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Am I the only one who gets occasional subwoofer sounds? Very low end tinnitus sounds. I kind of feel alone in that. It's in addition to my high pitched eeeee. How does one get both due to acoustic trauma? I've had it for a year and it's really just not fair. Sounds lame to say but...

Are there cases of patients with documented hearing loss whose tinnitus went away or improved? I can't find any and I'm beginning to stress. My main hearing loss is 35 dB at 6 kHz in my left ear. Could really use help with this.

Hey all. I'm just having a lonely week and wanted to talk. Life has become a groundhog day hasn't it? (For those unfamiliar it's a movie where the same thing happens every day). I used to wake up in disbelief that the ringing was still there. Now it's become part of me. The first second...

A random question: At the moment when you acquired your noise induced tinnitus, were you in a surprised or fear state? Some acquired this during a firework or gunshot. For me acquiring this was a loud nailgun with no hearing protection. If we are in a flinched state before or during a...

Why aren't we all researching for the best of the best diagnostic tools to identify the tinnitus mechanism? Until then, we're merely hypothesizing and putting all the effort into that. Seems to me like a much slower go of curing tinnitus. Not to mention, superior diagnostic tools will aid...

It seems the current path of research for tinnitus aims at creating tinnitus in animal models, identifying changes in bio markers, targeting them with a therapy, only to have that not quite translate to humans. Couldn't we study the brains and ears of human tinnitus sufferers pre and post...

I don't know if it's possible, but do you guys think we could make a hierarchy of tinnitus sound chart? I had mentioned in the past my crickets sound changing to now more tv static. Someone said that was a positive sign which made me feel good. If we had a chart of descriptions of the most...

I've had regular noise induced tinnitus for 3.5 months now. I've had the clogged ear feeling since onset. Since yesterday morning my tinnitus sound has been more muffled and hearing has been worse in my left (bad) ear. I'm getting nervous. What if it's SSHL? I don't usually have...

Does anyone notice your tinnitus sounding different in different rooms of the house? Not so much different but more or less noticeable. I swear the air pressure in a room has an effect. Very acoustically dense rooms make my tinnitus quite loud. Then I can step outside and there's some...

When I originally visited the ENT they told me I should get a follow up hearing test 3 months after the noise insult to check up on things. Should I?

I'm 3 months in and haven't had much change in the overall volume of things in the past month. Feeling bummed that I'm not improving but just existing pretty much. Sometimes its louder but usually it's about the same static hiss. I could use some encouragement that I have a chance of hearing...

I had 35 dB 6 kHz hearing loss in my left ear at onset of my tinnitus 2 months ago. Lately I find it to be most bothersome. At night if I have the window open and crickets are chirping, I can hear them well in my right ear, then if I roll over, I hear them a lot less out of my left. I have...

Has anyone here developed muscle soreness after tinnitus onset? (Noise induced). It's hard to describe, but my neck, tongue/jaw are slightly sore, as If I was jutting out my lower jaw for a long period of time. Almost difficult to breathe.

I read the tympanic membrane engages to protect the ear when anticipating a loud noise. "The tympanic reflex helps prevent damage to the inner ear by muffling the transmission of vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the oval window. The reflex has a response time of 40 milliseconds, not...

This struck me as odd today. When I got out of the shower I noticed a dark dot in my ear. I simply grabbed it and looked at it. It was a small scab. I don't understand where it would've come from, as I didn't have any cuts in my ear.

I have noise induced tinnitus, 6 weeks in. The constant these days is the hiss. A couple weeks ago it was more of a swallow soda or pop rocks candy in your head/throat feeling. Now it's much more like someone had mentioned - pouring sand onto glass. Varying volumes over the days which I find...

Upon acquiring noise induced tinnitus, I've spoken to multiple people in my life. Several claim to have it. One of them, my own dad. "Join the club. You'll learn to live with it like I did. I've probably had it 20 years." This is the first time I heard him ever mention it. My wife's...

