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Or... I Found Out My Significant Other Also Has Tinnitus It's been talked about before. With 10-20% of the world's population having experienced tinnitus (some acute but surely many chronic), why isn't tinnitus taken more seriously? Why do only a subset of people with tinnitus have altered...

Most people aren't used to the sound of air raid sirens. I am acquainted with them almost daily where I live. I live in the greater metropolitan of one of the largest cities in USA. The city is surrounded for miles by small townships that all merge into each other. Each township has its own...

I feel like I'm deaf with how much sound I avoid. All speaker sounds give my face pain. I miss sound. Anyone knowledgeable with sound and music who can tell me how to set up speaker equalizers to contain less high frequencies. Bass, treble, ratios etc. I know there are guides out there. Just...

Haven't been able to go to the movies or a restaurant in a long time. With my hyperacusis worsening, I feel like I'll never be able to go again. With hyperacusis, I feel like I especially can't do anything. Recently my SO went to his friend's wedding alone and this really, really upset me...

Right now I am looking at my coffee table and this is what I see: 1. Store brand oatmeal cookies 2. Belgian Boys Choco Waffle Chips 3. Sheila G's Brownie Brittle 4. Russell Stover Elegant Collection (Chocolates) 5. A bulk package of Laffy Taffy with all the good flavors eaten 6. Two packages of...

Despite my worsened hyperacusis I've continued to work at my store. It's not loud or noisy...most of the time. There are sudden loud noises though. A baby crying, beeps from various motorized vehicles, various alarms that are nowhere near me. And....the intercom. There is a schedule for...

We know our tinnitus and/or hyperacusis could be worse! We know there is a difference between tinnitus and TINNITUS. I hear "You are lucky it isn't worse" all the time here, most often from long term members. This phrase is starting to become grating. For me, this is very demoralizing to...

After 2 weeks I have developed severe hyperacusis. My tinnitus has increased and has become very reactive, becoming as loud or slightly louder than the 70 dB grocery freezers before going silent. Everyday has been worse than the last. So far in addition to the above: I get a weird skin...

I've talked in a recent thread about a spike I've been going through where I hadn't been sure of the cause. There was a loud sound I was exposed to (watching a streaming video on my phone at 35-40% which was still very loud). I think it would make more sense that I got a tinnitus spike from my...

In the interest of being persistent, I am trying to find out what's influencing my current reactive tinnitus spike (previously habituated/no reactivity) and hyperacusis spike. (Previously no pain, headaches, tinny voice in a long, long while.) So, can hyperacusis spikes occur from non-sound...

Habituation's something I had obtained over the spring/summer. Thankfully at a time where it really needed to be less of a problem. I've had a lot of difficulty controlling my pain levels for most of 2018. As a lot of members do seem to around here, it can make you cocky. I've had a lot of...

I'm sure it might be obvious to some but this question has been nagging to me. Sure, in movies there must be sound editing that makes them safe to listen to. But what about gunfire on reality tv or more specifically recorded video such as YouTube or streams? Is listening to a harmful sound...

9 hours on the road. About pretty much all of it on the interstate. I assume ear plugs? Any other advice? Any kind of earplugs that would be best? Recommendations for a certain amount of NRR?

I hear some people here talk about a normal spike lasting less than a day for them. I never get any that short! Maybe I will get a minor spike last for a day or two but most of mine last for 1-2 weeks. I don't know what about my ears makes them last this long but I just wanted to see if anyone...

Well, it finally happened. The fire alarms in our apartment went off. I was prepared when I was woken up and immediately put on my earmuffs. They did a good job of reducing noise. When I got outside, I hesitated from moving from the building because I forgot my shoes. Had to go back in for them...

Nothing substantial to write about here. Just bored out of my mind waiting for my pain flareup to dial back down. Just like with tinnitus, there is the fear that it won't. I just have to get through this week and then I have some time off from work to rest. I've already had to give up my...

At work it is easier to hear planes since we are 1 level with no roof. It is one of the busiest metropolitan areas of the United States too. Just now a plane flew so low, it shook the building and I entertained the idea something could crash into us. I have a minor headache and a spike. Should...

This is a comedy-travel show I am watching on Netflix. Through season 1, really enjoying it, very funny but... The episode where Karl goes to Mexico they make him go to an easter parade of sorts where they are setting off firecrackers right there on the street. Knowing what I know this just...

Everytime I wear ear protection of any kind the sound just cuts through what I am trying to block. I can feel the sound 'impacting' me the same as if I had nothing on. I just wore earplugs and muffs while operating a scanner that makes lots of beeps and boops. The sound is not even as loud as...

...unless you are a hermit or literally wear earplugs everywhere outside home (work, park, store, etc.) I am exposed to at least one unexpected noise a day. And yet people here are concerned being exposed to a handclap (not trying to pick on you Jurgen). I want that to be me. I want to be the...

...If you make a mistake it can ruin you. To have the quiestest tinnitus possible you cannot make mistakes. You have to be omniscient which is just not possible. How many people already habituated just end up back here again... Or get new tones... Or get permanently worse tinnitus...

I live close to train tracks. Almost precisely 1000 feet away. How damaging are the train horns to me?

I complained about my Thanksgiving spike but I was already feeling better by Saturday. Sunday was a good day. I was excited to tell you all about Sunday and how uplifting a day it was for me. I planned on rushing home after work to post about it. (Hoping to post about some good news instead of...

I am looking for some reading material to help inspire me to write something from this time period. (Just a fantasy setting for a tabletop game) The title pretty much says it. I'm looking for historical fiction that covers the iron age era. I've heard of Clan of the Cave Bear as a possible...

I have been told by others that my hyperacusis is getting better because I am more willing to watch TV at a higher volume. Maybe. Or maybe I am more desperate to cover my louder tinnitus. I don't feel like it is better. I have been getting light headed around certain noises and my head just...

Pressing down on the tragus is the only feasible option for me when there is unexpected loud noise. I don't always have earplugs on me and I have yet to find an earplug that really works for me anyway. But I have begun to wonder if it is really safe. Searching for threads on it hasn't come up...

One of the first recommendations of managing tinnitus seems to be "cut out all loud noise." Great. But an unrealistic expectation. What are you guys doing that I am not that makes you cut out all loud noise? Even if I never left where I live, an apartment because houses are expensive, then for...

This is continued over from the chat box… For some reason I thought it was safe to walk around on the (metro) street. There was a time where my T went down so low that I could barely notice it. I've been wondering why I hadn't gotten back to that point in a while. But then it occurred to me...

Not sure if this is the right forum or not but I am looking for ways to improve my home TV speakers...even if it means buying new ones. We got a 4k TV last year with a separate speaker system. I have noticed after getting tinnitus that it is harder to watch TV. There are too many unexpected...