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    Precautions for New Job with Loud Atmosphere — Hearing Protection?

    I’m starting a new job. But the problem is, I need hearing protection as it’s a loud atmosphere. Does anyone have any advice on what hearing protection I should use? I had an ear infection recently. It’s still painful despite treatment so I’m assuming the infection was deeper than just outer...
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    New Job, New Tinnitus!

    After leaving a previous job due to excessive noise, I found another job, and today is due to be my third day. Already, I think I need to quit as my tinnitus is notably worse. It's a physically demanding job (to the point where, a couple of times, I experienced head pain) and I have aching...
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    Getting Worse!

    I have had tinnitus for years, but it only became a problem in November last year. I got used to it fairly quickly considering, and I could get by with occasional background noise when it got really bad. Recently I started a new job (about 2 weeks ago). Factory work. The radio was on...
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    Ear Infection — Is Treatment a Bad Idea?

    One of my ears started weeping in the nights and then drying up during the day. Very red and sore. So I was given Otomize ear spray, which includes 3 active ingredients: Dexamethasone Neomycin sulfate Acetic acid I'm wondering, though, if it's actually a good idea. I was told to use 3 times a...
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    Tinnitus and Dehydration

    I have had problems with hydration for a while (also tinnitus). Recently it seems more severe: not being able to keep fluids down, dryness of skin etc, and this coincides with a greater severity of tinnitus. To the point where it's actually a serious problem. Could the two be linked?
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    Mystery Tinnitus Hell

    I have had a vague noise in my (left?) ear for a few years, soon followed by the other ear. It was never that much of a problem. I could deal with it. In the past 2 months, though, for no apparent reason, it has steadily increased to a shocking level. It's gone from not being a bother at all to...