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Apple’s Noise app on their Watch informs you when you should plug your ears to avoid hearing loss! It monitors the sound with a built-in dB meter and considers anything above 90 dB as harmful. I think most people on the forum would agree this is a killer feature! If I’m correct, it also...

Two days ago my girlfriend kissed me half on the ear and the sound was very loud. I jumped up and waited a bit. My left ear felt a bit deaf / numb inside. I have a spike now. Above my constant sharp hiss, I hear a beep when it’s quiet. Usually a spike goes down after 2-3 days, and after taking...

A colleague forwarded me an announcement for a lecture on tinnitus in Ghent, Belgium. Tinnitus: ear or brain. Presenter is Dirk De Ridder. I plan to go. Anything I should know about him? Or ask him, if I get the chance?

I’m just watching a docu on Netflix on life extension. Scientists succeeded in doubling the lifespan of worms and mice by knocking out just one gene. Something to do with insulin. If we would all make it to 140 years old, our chances for getting a cure for tinnitus / hearing loss would...

Hey everyone, It’s been a while since I posted here. I’m doing ok these last few weeks. Still a bit too sensitive to sounds above 80dB and tensor tympani is slowly getting less sensitive. Depending on how well I sleep, T is a buzz or a tone in the head. I have my custom ear plugs -15dB and we...

Imagine... the day has arrived. Phase III was successful. Frequency or another company did it, they found the cure to reverse hearing loss and as a consequence a majority of tinnitus cases. (Bear with me ;-) ) What would be the implications from there? I would think that the meds would still...

Hi guys, I couldn’t sleep for two days because of my mild spike... and because I had to go back to work, the doctor prescribed me 100 mg of Trazodone. It would increase my sleep quality compared to Zolpidem and it used to be prescribed as an anti-depressant. Now it’s prescribed as a sleeping...

Cool discovery! https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/scientists-have-found-a-drug-that-can-repair-cavities-and-regrow-teeth

Hi guys, Need some quick advice on Prednisolone. It’s been a bumpy ride these past few months but I’m almost there. Got tinnitus in February: 60mg Prednisolone and HBOT brought it down. Then got a relapse in April after wearing what I now know is insufficient, cheap ear protection. After...

Ok, up until now I thought my two cases of tinnitus were noise induced. Now, I’m not so sure. I had a relapse a month ago because of a high pressure cleaner with badly fitting foam ear plugs. After that I managed to get a second dose of prednisolon and did a second hyperbaric therapy. Result...

Hi guys, As some of you may know, I got my tinnitus after watching a movie at home. Part of my anxiety was / is caused by thinking that I put my dogs through the same ordeal and they suffer too. So to help me let go of this... I got around to measuring that movie from start to finish (wearing...

Has anyone read this research by Fatima Husein and her team? Might explain why people react so differently to tinnitus. It makes sense. Could TRT and CBT actually be helping because we train to use that frontal lobe and suppress the amygdala...

Hi guys, Spent a good day outside, working in the garden and the terrace. Felt good and relaxing for a change and for the first time I looked forward for the summer. My wife mowed the lawn, with hearing protection as we measured it around 80 dB with Lc peak around 100. I was nowhere near her...

Hey all, Even before I got tinnitus, I was a fan of the Headspace app. This extensive but fun app guides you from your first breathing exercises all the way through dedicated sessions aimed at sleeping, dealing with grief, pain management and even getting to grips with cancer. That made me...

A month after self-inflicted tinnitus and probably hearing loss. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions... after the standard medication and exhausting oxygen therapy I’ve been spending the last two weeks trying to carry on with my life. Promised myself and my wife to be strong and focus on the...

All, Just now that I am starting to habituate from the initial hissing and tone in my head... and found the courage to accept that life goes on... ... I am starting to realise that I have real difficulty understanding people in loud environments. I had problems with this as long as I can...

Hey all, I am wondering where should I go to get a good analysis of my hearing? What are those tests called? One month ago I got tinnitus from noise exposure OR the anxiety attack after noise exposure... The ENT measured my hearing with the basic beep test and all seemed fine. Even better...

Hi everyone, Got my T 3 weeks ago and it’s been an emotional rollercoaster. I still have questions... That dreadful day I watched Mad Max Fury Road at home. I noticed that the volume on my home theatre was louder than usual, but I wanted to let off some steam after a few very stressful months...