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I just got back from yet another endless trip to the dentist. I must have chipped a filling, except he said two were chipped and needed to be repaired. I could only handle getting one fixed. There was a lot of drilling, way in the back, where the bone transmission to the ear is intense. They...

Hi, I’m doing some metalwork as a home hobby. I don’t normally use the rotary grinder, but I decided to measure the noise afterwards, and it registered at 105 dB. I was wearing the Soundcore Q45 noise cancelling headset, which is rated to provide 20 dB of protection. I worked on and off for...

About 35 years ago, I started noticing tinnitus, and it really freaked me out since I already knew there was no cure except for white noise. To “prevent it from getting worse,” I began wearing hearing protection, eventually all the time—24/7. This led to disastrous hyperacusis and worsening...

Somehow my front dental crown jumped out - it's a dental restoration, they make them out of metal. Maybe I bit on a tiny stone, I don't know, but the crown jumped out. It's been there twenty years with no problem. So I took it to the dentist, they are aware of the tinnitus, although it was a new...

My tinnitus must have been going on 40 years now but it gets worse and worse. My cleaning person was over and she was carrying some jigsaw puzzle in boxes. Unfortunately I was close to the ground, looking at something near the ground. It's a concrete floor. A couple of boxes fell on the floor...

I was in the lunch room with quiet conversation. I already have tinnitus and hyperacusis. Someone opened her locker right behind me, she had her lunch in a round metal container, she fumbled it and it fell flat straight down on the floor, which is a concrete floor. It sounded like a shotgun...

I've been battling this disease, and last year even came down with low frequency hypersensitivity/ generalized sound hypersensitivity/ plus tinnitus/hyperacusis. Stupidly, I somehow swallowed a dental crown, and went to dentist. Dentist did not talk about any options, just set to work...

I have discovered that low frequency rumbling, such as diesel locomotive, even several miles away, really disturbs my tinnitus, and makes it impossible for me to sleep. Low frequencies seem to "ignite" my tinnitus, and make it increase in volume, even when the low frequency is very faint, can...

My tinnitus has been up and down over the years, but whenever i get a set back, it seems like almost forever before i get a bit of recovery - example, if a Harly roars by or ambulance or fire truck, i instantly plug my ears, except sometimes it gets me by surprise, i don't react in time, such as...

As everyone knows, my tinnitus was very bad three years ago, after some dental crown work spiked my tinnitus, and I had many more spikes after that. Finally things were settling down for me, but 2 weeks ago, I stayed up late, and got myself over tired. at the end of the weekend, I was quite...

I have had tinnitus quite bad for years, from chronic sound, now i normally wear bose headset everywhere. the place i work has a very loud fire alarm. as soon as it started i immediately put my fingers in my ears, to make it quieter. it must have gone on for 5 minutes. afterward, the...

Hi, possibly I exposed myself, I got HIV blood on my hands, but no cuts or anything, anyway, they gave me some Tenofovir/Emtricitabine and some Lopinavir/Ritonavir, which I guess stops the virus while the body has a chance to get rid of it. Will these meds make my tinnitus worse? Are they...

i work as a professional, and for the past 6 months i've been doing relatively well, but last few days when i get up first thing in the morning, i have a super loud buzzing noise now, and i am so worried i won't be able to work any more. will tinnitus destroy my career?

I was having such a severe spike recently, my doctor put me on Clonazepam, in addition to I am already on Mirtazapine, Seroquel, and Lyrica. I knew I had to get off Clonazepam. I was talking to my sister in law, and I mentioned I had been listening to Buddhist mantra on YouTube, but it was...

my tinnitus was reasonably under control, but very easy to Spike or "rekindle". so I had to move to a new city, and get temporary accomodation, which I thought would be quiet, but ended up that this is a busy street, and buses going up and down with LOUD LOW pitched exhaust. Also, it Snowed...

Hi, I had to move to temporary accomodation, and I am staying in an old Victorian building, that however is close to the street where buses go up and down, and we had snow yesterday, and the snow plow went by, it hit the curb and made a huge clang like a giant gong sound, which woke me up from...

My main issue is sleep, and I know drugs are not the answer, but however, I cannot sleep at all, without meds. Has anyone tried Valdoxan? And does it help, and with what dose. What about lyrica. Seroquel? Mirtazapine? these are all meds that I have been using, I just wonder if anyone has...

