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I'm so tired of these goddamn BEEEEP! censoring tones on videos. They are on so many videos and come out of nowhere and they are usually much louder than the speech. I'm going through a 3rd spike now because of TONE related incidents and the other two spikes haven't recovered. I just wish...

Last week I decided to to do some home renovations. When I used the silicon caulking gun, it was a bit rusty I guess, I pulled on the handle to remove the tube and it made a really loud metal high pitched screeching squealing sound and I was in bathroom so it was in an enclosed space. Now I...

Two months ago I used a pure tone generator to check my tinnitus frequency at 1khz. I set it at a very low volume and listened to it for less than a second but my tinnitus at the frequency spiked immediately afterwards and has been very bad ever since, the worst ever. Any ideas? I really don't...

It seems silly that a little machine that is specifically designed to produce tones cannot produce specific tones. Frequencies on a standard audiogram are just a fraction of what we can hear. By using an online tone generator I feel I have hearing loss at 1100 Hz and I also have horrible...

Is it possible for one pill of 0.25 mg Xanax to cause a spike? I take a Xanax extremely sparingly maybe once every month on average. I have many tinnitus tones but the spike is only in one of the tones which for some reason Xanax seems to consistently make worse, but this time it's awful. It...

Does anyone have experience with using Clotrimazole anti-fungal creams? From what I can tell online it is not supposed to be ototoxic. However I am experiencing a spike after just two minor applications, I can't be certain if it's related or not of course.

I wish I could understand how I have a spike after using a 70 decibel lawn mower with ear muffs on for like 20 minutes. It has been 10 days now. Ever since I've did that damn MRI two years ago, not only did I get x3 tinnitus increase, the noise threshold required to get worse is much lower. I...

Does anybody know if DEET mosquito repellents are dangerous for people that have tinnitus?

Yesterday I went to my mechanic but it was unusually noisy this time, they were hammering on the disc brakes of a car with a big metal hammer plus the power drill/impact wrench sounds when screwing the tires back. I don't know how these people are not going deaf doing this day after day without...

I have been asked to do full time again as the work load has increased. I told them I don't think I am well enough to do it yet, my tinnitus is the worst as it's ever been, I have already gone on a 3 month disability earlier this year and decided to go back because they offered me part time as...

The physiotherapist said that it might either be capsulitis, frozen shoulder or tendonitis - it's too early to tell. He said I'm in a lot of pain because I have inflammation in the shoulder and because i'm not taking anti-inflammatories. I mentioned to him I have tinnitus and he understood why...

Does anybody use creams for muscle/joint pain such as Antiphlogistine rub or Voltaren? Are these creams dangerous for people with tinnitus? Antiphlogistine seems to list tinnitus as a possible rare side effect. I used a small amount of Antiphlogistine yesterday and I'm wondering if this is...

I just got a $170 ticket for driving with my ear muffs on. I explained to the officer that they are earmuffs, not headphones, and I use them because I have hearing issues. He gave me the ticket anyway so I guess he didn't understand. I was on my way to see the doctor when this happened so I...

I had an unlucky incident 2 weeks ago when I was returning an appliance, the clerk dropped some metal parts on the floor while I had my earmuffs off and it made a loud sound like pans falling, 3 days later I started noticing a high pitch hissing sound that has started to go to my right ear as...

I have a natural gas furnace and now that it is so cold the damn thing can go on every few minutes. I hate the fan/blowing type noise, it makes my tinnitus react. Switching the house to electric heaters will cost a fortune, so not sure what options there are but this thing will torture me all...

What was the loudest noise you were exposed to that did not cause a spike. Also does your tinnitus spike easily?

I wonder if this could aggravate tinnitus? At close range it could get pretty loud - almost 100 dB impulse noise.

I wonder if anybody else notices this, but I had a tinnitus tone that went away but if I hear the tone again, say from a tone generator - on low volume of course - it can reactivate that tinnitus tone. Does anyone have an explanation for this? Is it bad to hear sounds similar to your tinnitus...

I don't want to take any meds after my Tylenol spike but my tinnitus is so bad right now that it can break my sleep. GP gave me Imovane 7.5mg. I wonder if it is safe.

is there such a thing of interval of hearing loss? is hearing loss a frequency by frequency thing or will there be a range? e.g. can you have a hearing loss at 1000hz but no hearing loss at 1001hz and hearing loss at 1002hz or will hearing loss coverage a range?. Also is it one ear cell per...

I just cleaned my bathroom with bleach and water spray and then showered after without ventilating too much should I be concerned about this? The ingredients in Clorox bleach are water, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium chlorate, sodium hydroxide and sodium...

Has anyone accidentally knocked their earmuffs while wearing them? Apparently it can make a loud noise momentarily, I measured it up to 104 dB if I knock hard on it with a key. Is there anyway this is dangerous? I just knocked mine on the side of my car door while trying to get out, but not...

I have so many tones now, setting a masking sound may mask a tone but then it spikes the other, they are all loud and intrusive, it's very hard to set sounds to mask them all, I usually have 3-4 media players running on my PC, a very difficult situation. I sometimes have to use pure tones...

Sorry to post this kind of thing, but I firmly believe my battle with tinnitus will come to an end sometime in the near future, it has just progressed too far at this point. It has been a very hard 6 years indeed and I deserve credit for making this far, but surely this must end. But before...

Does anyone here to know how to interpret a Cervical Spine X-ray? I know it's not a substitute for doctor or etc. I just want to know if anyone could spot something that could contribute to tinnitus. If so please comment and I will post them.

