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Hi! I recently got myself an electric motorcycle. It's quiet as a whisper, my only concern is wind noise which I'm used to evading with earplugs. However, in this newfound blissful "quiet", I realized (maybe it was there before with an ordinary motorcycle) that every road imperfection and bump...

When you don't have time to put on earmuffs or earplugs, what is the best scientifically proven method for protecting the ears? Palms over ear, pushing tragus in or putting finger inside the ear canal? Of course I found 2 controversial studies with opposing results. Personally, I find the...

Hi! Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, like most of you, I've been using hand and skin sanitizers (spray, gel, you name it) on my hands pretty much numerous times daily. However, I realized some contain chemicals that can be ototoxic like phenol and derivatives like biphenyl-2-ol...

Hi! Is there anyone here who have had a brief exposure to some form of household elemental mercury recently and had worsening of tinnitus or hearing loss as a result? Like a broken thermometer, or halogen light bulb that was not properly disposed in the past couple months, so not...

Hi! I know it's been often discussed, but I'm looking for scientific data on what levels of noise can reach the inner ear via bone conduction. I really don't want to give up motorcycle riding, my plan is to use my custom-made earplugs (that go into the canal and covers the inner hollow part...

Hi! Long story short: Over a month ago I had an acoustic trauma followed by a spike. I had two intratympanic steroid injection treatments for SSHL, 3 days apart. The first one was a breeze, but after the second I had a pretty bad panic reaction, because the Lidocaine injections around the ear...

Hi all! I'm 3 weeks in a pretty bad spike caused by an acoustic trauma (motorcycle exhaust backburn pop). I only noticed the spike 3 days later after an ear candle wax removal that my tinnitus went from 4/10 to 7/10. I have no perceived hearing loss, only a stuffed feeling in left hear, but the...

Hi! One week ago I was trying to start a motorcycle and it had an exhaust backfire. I was standing 1m away from the source. Definitely not as loud as a gunshot or a firecracker but loud nonetheless. I'd say around 130-140 dB. It didn't seem to be that loud as it was very short and I had no...

Hello all! I thought I won't have to return to this forum, but last week I had a pretty rollercoaster ride experience. I want to share my story so that maybe it might help someone with the same condition. I have acoustic damage induced Tinnitus for over 10+ years now. It's on both sides, with...