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Hi everyone, I was a very active user a few years ago on Tinnitus Talk. Nowadays I still visit it from time to time and try to support those who felt the same as me when they got tinnitus in the first place. This year I finally got in med school and will be starting my studies after the...

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells cure tinnitus, right? I have read some stories online and even here about people whose tinnitus got cured by stem cells. Guess I will wait until they are legalized in EU so I can go to bars (and of course bring earplugs with me while there :D) Please correct me...

I want to be a doctor. (I got my tinnitus 2 years ago and life is pretty good now. I don't wear earplugs on the bus, I go to eat in school and in the canteen it is maybe (85 dB) and it has no effect on my tinnitus.) So it looks like my ears are starting to get used to louder sounds every year...

I am so tired. I am continuously worried about tinnitus, I think about it while going to church, while watching the tv I think about it all the time. Christmas was the only time I actually felt happy for the whole day. I have made some poor choices with tinnitus but gladly my tinnitus hasn't...

School ends in a few months. I am going to drink outside. I would like to hear answers.

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I have promised my friends and most importantly myself that I would buy a gym card. But the problem is my tinnitus, should I buy the gym card or will it definitely make my tinnitus louder so that I shouldn't buy it?

Hello, I am currently at a vacation and I would like to know that is is it safe to be at clothes stores for example H&M, uniqlo etc. Today I was at a shopping centre and I got stressed that my tinnitus would become worse so I used earplugs and noise cancelling headphones. When we went eating...

I have a dancing show tomorrow in my school. Our whole dancing show will last for 1 h and 15 minutes, and of course there will be music. I have never measured on the practice how loud the music is (at all practices I have used earplugs) but I would guess somewhere around 90 decibels. So...

Well just read the title. IS this possible? Can I become a surgeon, I know they use drills and all kind of tools.

I was listening to loud music for 40 minutes. My tinnitus is so loud now. Is there anything I can do? I want to kill myself and probably will!

I stood up and felt dizzy usually during this my tinnitus spikes for about 10 seconds, I always hear this low "eee" sound. It happened today again but the low "eeee" did not go away. Now it has been 15 mins????? Is this permanent? Oh I forgot to mention that I have not been in any loud places...

I will have to go to army in 3 years. Should I go?

I have to go to a Roman Catholic church tomorrow. I have never been in a Roman Catholic church, because I am not a roman catholic. Are they loud enough to cause hearing damage?

I don't know why I am posting this here. I met a guy on Kik. He told me that he has loud tinnitus. I started chatting with him and he told me that he got his tinnitus when he was 6-years-old from a car crash. He then told me he listens to music with headphones. I immediately said he should...

I was at a restaurant that played loud music, now it has been over a week and I still have the spike. I am 80% sure this is a permanent increase in my tinnitus. :( Has anyone here got a permanent spike?

I am currently in Japan. I am a huge fan of Tarantino's movies as you can see from my profile pic so we went to a restaurant where a fighting scene from Kill Bill was filmed. The restaurant played music. When I first got in I did not notice it because there were so much people talking. When I...

I will go to Japan. Can someone give some last minute tips for flying? I have enough hearing protection: - Peltor X5A earmuffs - Bose noise cancelling headphones - Normal earplugs (3 pair) - Alpine earplugs - EarPlanes I have read that keeping your jaw fully open during the take-off and...

I was filming a video with my friends today for 2 hours. We found a good spot and started filming. I could see in the distance a road where cars were passing by all the time. I looked at google maps and it was more than 100 meters away. It still sound really loud and I started thinking it may...

In our school we watch videos in the classroom almost everyday. Videos are great for learning but not for me. In our school all the teachers put the volume so high that I couldn't imagine watching them without plugging my ears. Now currently I have a spike in my tinnitus because of these...

I have to buy Peltor X5A earmuffs today. Amazon sells them but there are two different types. 3M PELTOR X Series Ear Muff, Headband, X5A 3M Peltor X-Series Over-the-Head Earmuffs, NRR 31 dB, One Size Fits Most, Black X5A (Pack of 1) Aren't they the same? I live in Finland so will they come...