Two days ago out of the blue a new tinnitus tone, very low frequency, 160Hz, started I thought it was the neighbors' TV noise through the wall. Not sure what caused this, only thing out of the ordinary is I took 2x500mg extra strength Tylenol over a period of 24h. Any ideas? Does low...

Bad luck can't seem to have enough of me, a super loud fire alarm went off during my interview last Thursday. Apparently a fire drill was scheduled, this is super unbelievable! I had to awkwardly cover my ears with my hands and leave the room and now I am spiking and got rejected on top of...

Hi, I had a manual tooth cleaning yesterday and the only thing that was a bit noisy was the dentist polishing brush which had is a rotating brush head, I had the earmuffs on whole time not sure if that was a good idea but the noise was OK. Is the bone conduction from this tool enough to cause...

I read online that Acetaminophen can be ototoxic. If so, why is it not on any list of ototoxic medications? I had a slight flu that ended two weeks ago and I had taken Acetaminophen for 5-7 days and on only the first 2-3 days did I take it close to the daily maximum recommend dose. Ever since...

Hi, I am planning to take a year off work, but somewhat worried about career issues when getting back. Since I have gotten tinnitus taking care of my health has NOT been a priority at all and I have gained 35+ lbs and now crossing the 200 lbs threshold, yah it's hard to believe I was quite...

Has anyone been exposed to a screamer video - videos meant the scare by suddenly making loud noise - and had their tinnitus increase? I unfortunately fell victim to one of these videos 3 days ago and I feel my tinnitus has spiked quit noticeably. It was loud and my ears were close the...

I see this word used a lot here but is there a more precise definition? - to have an acoustic trauma do you need to have at least a temporary threshold shift? - can tinnitus or increased tinnitus be the only symptom? e.g. no muffled hearing or vertigo? - for tinnitus to become permanently...

Does anyone know if there is a range for hearing damaged frequencies? For example can there be a hearing loss at 1900 Hzbut not 2000 Hz or the range going to be wide enough to be detected in a hearing test.

What is the main noise protecting component in an earmuff? I just bought an earmuff but the inner sponge is very easily moved out of place if pushed, and now I can touch the inner plastic wall of the earmuff. Is this earmuff compromised or is it the plastic cup that does the protecting?

Is there any chance noise from 30 mins scan in a GE 1.5 T MRI while using double 30 NRR and 33 NRR (muffs / plugs) hearing protection can cause hearing issues? As far as I know you can't get any stronger protection than that. I had a scan 3 days ago and I am feeling a noticeable spike in some...

Hey all, Two days ago I really yelled loud at someone - as loud as I can really - while driving, it just a few words though so I did not yell for long. The person was with me in the car will yelling in a confined space magnify the sound levels? Ever since certain tones of my tinnitus - that...

I had a very unlucky noise accident, two weeks ago I was walking down the street and I usually wear hearing protection around noisy areas but this one time I decided not to wear it and this idiot with a very loud noise muffler went full throttle right next to me and my tinnitus has spiked ever...

I shave my head once a month or so and was wondering if this could be bad especially when shaving behind the ears where there is bone conduction.

I have a tool that can generate tones in intervals and after I turn it off the tinnitus seems to be better for a few seconds but then it returns. So is it good to do this on a regular basis?

Last month one of my tinnitus symptoms was spiked pretty bad so to sleep I had I used ear buds earphones for masking as the normal masking was not working well, I kept them all night but I was sure to put it at a low volume. Unfortunately this seems to have made my tinnitus considerably worse...

I have tinnitus now for almost a year and a half and I would have loved to say thing are getting better but it is just not. It started with one tone then another and another - up to 4 or so now - I would have been OK with all that except for a horrible new symptom that started about a year ago...

Here are my MRI images, the results came back normal but I am putting this up just in case something was missed or if someone is interest to see. This MRI is without contrast and the MRI model is siemens magnetom avanto 1.5 T

For anyone who is interested to compare their results with mine I have decided to put this up, the best evidence on why I may have tinnitus is from the slight damage I have @ 3khz in the left ear but even this is inconclusive as I don't know if I had this before tinnitus. I have multiple pure...

In the last month or so I have noticed that I am developing new tinnitus tones that just come out of nowhere,I now have a low frequency ringing in my left ear which did not exists and a new hissing sound in my left ear. I am not sure what to do at this point.

Does anybody have their eardrum vibrating? One month after I got T my ear drum in my left ear started to vibrate off and on and now its constant. It feels like engine vibration from a car on idle or someone playing drums on my eardrum :P. I can handle the T for the most part but this vibration...

I decided to get a prescription of Xanax to try and relax and see if has any affect on T. I don't intend to use this for long,- maybe a week or so - so see how it feels. The pharmacist said take 0.25 mg before your sleep as needed as it can be addictive. Is it ok to go - off and on - on Xanax...

Hi, This is a 3 month follow-up since I got tinnitus. So I finally went to see an audiologist and got a proper audiogram. The results show a slight variation around 3 kHz in both ears but still in normal range. I also did an otoacoustic emissions test which showed the same result - at 3...

did any body try this? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22109762 Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Because in most cases the development of tinnitus is triggered by cochlear damage, there exists the opportunity to eliminate tinnitus while the cochlear lesion is still reversible. Therefore...

Hey all, Just want to ask when is it predicated that there will be cure for tinnitus or at least a medication to suppress it?

Hey all, I am 27 male living in Quebec Canada. Like many others I am a new victim of this terrible condition. I got tinnitus in both ears each with a different frequency being around 3 KHz in left and 1 KHz in right but the left ear is louder. My Tinnitus started in the beginning of November...