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Hello Everyone, Bit of a weird situation here. I had my ears manually cleaned on Friday by a long standing ENT who I've always seen and does a thorough and extremely gentle job at cleaning my ears manually. During my cleaning, I had a fair amount of ear wax right against my ear drum (due to...

Hello Dr.Nagler, It is great see you a part of Tinnitus Talk again! I had a question relating to the somatic component of tinnitus. In the past, I have had instances of fleeting tinnitus (i.e. ear pressure, drop in hearing, spike in tinnitus, and reactive tinnitus) that have come and usually...

Hello Everyone, I am looking to see if I would be able to get some help from anyone who has had this happen to them. Long story short, about 4 days ago when I was at work, I was walking around the office when all of a sudden I had a moderate case of fleeting tinnitus (i.e., tinnitus spiked...

Through work, I sometimes need to be on construction sites for short periods of time. Of course I always wear hearing protection, but I've heard it mentioned sometimes that hearing damage can happen through bone conduction. I was looking to see from anyone on the forum who has experience or...

Hello everyone, While I was out for a walk today, I walked by a small construction site. As I was waiting to cross the street I heard three loud pops and was startled. I realized that someone was using a handheld nail gun about 10-15 feet away from me. As you can imagine I’m a bit flustered...

Hello everyone, It seems I may be dealing with a new tone that may be caused by something similar to what @Jack Straw experienced here (i.e. possibly ETD). Unfortunately I had to go for a long drive today, and now this new tone that was coming and going is spiking after a 5 hour drive. It...

Hello everyone, I'm currently dealing with a situation with a bout of fleeting tinnitus that came on randomly. All of a sudden hearing dropped in one of my ears, and the other developed a heightened ringing that would change depending on my neck position. The ear with the heightened ringing...

Just wanted to pass this along. Rebecca Alexander has done a lot work raising awareness and fundraising dollars for her condition (Usher Syndrome III), has in turn focused on speaking out about tinnitus as well - since she has fluctuating and changing tinnitus through losing her hearing due to...

*Apologize for the repetition. I just made a second thread since it relates to something a bit different* In addition to my previous issue. I was wondering if anyone would be able to help tell me if this is ETD/TTTS/or a combo of both? Since last week after when I went to clear my ears with...

I recently had a bit of a spike in my tinnitus after using Mometasone Furoate cream (two days after first application) to clear up a little eczema on my hand. I found some information online that it can cause tinnitus - but I think it may have been relating to the nasal type. Either way, the...

A couple nights ago right before I was going to bed (great timing), I cleared the pressure in my ears. I always do it by opening my jaw slightly and flexing it a bit, which pushes a little air in and pops my ears (I don't know the official name of it). I always do it gently, and have done it...

Thought this would be a little nice positive post here. :) So since I last touched base with my tinnitus clinician last year, she really encouraged me to try implementing more mindfulness/CBT tools into my everyday life. As is discussed often on this forum, many people have a hard time...

Hello everyone, I recently had an issue after being exposed to a horn at a close range, and it caused a flair up with my tinnitus and hyperacusis. My story is here It's been about a month since being exposed to the horn and my tinnitus is starting to settle again - however it does seem to...

Hello everyone, I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I felt this was the best category for this. I have followed Rebecca Alexander's journey since I developed moderate tinnitus and mild hyperacusis (i.e. hearing sensitivity) 4 years ago. Recently, I am currently dealing...

Hello everyone, After positing about a spike that I attributed to chopping wood (it did ease after a day or two, and may have just been a random spike), I had the lovely joy of experiencing a more serious acoustic trauma. On my last day of work, I was helping a fellow crew mate figure out...

Hello everyone, Been dealing with a stressful situation. Long story short, I'm currently in a work camp right now, and we run a wood heater here. We needed a little wood last night, and without thinking I grabbed the little (a bit dull) hatchet that we have here and cut a couple logs down...

Hello Everyone, Has anyone sort of dealt with a temporary lose and fullness feeling in one of their ears with a higher amount of tinnitus? I was just cooking dinner and then all of a sudden my hearing slightly dropped a bit, I got a fullness feeling in my right ear, and it sort of feels a bit...

Hello Everyone, I was curious if I could get some advice regarding headphones. (I read some of the other notes here, but wanted to post regarding more so to my situation) Long story short, I will shortly be returning to continuing my studies here in Vancouver. This will require me to transit...

Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has gone through what I'm currently going through right now..... This morning I went for a shower and while I was showering, some water got into my ears from the shower and splashed in. No big deal right? Well I got out of the shower and went...

So just a random thought and question here from a not so fun sound experience that I was having today.... I (I have moderate T and milder H) was driving home today from school and was going around a little off ramp when all of a sudden I heard a "Tooo Tooot" and quickly realized that a train...

Hello @Dr. Nagler I wanted to see if you may be able to shed some light regarding some concerns that I've been having with TRT. I will try and keep this message short as we all know on here that I have a habit of rambling a bit! haha The long story short of it is..... I have currently been...

