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Hey everyone. So I haven't been to the movies in a couple of years but there's a movie coming out that I'd really like to see. I found a drive-in theater that has tickets available and I was wondering if drive-in movies were safe for someone with tinnitus. For the sound they use outdoor...

Hey everyone, At 4 in the morning I woke up with muffled hearing in my left ear and a tone in that ear that has switched from a hiss to a loud beep. Very similar to fleeting tinnitus I've gotten before. It's now 10 am and it's the same and hasn't improved at all. I'm getting very nervous now...

Hey everyone, Two Saturdays ago while at a retail store I was exposed to the store alarm going off at very close range. I immediately plugged my ears and was exposed to the alarm for maybe a couple of seconds. It was extremely loud, I would say it's the loudest sound I have been exposed to...

Hey everyone. Today I woke up with ear fullness in my right ear. Also when I click my teeth together it sounds like a hollow drum like sound. I noticed the same thing if I knock on the top of my head. It feels like the sensation of water in the ear except there's no water. I've also been...

Hey everyone. I was wondering if I may have damaged my middle ear ossicles. Since a suctioning event while taking out earplugs I've had crackling in my right ear when talking and when exposed to certain noises. However I don't have any change in my hearing thresholds that I notice. When I...

I tried silicone earplugs, not the soft moldable kind, the trip-flange ones. They were a little tough to put and I had to get them in slowly by twisting them. When I did that and while they were in there was a lot of suction in my ear. I'm was wondering if that may have damaged my ear. My...

I was wondering if any of you can recommend an alternative to regular foam earplugs that is close to equally as protective (besides earmuffs). For some reason foam earplugs always hurt when I put them in and also never seem to fit me right. Maybe I have small ear canals. Thanks for your help!

In a couple months I'm going on a long car trip. It's a 5 1/2 hour drive, my longest drive after getting tinnitus. I want to make sure my tinnitus doesn't spike from the drive. I was planning on wearing musician earplugs with earmuffs on top of them during the drive. Do you think this will...

Hi everyone, I was sitting outside for a little tonight and a huge firework went off a couple houses away. I had musician's earplugs in but I'm really worried damage was caused. It was one firework and it was extremely loud. I was worried already today because of other noise exposure but this...

Hey everyone, Today I was walking around New York city for hours. I wore musicians earplugs with earmuffs on top. I was exposed to a lot of construction noises, sirens and other really loud sounds so I'm worried about getting a spike. How likely am I to get as spike in this situation...

Hey everyone, I was wondering if it was safe to take 600 mg of NAC and 250 mg of magnesium everyday? Should it be taken for weeks or months and then stopped or is it safe to continuously take?

Hey everyone, Just got back from the doctor who removed earwax from one of my ears. He did it manually and it hurt. I asked the doctor and he said he didn't go near the ear drum and that it hurt because my ear canal is swollen and the wax was hard so I was prescribed ear drops. The doctor also...

Hey everyone, I work in a school part time and today was another really loud day at work. The whole day was very loud so I wore 3M foam earplugs the whole day. One of the kids intentionally screamed in my ear because they knew I was trying to protect my hearing. They screamed at the top of...

Hey everyone, I work in an after school program where the kids are very loud and there is a lot of yelling. I was given a couple weeks off by my manager and today was my day back. I was debating between wearing musician's earplugs or soft moldable silicone earplugs. I wore the set silicone ones...

Hey everyone, About a year ago is when I first noticed my tinnitus and I got my first spike a couple weeks ago due to acoustic trauma. Luckily the spike is fading. I really need a haircut so I'll be getting my first haircut since the spike but I'm worried it can cause another one and prevent...

Hey everyone, I have a comic convention coming up that's 2 days long that I was planning on going to. I recently got a tinnitus spike that seems like it's beginning to fade and am wondering if I should go or not. The convention is at the end of June. Of course if I did go I would wear earplugs...

Hey everyone, I work part time at a school and I'm wondering if I should quit. It's 5 days a week, 3.5 hours a day. At my job I teach a couple after school classes. It's loud with the kids yelling, people on the microphone, school bells etc. About a week ago I got a tinnitus spike and it seems...

Hey everyone, I'v had tinnitus for about a year and due to recent acoustic trauma I've been dealing with a spike. Today and yesterday has been a little better, I think it's either fading or I'm not focusing on it as much. My question is how careful should I be around sound? I may have mild...

Hey everyone, I work in a school part time. It's 5 days a week, 3.5 hours per day. It gets really loud sometimes with the kids yelling and the school bells. I was wondering what the best earplugs for me to wear while teaching would be. I know about the occlusion effect so I'm worried about...

Hey everyone. I've had tinnitus for about a year now. I'm not sure how it started. I listen to music loud, work in a school with a bunch of screaming kids and have TMJ disorder so I guess any one of those could be a cause. Up until last month I habituated to my tinnitus and got pretty lazy...

Hey everyone, my name is Mike. I'm new to this forum. I've had tinnitus for about a year now, I think I may have had it longer but so mild that I didn't even notice it but it's been becoming more noticeable. A few weeks ago acoustic trauma made it louder and higher pitched. I'm also getting...