies.) It's never so loud during the day that it bothers me much...

Hi all, I would love to know if anyone has had a good or bad experience (tinnitus or hyperacusis increased or decreased) from having just UPPER wisdom teeth removed, with NO drilling involved. I am scheduled to do this Friday. Tinnitus and hyperacusis have been acting up—are probably worst...

Thank you so much, Bill, for taking the time to write these personal responses, especially when you have already produced your other very helpful thread for everyone. I am now seriously considering putting off the dental work. One of the most interesting things to me was how much better my T...

Hi all, I would love to pick your collective brains on a few things. Thanks in advance! I suffered an acoustic trauma about 2 months ago (Nov. 10) when exposed very briefly to super-high volume on small headphones (the old kind, not earbuds). My ears hurt afterward, but were better by the...