Hello Everyone, I wanted to see if I would hopefully be able to get a little support or information from some people who have maybe gone through my situation. Yesterday I was exposed to the burglar alarm that we have set up at work. I had to enter a small building to get some work tape and was...

I know that this was touched on in another article (The BBC one regarding mapping Tinnitus). But I saw this pop up on my Facebook feed (For once I wasn't looking for research news, haha it came to me!)...

Hello everyone, I haven't really been on here much as i've been doing the ol'TRT thing again to try and help with my H and T (so far so good). However, I just wanted to pop on here and have a little rant session - as well as try a little bit of therapy that I usually do on my own. I was...

Hello Dr Nagler, I have always had issues with excessive ear wax in my ears. I have a feeling that it has to do with my TMJ symptoms and how I clench my jaw and not allowing the wax to flow out naturally. I have scheduled an ear cleaning with my ENT in about two weeks, but currently I am...

Hello Everyone, My name is Kris from Vancouver BC, Canada. I have been waiting a long time to get to the point where I feel that it would be appropriate to write a “Success story”. This has been a 10 year long journey for me (9 years of Tinnitus and 1 year with H). So this will be a bit of a...

Hello Everyone, I know that there's been a couple threads created regarding this subject..... But I've now noticed that I now have a new tone in my right ear (This goes along with the Hissing and slight Ring that I have in that ear already). I'm not really freaking out about it or anything...

I figured I would pass this along . It sounds really interesting and could be a game changer for many different diseases and conditions http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/researchkit-apple-harnesses-the-power-of-iphone-for-medical-research/

I'm not sure if Tinnitus and Hyperacusis would fall into this category. But I saw this post today and figured that I would pass it along. Today (Tomorrow depending on where you live) is Rare Disease day. I read up on some of the stuff on their website and found it really interesting...

Hello Dr. Naglar I wanted to ask and see if you had any tips for someone like me moving forward with my Hyperacusis. As our previous conversations hinted. The audiologist that I was working with was not a good match for me. While she may have been offering some sort of desensitization therapy...

Hello Dr. Nagler, I appreciate your detailed reply in regards to the questions posed in my previous post. As you stated very clearly, as you do not know my case and the details that go along with it - I will take it as general information. One answer that you gave me was something that I would...

Hello Dr Nagler, I just had a question that I was hoping that you would be able to shed a little light on (I sent this same question to my audiologist, but she is out of town right now). Currently I am working with my audiologist to deal with my H first, and my T second. So right now we are...

Hello Everyone! I just want to post a quick message on the forum and thank everyone for all the help and support that they’ve given me over the past 4 months. I will finally have the chance to start the audio portion of TRT (I get fitted next week), with the counselling part starting early...

Hello Dr. Nagler, I was wondering if I would be able to get your opinion on stress and how it correlates with T. I have heard some people say that extreme stress is the cause of their T. I was curious if you think that if you go through extreme stress if it can cause T, or make your existing...

Hello Everyone, I feel like I need to just vent a bit and post in a safe place where people would understand, give support and not judge. As most people know on the board here, I have moderate T (A loud hiss in both ears, and a small ring in my right) and mild H. Recently over this past month...

Hello everyone! I was curious to see how other people's hyperacusis started. Also, has it gotten better over time? Did you try TRT? (Or did something else help you) I figure this would just be a good conversation to start for some of the people that are currently dealing with this rough...

Hello Dr Nagler, Without going into to much of the detail. I have been dealing with some very troubling fissures that originally started out as hemroids about a week ago. I started using Anusol Plus Hemmroid cream with Anesthesia (just over the counter) and I've really found that my Tinnitus...

Hello Dr. Nagler, I promise that this will be the last two questions! I know i've been using up a lot of your resources lately. After this I am going to try and stay busy and take a bit of a break from the forums for a little bit (especially when I start TRT). I have two last questions: 1.) I...

Hello Mr. Nagler, Thank you again for taking the time to answer questions like this, it's a great resource thats allowed me to arm myself with some good tools before I plan on starting TRT in two weeks at St Pauls Hospital in Vancouver Canada. Regarding my question, I was wondering if you've...

Hello Everyone. I am going to be starting TRT soon and will hopefully be able to get a handle on this new spike in my T and mild H. From what I understand when an audiologist was trying to match my T, it currently sits at 30db in one ear and 50 in the other ( but I think mine flucuates), so I...

I have heard some different opinions on this matter... Is it possible for a noise that you may be sensitive to due to your hyperacusis (a bike bell, beep from an electronic scanner, or a car horn) permanently making your tinnitus worse/damaging your hearing. I've heard some people say it...

Hello Everyone!!, I'm new to these boards but figured it would be worth a go because there isn't really a support group near where I live (Vancouver). I am once again caught in that cycle of trying to stay active and busy, but am also experiencing frustrating setbacks, sadness and fear of...