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I worked with another home inspector today who has bad tinnitus for thirty plus years from shooting a .45 into a creek bank and didn't know what it was called. He asked me why I had ear plugs in while they were pouring concrete. And I told him I had tinnitus in one ear from a gun shot...he...

A D@&$ transformer blew up right when I walked outside my house in the country just now... It was loud! I always say no to prednisone but this was not good. No spikes or ear fullness yet... I don't know now if it's warranted.

Went to wife's ceremony for her master's. Wore ear plugs but there was some cheering and organ playing. My dB meter said it peaked at 92 but it was in a huge auditorium. I was uncomfortable at first but I have had no pain or increased ringing....actually really quiet today. My question is...

Sitting and enjoying my kids play on a beautiful day at the park and also on an extremely quiet tinnitus day....then all of a sudden my toddler filled his britches and off to the truck to change him we went. 20 seconds later a emergency siren went off for no reason for about 10 seconds right...

Not a success but talking and thinking about tinnitus is starting to bore me... I only really worry about it getting worse now.

Can I still mow my lawn with noise-induced hearing loss?

I didn't think your hearing test could get better but my third audiogram results from the same audiologist showed my 6000 dip went from 39 dBl to 30 and the 8000 went back into normal range from 27 dBl or so. That was some good news today I guess.

My audiogram shows in the negative at 35 dB at 6000... when people say they are down 10 or 15 dB does that mean they are where mine is at out of the normal range or are they still in the 20 dB limit? So do I have a 15 dB loss or 3B. I don't understand.

Well I've been to just about 10 indy 500's or so and I thought I had the best experience in 2009 when I got to see a rugby acquaintance win it in (Scott Dixon) and we got to go into the winners circle when he was presented the trophy and finished off the day at several owner parties. Well I...

Yesterday my brain introduced me to a new really low level of tinnitus... could not hear it at all day until bed time. Even had dinner with my wife after being separated for a while and not seeing my kids for 5 days... even with plugs in at dinner it was unnoticeable. It did come back today...

I need to still use power tools for work sometimes... anyone had any problems with muffs on?

Are in-ear maskers safe? Have appointment with audiologist and my ENT said they might help on days that it's bothering me.

Daughter screamed at the top of her lungs in her room while we were playing when she saw a spider... my ear rang loudly for about thirty seconds and then went back down to normal hissing but elavated more after after my initial panic. My tinnitus for eight months really hasn't reacted to...

My wife's grandmother died of a rare cancer in her neck this last weekend that the crazy doctors took over a year to diagnose. She went from coming over here last year planting flowers with the kids in the garden to death on the doorstep in a year. I know for a fact she would spend another...

Dangerous to start klonopin (clonazepam) again?

Went to boat and sport show today... Of course I was nervous as hell with all the people but I had earplugs in my ears the whole time. But as soon as I got there of course someone started talking on loud speaker doing a presentation as soon as I walked by... I don't know how loud it was but...

There are tons of awareness marches all the time. Someone should put together a tinnitus march and try and get about 500,000 sufferers all with headphones on so people can understand how many there are. It is crazy that no one cares about it. It must be a huge mental health factor in the...

I have been in a lot of gun forums lately even though I gave up that activity of target and clay shooting permanently...all of my guns were sold so I wasn't tempted. I don't know why but a lot of them with tinnitus just don't care and have had it for years. A lot are from the earlier time...

It's seems like I have great days when I keep telling myself that this will go away one day and almost feel like myself again. I mean there are periods of straight silence when I plug my ears even...Is this a delusional strategy to take. I really do sometines feel like one day it will go away...

The reality of having tinnitus the rest of my life is driving me mad. Moments of despair just happen out of the blue. Especially the possible worsening in the future. Never in my dreams would I ever believe I could affect my family this way.

Do I have to wear earplugs when I go out now? My kids scream in my house all the time and it doesn't affect my tinnitus at all....I mean how do I know when to wear them. At the store, in the car... I mean everywhere has noise. I don't go to any places that are loud at all. I even skip...

Had extremely low tinnitus day on Sunday and after I woke up Monday morning I was walking down my hall and right ear went partially deaf and full accompanied by about 30 seconds of tonal tinnitus. Scared the crap out of me so I called ENT and want me to come in tomorrow. Ear was buzzing away...

Still can't get past the thought of having tinnitus forever after one stupid mistake from one shot. Therapy hasn't done much and and I still spend every hour regretting causing hearing loss and tinnitus. All my relationships are suffering and most of the day I am in disbelief at the current...

I've set an appointment with a faith based counselor and I know they will want to prescribe some drug to ease out of the fear and anxiety. Would like to know the low risk options that probably won't make tinnitus worse.

I understand that having tinnitus for more than 6 months is not great for a chance that it is going away... but as believing that it can greatly reduces my anxiety and worry, I am not resigning the possibility and belief that it is going to fade away. Today I woke up and it is hard to hear in...

Tinnitus Talk has given me a lot of hope and support. But I have been on here constantly when I'm not busy with my kids. Sometimes I get very anxious about the future though reading everything... I go from hopeful to depression some days.

Electrical sound and tone replaced by white noise like from t.v. tuned out for like five minutes. Scary at first then I thought maybe good?

I have a terrible mindset right now. I keep going back and forth on my thinking that everything is going to be ok...and then I wake up some days terrified of making my tinnitus worse. Some days I feel like it will fade because it gets so low...and others I feel like I have screwed myself and I'm...

Had ENT tell me tinnitus can go away even after hearing loss occurred from acoustic trauma... read multiple accounts of shooters having slight hearing loss and tinnitus going away after 6 months, 9 months, 15 months and even 2 1/2 years. And I had another ENT tell me after three weeks it's...

I have been taking klonopin .5 mg for 6 months on and off. I usually take half, maybe three times a week. I have made 80 last this long. Dr says there is no risk stopping with such low dose taking this short of time. Does anyone think there is a risk just stopping?

I was told by many members here to stop lurking as coming here may cause some anxiety... but on the other hand the success stories really give me hope. I just have this fear that my tinnitus is going to get worse and it is ruling my life. Now I have a cold and it is terrifying me. I am in...

I never see them that upset publicly about it. Actually I know a vet I've made friends with that works as a gun smith....he shoots all the time and doesn't give his T a second thought. I keep asking him how he does it and he just doesn't care. He just tells me he has more important things to...

Is it normal to have fleeting tinnitus more often now in my good ear? It wakes me up in a panic that it's going to stay.

Doctor says it is possible with mild tinnitus and mild hearing loss... I haven't heard of anyone that happening to though.

I have had tinnitus from acoustic trauma for 5 1/2 months, caused by a single gunshot after my rifle stock dislodged my earplug without me noticing. I’m worried about how stable my tinnitus will be in the future due to the damage. Currently, it’s a very mild tone that I don’t hear during the...

I have been losing hope lately and realize that my tinnitus isn't going away. I got tinnitus from one gunshot from AR-15 after my rifle stock dislodged my right earplug before firing. I am having a hard time forgiving myself for it, and making such a hardship on myself and family. I went to...