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    Starting to Hear the Ringing in My Own Voice

    I think I have a bit of a cold but yeah if that makes sense I’m hearing the ringing in my own voice? Or it sounds tinny or something. Has anyone experienced this and did it go away? It’s really off putting, tinnitus is also a bit louder than usual either due to the cold or the other day when I...
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    Loud Intercom Tone Exposure — Ears Ache and Feel Full

    Well fuck me. At work having a horrible day and then some error over the intercom paging happens to where their paging tone played for a good 20-30 seconds. I had ear plugs in but not secured well, when I realized it was happening I put my hands over my ears and the ear plugs in more and ran...
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    Do Panic Attacks Make Your Tinnitus Louder?

    I had a panic attack after smoking a bit of weed the other day, and I’ve been wondering if it was mostly the weed that made my tinnitus so crazy (several blasting alarm sounds plus 2-3 droning rings) or if it was the panic. Thanks for any answers.
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    Backsliding After Continued Loud Noises at Work

    So I’ve had tinnitus since March ‘18 after an ear infection and a botched earwax removal. Had a noise trauma one month ago, fire alarm, which put me out of work for 2 weeks, increased the loudness of my ringing (which has mostly decreased to a bearable level thankfully) gave me a few more...
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    Fire Alarm Caused a Spike in Tinnitus!

    Hello, I’m a 22-year-old female and I’ve had tinnitus since March 2018, so just over a year and a half. It had always been very bearable except for in the first few months, but 3 days ago I set off a fire alarm at work (MY fault - burned a pizza I was making!) which has caused a pretty bad spike...
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    2 Months In...

    ...and honestly, I've gotten a lot better than I was. One new struggle has come with the warmer weather-now we use an air conditioner, and boy is that annoying! But oh well. Eventually you get used to that too I guess. The tinnitus really doesn't bother me like it did in the beginning. I still...
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    Got Screamed at Today... Worried :(

    My boyfriend screamed at me a lot and pounded his fists on his desk a bunch today and it hurt my ears at the time and made my left ear feel swollen. I imagine he screamed for a total of like 10 minutes, for most of it I was about 10 feet away from him. Funny enough the argument started because...
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    Bad Experience at the Movies

    Went to a theater and the previews have been incredibly loud. I tried to download a decibel meter to check how loud but didn't even want to take my fingers out of my ears long enough to. Our seats were shaking with the bass even at not-that-loud parts; my other two friends were even complaining...
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    Can the Valsalva Maneuver Hurt Ears/Make Tinnitus Spike?

    Since cracking my jaw too widely a couple days ago my ear has been somewhat muffled/clogged, I keep trying to get relief with the valsalva maneuver, which seems to usually help mildly but sometimes it makes it a little worse/more full feeling. Can the maneuver itself damage ears and or make...
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    Fullness in Ear/Jaw Problems

    At about 3 weeks living with tinnitus now, and it still keeps changing. Cicada noises, soft ringing, loud-ish ringing, hissing.. etc. Seems to depend on levels of stress/what I've eaten/tiredness etc. A couple days ago I yawned widely which caused the left side of my jaw to crack loudly and...
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    Exposed to Several Loud Sounds Today

    First, it was a random screech in my ear while trying to make a phone call. Then it was 30 seconds or so worth of a long, loud piercing tone (a security sensor at my work), and finally about 10 seconds of another security sensor, but this was coming from right next to me. i haven't noticed an...
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    Finding It Hard to Cope

    My struggles with tinnitus began about a week and a half ago due to ear wax build up. Underwent ear syringing, which seemed to decrease the volume of the ringing/cause a change. While before it was a constant, piercing ring it now sounds like a sort of variable tv static noise, sometimes...
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    Amoxicillin — Ototoxicity / Safety Profile? User Experiences?

    I was prescribed Amoxicillin for a sinus infection (doesn't feel like I have one so I'm not sure about that) and I've seen conflicting things about Amoxicillin & its ototoxicity. If anyone could tell of their experiences with Amoxicillin / if it affected their tinnitus, I would greatly...
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    Is Hydrogen Peroxide Before Ear Syringing Enough?

    I went to the er today and had my ear syringed. I did not apply drops beforehand, but did put a hot compress to my ear several times today in attempt to soften it a little. Before the ear irrigation the doctor put hydrogen peroxide in my ear for about 20 min, then looked and said it was soft...
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    New to Tinnitus: My Story & Possible Causes?

    Hi, I'm a 21 year old female, and my bothersome tinnitus began around 5 days ago, although i believe I have had it mildly for awhile due to headphone use. (Id notice a high pitcher ring every now and then, usually when wearing headphones, but could tune it out easily and didn't think of it as an...