Have had some "quieter" days so far... Sometimes if the masking noise is just right when out about in the world, I don't quite hear the ringing as much but my ears just feel "on" for lack of a better word. Slightly painful. Can't distinguish a tone per se, just that "on" feeling. Anybody...

What are some noise induced success stories that help you hang on? I have a few I've saved that I will share tonight after work. I need a positive story success loop specifically regarding noise induced cases that I'll refer to regularly. I know there are some online but which ones help you?

Well I'm sitting here, frustrated due to a lack of sleep. Trying so much to make sense of the fluctuations of my tinnitus. Monday I had a spike, which eventually resolved Tuesday evening. Wednesday was one of the most quiet days I've had yet. I didn't sleep perfectly, but cumulatively I got...

I feel there has to be an inflammation aspect to NIHL. I'm 5 weeks in and sometimes my affected ear pops when swallowing, slightly similar to the valsalva maneuver although to a lesser degree. And other times it just sort of stops and "opens" up. I've noticed this off and on during my onset...

I have 30 dB hearing loss at 6 kHz in my left ear due to noise. The day my test was taken was when my tinnitus was the worst. That was a month ago. Any chances for improvement? I read 25 dB or less is considered normal for adults. I'm 33.

Really just looking for conversation. I'm having a higher volume day, keeping myself together, looking forward to sleeping. What makes your tinnitus worse? What makes it better? I am still new in, on my 5th week now, and my tinnitus fluctuates. I've achieved having days where I can work and...

Today marks 1 month since my noise induced tinnitus started. (Hammering sheet metal, and nail gun). 30 dB loss at 6 kHz in left ear. It's been the most emotionally testing health issue I've encountered. I, like others, felt suicidal after the first couple days, as it was really loud and non...

The past few days I've been finishing my showers with a blast of cold water. I put my head in the water and lower the temp until I can't stand it. For usually about 10 seconds or so after I shut it off, I hear nothing. This evening I took a cool shower, and lowered it until it was a little...

I am 3 weeks and 3 days into my noise induced tinnitus and having a spike for no apparent reason. I slept terribly last night because at 1:30 am I was awoken by my dreaded low end warble tone. It's much much quieter than my original onset but it's the scariest. I thought it was gone for a few...

I have a combination of sounds and good days/bad days like most here. I noticed on my good days, it sounds exactly like soda bubbles going down your throat. In fact, it's a very weird sensation to drink soda (I drink Sprite as it's caffeine free). It's almost like my brain is being tricked...

I'd like to hear from people who are fully cured, not habituated. When it went away, how did it change? Did the tone change? Or did the volume just lessen to nothing? How long did it take and what was the cause of your tinnitus? I am into 3 weeks of noise induced tinnitus and it's gone through...

Guys I felt my ear getting full again today and almost could hear the low end part of my tinnitus again. I stumbled on this video on the Frenzel Maneuver to help equalize the ear. It's a bit long but I found it helpful. Also, I've been taking Flonase, but I know you can't be using that...

I have noise induced tinnitus. Mostly a high pitch hiss. But it started as a terribly loud low end warble in my left ear. Prednisone helped a lot. Once I tapered off it, the low end subwoofer warble came back though. Last night I used Flonase and for several minutes the low end warble was...

Guys I just completed my 14-day course of Prednisone following my acoustic trauma and tinnitus (low end warble in left ear and high pitched hiss in both) and my energy is completely zapped and I'm crying. I'm so emotionally exhausted. I did the taper schedule. I just want this to end...

Mine started about 2 weeks ago, and it's very loud... It pulses but not to any beat or heartbeat. Sort of sounds like a subwoofer in the distance. That's in my main effected left ear from acoustic trauma. Prednisone brought THAT aspect way down, and I had a high tinnitus tone that's grown to...

Hello all. I'm 33. I've been suffering from tinnitus for essentially 2 weeks now and could use some positivity and guidance. I have been exposed to various loud noise through life but rarely anything terrible. I was a working musician in my younger days. Now I do automotive work and...