Is ear pain after running normal? My ears hurt a lot.

Do you guys still go to movies? The new IT movie is now in theaters and I have been waiting for it over a year (I am a huge horror fan.) If any of you still go to movies does your tinnitus spike from them? I have been waiting for it for so long but I may still skip it :(

My doctor said that I cannot use earplugs anywhere (even at the school canteen). He also said that I have to go to the trip where I have a 10 hour flight. I have MRI tomorrow. I don't know if he will let me use earplugs. Everyone (almost) here have told me to use earplugs in loud environments...

Should I use earplugs in traffic? Should I use earplugs in a bus? Should I plug my ears when a plane flies above me? Should I plug my ears when teachers voice sounds too loud?

Always after exercise my tinnitus spikes. For the last 3 weeks I have not gone jogging because I am scared that it may make my tinnitus worse. Today I really want to go, but I still have the spike that I got last Thursday. So can I go jogging? When I have a spike can jogging make it permanently...

I have an MRI next week. I am thinking of buying earmuffs. Do you guys have any good options? I am thinking about buying these. Can I use them even when they have metal?

A ****head in our school was walking in the hallway with a megaphone. In our school we have doors that separates the hallway. I did not notice him until he opened the door. I was about 8 meters away from him. I had computer on my other hand and my phone on my other hand so I quickly ran to...

Hello again! Today I finally went to an ear doctor. He measured my eardrum movement, checked my nostrils etc. One thing I found odd, he said that I should expose my ears to loud sounds. I thought there was a way to treat hyperacusis but apparently there is not, I should just try not to plug my...

In two months I would have to travel abroad. I would have a 10 hour flight and then I would stay there for about one week. I am seriously considering that I may not go there, of course I would wear earplugs but my tinnitus & hyperacusis might get worse. :( I know this is ridiculous, but I...

Two days ago in school we had a debate. Everytime we have a group work the class room gets super loud so I decided this time I should look convincing and use earplugs because if I would not use them I would plug my ears with my finger which would look dumb. I had got my new musician earplugs...

1. Can electric toothbrush make my tinnitus spike? 2. Is it safe to shower? Should I use earplugs while dealing with a major spike? 3. How are you feeling right now?

Is somebody here going to watch it? :) I watched the death note anime this summer, it was really good. The trailer of this new movie doesn't look that great, but I shouldn't judge it before I see the movie.

Are these earplugs good? Do these work well in the movie theater, school and even on an airplane?

Yesterday I was watching a movie in my friend's house. The movie was not as loud as in movie theaters but still pretty loud. At first I was using orange foam earplugs and my Bose noise cancelling headphones but some noises got through so I took my earplugs off and stuck my fingers to my ears...

Hello, I want to buy a good pair of earplugs. I am so tired of all these foam earplugs that you can only use once and some of them are too big for me. So do you have any suggestions. I want earplugs that I can use in the gym, film theater and maybe sometimes even at school. I don't know my...

I stopped playing basket ball last year. I am thinking that I will start going to the gym (4 times a week). Are gyms too loud, so should i think of a different hobby?

I know, this is not the best place to ask this question. So let's say you have a little button that makes a 65 dB noise (measured 1 meter away), how loud would this noise be when you stuck this button inside your ear?

Does your tinnitus become louder when you move your jaw forward? Mine does, is this normal? My jaw also cracks when I open my mouth wide.

I hate one of my classmates who talks with really loud noise. I was sitting next to him last Thursday and he shouted two times near my ear. I am so pissed now. I really hope my spike will go away but I don't think it will. :( I hate him, how can I make him stop shouting. I will never talk to...

Why the hell can some people go to festivals that plays music on a 94-100 dB volume. Some even go to two festivals during summer and the festivals last for two days. I went to go kart racing field and got my tinnitus there. I was driving just for 10 minutes. It is not fair. I have only went to...

I am hapoy that school started because I love to study and learn new things and I have amazing friends that help me with everything. The only bad thing is that schools are TOO LOUD. Today at my first class I was almost at the back of the room. About 7 meters away from the teacher. But still...

