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    My Experience with Manual Ear Wax Removal — A Temporary Tinnitus Spike

    I've had tinnitus for 2 decades - I'm in my late 40s now. It has changed my life and I still wait patiently for effective treatments to actually get rid of the noise. Anyway, from time to time I have an audiologist gently and quietly manually remove ear wax. Four weeks ago I had this done and...
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    A New Consistent High-Pitched Tinnitus Sound Started Out of Nowhere a Week Ago

    Hi, Long term tinnitus sufferer here - here is a first for me in my long journey - my left ear has had a consistent high pitch for a week now. Started out of nowhere. Of course I’m hoping this is a temporary spike but I haven’t had a spike like this one before. It’s a ruthless, cruel...
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    Tuning Fork Hearing Tests

    Hi, is this test for all types of hearing loss? Anyone had this done before? How accurate is it when compared to other testing? Thanks :angelic:
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    Neck / Shoulder Extended -> Ear Dulled

    Does anyone experience this? Today I had my head and neck extended forward and turned quickly to chat to someone on my right then my right ear dulled for a minute or so. Shoulder muscles are very tight. This has happened quite a few times to me when my neck is positioned out or down (hope I'm...
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    Aging Process & Tinnitus

    I feel that everyone's journey with this condition is unique to them and this may not apply to all (I don't want to cause readers any extra worry!) but for me I suspect my tinnitus is getting a little more 'noticeable' the older I get. I started with tinnitus when I was 28 and I'm now 45. In...
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    Church Attendance

    Sadly I have slowly bowed out from attending church and investing into a church community. Modern day Christian worship is so loud and flashy that I find the whole experience (which should be a soothing one don't you think?!) stressful. Trying to find a Protestant church that isn't as noisy as...
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    Just Left a Movie (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) — Goodness It Was Loud

    I took my son and his friend to see that new Jurassic World movie and even with my foam ear plugs in I've had to come and wait outside. That is one loud film my goodness! :eek: How has it gotten to this that even movies are way to loud? Unless people have auditory issues as we do, general...