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I was neither excited or nervous about coming to university. The only thing I was apprehensive about was whether my tinnitus and ears could handle the stresses and strains of freshers week. I’m sure all countries have some version of this but for those who don’t know, freshers week is the...

"This is what we started," the last song and line I ever heard before the ringing in my ears began, and little did I know what had just started. The music faded, the lights came up and immediately I knew I wouldn't shake this new sound that filled my ears and head. I've seen people describe T as...

I had booked to go and see Peter Kay later this year and was gutted when he cancelled as I think he is hilarious. Almost finished watching all the episodes of the Ricky Gervais show with Karl Pilkington. So I thought I’d ask you guys for any suggestions of who to watch next? Personal...

Have to say all of you here at Tinnitus Talk have been amazing at helping me with tinnitus. However the person who helps me the most is my mother, she has tinnitus after a career in classical music and like everyone here completely understands the problems that come with tinnitus. I believe...

I was finally 18 on Tuesday so I can now buy a pint, go skydiving amongest many other things now. I personally don’t look forward to my birthdays as I have strong dislike to being the centre of attention and needless fuss however I do normally enjoy them. It is seemingly custom in the UK to go...

“Was that your first driving test?” He said. “Yeah” “I can tell, how do you think the test went?” “Pretty poor” I said. “Yes I’d agree but somehow you managed to pass.” In hindsight I’m not too fussed about what the examiner thought about my nerve riddled test standard of driving because I...

22 August 2017, a day which changed my life forever. I loved every second of that festival but I will forever remember it for the T it induced. It was so so loud, looking back how I coped at all amazes me. Over the first week or so the volume decreased slightly but it consumed my entire thought...

I often contemplate the day I got Tinnitus and it leaves me with many unanswered questions. I remember being essentially part of group of strangers who were in the same place for the same period time. I’d guess about the same 500 were at the front all day but can’t imagine so many people would...

Long story short in Wales all students aged 18 my do a "research project". I wanted to do mine on tinnitus as I felt it would give me a good opportunity to further understand it. However it is deemed "not relevant" and "will not further my academic studies". So instead I'm now doing CO2...

Struggling to sleep at the moment as my tinnitus is particularly loud as I have a cold and as it’s Christmas I’ve been drinking which also makes it worse. This extra time spent awake has left me with some general and some odd questions about tinnitus. 1. Does everyone’s tinnitus get worse with...

So it’s my first Christmas with tinnitus. Not really a presant I wanted to get myself this year but that’s life. As it’s the festive time of year, my high spirits are enabling me to see the funny side to things. For example, my dads favourite song is “Enjoy the silence” and with it being...

This week has been a week of perspective changing moments for me, however small they appear to others they have definitely helped me change how I view life and T. Last Friday during a maths lecture my closest friend received a call to say his grandfather had had a heart attack behind the wheel...

I’ve been invited to Filipino “debut” (extremely extravagant 18 birthday bash that symbolises coming of age, yes I’d never heard of one either) of one of my closest female friends and it’s last week of November. This kind of event I don’t particularly like anyway and now having T I had decided I...

So at time of writing it is exactly 2 months since I was walking out of the dance tent to the sound I have come to call tinnitus. I knew by the shear volume it wouldn’t go away. Yes it has faded slightly but not significantly. After a week of despair I decided to set myself a few small targets...

This is my second post and thinking of things to put in this post has been a good strategy to help keep me calm when things have started to go arrays. I'll start with positives of the last four weeks. I've found that keeping busy helps me keep my mind off T so have already started to...

I'm Joe, I'm 17 and had the day off my life at a festival on Sunday! Listened to loud and fantastic music for about 10 hours straight. I left with a loud ringing in my ears and having been used to a ringing in my ears after gigs I knew this was different. I have already resigned myself to the...