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Hello. I have had hyperacusis/tinnitus for approximately two years. I am thinking about going to a football game that will have close to one hundred thousand (100,000) people and a very rowdy atmosphere (many attempts by the home team crowd to make it very loud in the stadium to disrupt the...

Hello. I have been a long distance jogger/runner since the 80s. I have recently started back jogging again during the quieter times of the evening. I close my ears if a vehicle passes by me in my neighborhood on my jogging route. I read somewhere that there are crystals in the auditory system...

I have had loudness hyperacusis for approximately eighteen (18) months. I do not have any significant pain, but many sounds, especially high frequency, are uncomfortably loud. I have worked with an audiologist trained in TRT, and we have been using above-the-ear sound generators without any...

I am curious if any of you have experienced tinnitus & hyperacusis as a result of taking Ambien/Zolpidem. I realize that there are a gazillion drugs referenced as ototoxic and probably just as many that could conceivably aggravate a condition. I took Zolpidem for a few months before...

I read a post recently that referenced some improvement in hyperacusis using hearing aids. I have mild hearing loss consistent with age, worse on the left, and 100% word recognition scores. An audiologist suggested giving me “a touch” of amplification and acknowledged that this approach is...

I have read some posts from people who may have experienced an improvement of their hyperacusis by protecting their hearing (wearing earplugs most of the time) and otherwise staying quiet. I also know of one person who tried this and became worse as a result. I know that some “experts” advise...

A CBT specialist has informed me that for hyperacusis, he will have patients come to his office (before the pandemic) and they will stack bowls and plates and intentionally create sounds that are uncomfortable. This same therapist indicates that when he had hyperacusis, he would throw forks...

I have noticed that younger people tend to see an improvement of their hyperacusis in a shorter period of time (less than a year). I am 56 and the hyperacusis began fourteen (14) months ago. I have noticed that some success stories have involved people who began to see improvement in two (2) to...

I have really struggled with my sleep for the past seventeen (17) months. I have a week or two of decent sleep and then only three (3) to five (5) hours a night for an extended period, with the occasional six (6) to seven (7) hours of sleep. Have any of you experienced improvement with your...

If someone is a “Category 4” and experiences a worsening of their tinnitus and hyperacusis as a result of exposure to normal, everyday sounds, how can they expect to improve? It seems that you would reach a new and aggravated level of hyperacusis and tinnitus with each exposure and never get...

Hello. Is there a causal connection here? The auditory system is apparently sensitive to changes in mood. Do depression and/or anxiety bring hyperacusis and tinnitus to the surface? Some believe that calming your central nervous system will result in hyperacusis and tinnitus to back off...

Hello. I am 56 years old. In September of 2020, I woke up in the morning with hyperacusis. In July of that same year I began having insomnia and started taking Xanax for a few weeks and then started taking Zolpidem for several months. By the time that the hyperacusis began I had suffered...