Hi, I don't like MP3 due to the poor digital quality. I have been using FLAC version of looped Restful Rain CD, plus the Sound+Sleep Machine, set of white noise with "enrichment" setting. Is there any favorite CD out there that is most helpful with sleep? thanks, - p.s. I am so happy this...

Hi, I am going on a one hour flight, on a Bombardier Q400 which is a modern turboprop. I travelled on one a couple of years ago, but that was before my tinnitus got real bad. I found the following information...

My tinnitus had been so bad in the past year, that I was taking enormous amounts of medications to get to sleep. With music treatment and sound treatment, by June/July I was making nice positive strides. In October/November I switched to taking cannabis edible (oral preparation, taken by...

Hi, I am 57 and 1 1/2 years ago my tinnitus became really severe. Up to that point I was taking small amounts of meds, but after that i needed more meds to sleep. Since then it has been very easy to rekindle it, and as a result I am all messed up with meds to make me sleep. without meds...

Hi, I am going on 58 years old, and have tinnitus for 25 years. A year and half ago, I briefly played my stereo too loud. three days later i had this immense tinnitus spike, and since then i have had several more spikes just from minor loud noise that should not do anything, such as clanging...

Hi, I have read the articles, and started with MP3 files of "notched" Enya songs, which seemed to help, but not anything very striking. So I roped my daughter in to help out. she used her Mac, with Audacity, and not MP3 files, but FLAC files. She then used "dynamic compression" to increase the...

Hi, one of my crowns broke off - my two top front are o.k. but the tooth right next to it seems to have broken off across the base, so I doubt they can re glue it - I am thinking of : 1: just get the root extracted and go with a missing tooth - or 2: get root extracted and have implant put it...

Hi, I read a post here about playing music on at night to help with sleep, and I also found research article on net about treating tinnitus with music. So one month ago, I felt I had nothing to lose, and so I had my daughter prepare an mp3 file of easy listening Enya music. I play the music...

Last night was the usual ordeal - will I get to sleep? and when? and for how long? And how much med will I need? I explained to my wife what I was going through, but my wife just does not get it - only someone else who has this gets it. Finally I just started to cry, and cry, and cry. I...

Hi I read the following which is very positive: http://www.mombu.com/medicine/heart/t-habituation-in-three-weeks-laurie-prior-aspirin-deafness-tinnitus-aids-depression-3242865.html she talks about forcing her brain to concentrate on the background pink/white noise etc.

my tinnitus has severely spiked since x 3 1/2 months so i did everything - see the doctor, put on white noise/ pink noise, get prescription for meds etc. my doctor said it was like a pain disorder - he tried tegretol but that actually made it worse (tegretol ototoxicity), but i looked on...

We had a power outage yesterday, so everything went completely silent. Now I can hear all of the different sounds of tinnitus: three different sounds: these is a high pitched constant squeal, a shh like white noise sounding thing, and the right ear has a low frequency hum. It is so...

Hi, I have been doing google about tinnitus and chronic pain, and I discovered Musical Treatment. Another person posted a thread about music helping get to sleep. So I am wondering about what music should I play. I have a feeling that Enya would be excellent, because she does very wide-band...

Hi, I went to my family doctor general practice who is 67 years old, but at least he has an open mind: he said he did some reading and that tinnitus is the same as a chronic pain disorder, just the cochlea has been injured, and this results in loss of feedback to the cortical neurons, which no...

Hi, my tinnitus a year ago was at 48 dB, and now I am sure it is significantly louder than that, at around 4000 hz. I just wonder what kind of tinnitus levels people are getting on this forum, to give me an idea about what amounts of loudness it is possible to cope with. 2 months ago i had a...

Hi, my job is high paying, also, I have kids that need tuition, plus my own sense of well-being vs distress, etc. plus if I keep working longer I like my job and so this is good for me, also I do a good job and people like my work etc., so I have to throw everything at it. 5 weeks ago, I had...

Hi everyone, as you know, recently has been real bad for me, my recent dental work was so noisy, it flared up my tinnitus, and I thought it was time for a trip to Mexico for the seconal (o.d.) - so i treat my ears just like you would a broken bone: do not put any weight on it until healed...

I understand the insurance companies do not like to pay out - period. I am covered by long term disability insurance, but what type of illness do I put on the form in order to get approved - or should I just forget it, and try to cope as long as I can and then go for early pension? My tinnitus...

Hi, I am a 57 year old pathologist, and I used to use hearing protectors almost constantly while working, due to the noisy office printers, and I like to concentrate with quiet. Also I used to use hearing protection constantly while sleeping. This led to a severe hyperaccusis condition, that...