Search results for query: *

Yesterday I was riding my bicycle when I was suddenly passed by an ambulance with sirens on. I was riding within a group so I kinda could not stop immediately to cover my ears. I was able to cover the ear facing towards the ambulance though. The ambulance was really close, like 1.5-2 m away and...

Hey, So I have been off the forums for quite some time since I did pretty well in the last year and was able to cope with my tinnitus. Today however I was diagnosed with a prostate infection, streptococci and enterococci to be precise (although very small amounts only) but my doctor told me I...

Ok, here's a tricky question which probably has no "right" or "wrong" answer but I'll ask it anyway: Has anyone here experience with shooting rifles with suppressors while having chronic tinnitus? I know rifles are loud, like in "crazy loud" but I always dreamt of getting my hunting license...

Hey Folks, Unfortunately, I’m back :/ After a major worsening 14 months ago (hearing tests at ENT with tympanometry) I kinda habituated and felt good for the last 6-8 months or so. Last Friday I went to an opening ceremony of a local co-working space. There were quite a lot of people so i...

Hey, I will need a revision of my root canal (left upper jaw, premolar). That itself doesn’t bother me too much since the doctor doing it is a specialist and will not use any ultrasonic tools and was in general very understanding. But he advised me to get a crown prior to having the canal...

As some might know I have had a major exacerbation of tinnitus from a tympanometry along with an acoustic reflex test. Tinnitus went through the roof that same day. What still kinda baffles me is that I developed a new tone about 3 days later. Until now I thought that it was related to the...

Since I've been fighting with a serious exacerbation of tinnitus right now I feel the urge to somehow help research for a possible cure advance. So far the efforts made by ATA and/or BTA (don't even get me started on our "German Tinnitus League") don't really seem to have a big effect which is...

So almost one week ago I had a major exacerbation of my tinnitus due to tympanometry. 2 days ago I woke up in the middle of the night because my tinnitus had changed again. Now there's a low humming sound that "feels" kinda different than the other rather high pitched hissing noise I have...

I realized that prior to my spike from last night I took 750mg Calcium (because of the prednisolone I am (or was) taking). I kinda remember that Ca+ channels are supposed to play a role in tinnitus so might a higher Ca+ intake cause a spike maybe?

I thought it might make sense to evaluate a few things on scale as large as possible. I know a poll on a forum isn't exactly "valid empirical data" but maybe we can get at least close to that. I'll start with this: What's your experience with steroids? Please vote and post your details (what...

So as of now I have figured out that my stupid ENT actually DID do an acoustic reflex test along with the tympanometry, as I have already discussed in another thread. What I'd like to know though is if anyone has experienced TEMPORARY spikes from that, because right now my tinnitus is a solid...

As I mentioned in another thread I have a major aggravation of my tinnitus from some stupid ENT who did some LOUD test on my ear. Went to see another ENT (at the hospital ER) today and he prescribed me prednisolone (oral, 10 days, starting with 100 mg for 3 days). The leaflet doesn't say...

I went to see my ENT the other day because I have a little i eczema in my right ear canal (nothing serious though). It caused me a bit of a clogged feeling though and my ENT said she wanted to do a hearing test, a tympanogram and a measuring of the hair cells just to be sure it’s nothing else...

So after having 2 almost „struggle free“ years I feel like I’m cursed or something this year. First I encountered a mild to medium loud noise exposure which left me anxious and easily panicking. Then I got an ear infection while on vacation which may or may not have been the cause for my mild...

Ok so having been exposed to an air rifle shot about 8-9 days ago (roughly 105 dB of impulse noise) which got me taking a short oral schedule of prednisone, which eventually spiked my tinnitus really bad I then had a flight to Portugal (which was ok but obviously didn’t „help“ my tinnitus)...

Ok so my worries were actually real and I got diagnosed with a light inflammation of the outer ear canal. I got a prescription for neomycin ear drops and now I’m scared as hell to use them as I have read quite a few horror stories about them. My ear drum is intact but still.... I also got...

Has anyone got experience with decongestants containing Xylometazoline? Especially regarding potential tinnitus spikes?

Ok, so first of all I have to say I have had tinnitus for almost 20 years with. It was a 1/10 for 18 years, then became a 3-4/10 after having been exposed to loud noise (went up to 7/10 but settled at 3-4/10). As I have mentioned in another thread in was exposed to a bang from an air rifle...

Hey everyone, As some might remember from my other thread I got exposed to a not-so-loud shot from an air rifle which later on turned out to be probably not having done any damage. But since I was pretty anxious about it I decided to go to my ENT and got a prescription for Prednisone (oral)...

Hey Guys, I've been reading along for a few years. I've had tinnitus since almost 20 years. For the most part of that time it was barely noticeable but 2 years ago I had a massive spike after going to a club without adequate hearing protection - does that count as a "classic"? :D After some...