Freaking out. School starts tomorrow and I got a spike now. I was lying on a sofa and hit a glass bottle that was on a table with my foot. It fell (on the table) and made a really loud noise but it didn't break. 2 mins later when I was pissed from the loud noise I made I kicked a metal...

It has been 5 days since I got my spike. I got this spike from a restaurant that played music. (I didnot sound loud. :mad:) And we were moving to a new house so I was 3 days in a row at a storage and of course there are freaking loud noises. I used earplugs and my noise cancelling headphones...

Have any of you measured how loud music is in fast food restaurants for example most Burger Kings here play music. If you have not measured the noise level how many decibels do you think it is?

This week has been a freaking rough one. I have got exposed to many loud sounds: a stapler gun, shouting, swimming, door slamming and an alarm clock. :confused: I also had yesterday a 4 hour car trip but I used earplugs the whole trip. :beeranimation: Well we are currently moving so I had to...

My brother put 8 alarms to this morning. The first four were on 75% volume and the last 4 on 100% volume. I was one meter away from his phone. I would say i got exposed for the first 4 alarms for 6 minutes total. And for the alarms at 100% volume for 10 seconds. I fu#^^#&@ told him not to put...

How loud is it when you touch an earplug while it is on your ear. When you touch it it makes a really awfully loud noise. Can this noise damage hearing? When I was putting an earplug in my ear my finger got stuck and my finger was scraping this earplug and that noise lasted for 3 seconds.

My friends came to my cottage and they are currently now in the sauna! I am now in another room, because should I go swimming? I have had 3 pretty loud days in a row. So should I go to the sauna and go swimming? We will probably swim for 2 hours. :O

I was lying on a bed and had my phone 14 cm away from my mouth. I was talking to my brother with a raised voice for about 30 minutes (not constantly of course, I would say I got exposed to my raised voice for 5-10) and noticed how my left ear sounded like something was popping there, a weird...

I uploaded a file. This sketch that I draw shows this incident that happens outside. The orange guy shouts out at about 110-120 dB voice. There is a red guy about 15 cm ~1 Inch away from the orange guy and his left ear is facing towards him. So my question is how many dB's is the sound when...

Goddamit. Why when always you start feeling good something bad happens. I opened a door and bang someone shot with a stapler gun (that kind of a stapler gun that is manually powered by a hand). I was one meter away. (1.1m) I have been trying to stop asking these kind of questions "how loud...

Seagulls (mew seagulls) on this summer sound so unutterably loud. Everytime one of these things fly iver me I plug my ears. Seagulls can not be that loud to cause damage, right? Today a thunder strom went past us. It was porobably 1km away. (I didn't see any lighting strikes.) The rumbling...

"Life is like a coin. Pleasure and pain are the two sides, Only one side is visible at time, but remeber other side also waiting for its turn." I used to believe this for many years. Almost one year ago I completely ruined my life. I made only fucking one mistake and I have to pay it for the...

We have these gadgets in our cottage that makes mice run away from our home. It uses 32-62 kHz frequency. (I uploaded a file on the bottom.) Today I got worried that could this thing damage my hearing. I am not sleeping near and during a day I am like 5 meters away from it for about 2 hours. I...

You won't believe what happened today. I fainted, yes. I fainted and hit my head to the floor. I was standing straight and felt dizzy and simply just lost conscious and fell. I think this happened because all of mine "how loud is this" posts here. I deserve this that I fell and I want to...

Okay, my friends and me were having a sport day on Monday. We had the option to choose from playing golf or Frisbee golf (Disc golf). We then chose to play frisbee golf. When we were playing I was not more than one meter away from the disc goal and my friend threw his frisbee right to the goal...

Yesterday I was in a noisy van. How long should I rest my ears?

Today 6 hours ago I arrived at my aunt's house and my aunt has an elkhound. I stepped out of the car and the dog barked really loudly ~6 meters away. Then I quickly went +10 meters away from the dog and put on my Bose QC headphones and did not plug my ears because I thought I was so far away...

When you plug your ears with fingers how much does it make the noise quieter? Lets say that you are in 115 dB noise and plug your ears with fingers. How many dBs does the noise drop?