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I know for a fact that talking on the phone can make T permanently worse, because that happened to me a few years ago. It wasn't a regular call though, it lasted several hours with only a few short breaks, and I also have H which probably has something to do with it too. (I did keep the phone...

Yeah, I've had this happen a few times too. I'll tell someone I have Tinnitus, then they say "Oh, yeah, I have that too!", then on further questioning turns out once or twice a month they hear a faint sound for a few minutes when they're tired or something.. :banghead:

It was the same kind of plane, and I was sitting in about the same seat, as far forwards away from the engines as I could afford. So yeah, my feeling is something went wrong at the airport.

Ah. Sure. In the end I did take that flight. And the flight there went fine, as before I wore noise-cancellation headphones the whole flight and that seemed to do the trick. However, after the return flight when I got home again it did feel like my T had worsened. While at the airport waiting...

It seems I downloaded it with no problems here in the Netherlands (via the Dutch Amazon site). Thanks!

That sounds like a really bad idea.

Symptonen zijn denk ik ook wel iets minder dan het vroeger was ja. Ik denk dat als je er minder mee bezig bent je lichaam het ook minder opmerkt, of zo.

Hoi dboy, ik heb nog veel last. D.w.z., geluid is nog steeds luid, en ik vind het nog steeds vervelend om in lawaaiige omgevingen te zijn, en moet blijven uitkijken met vuurwerk en alarmen enz. Maar het begint ook wel weer een beetje te wennen, dat ik er iig niet meer 24/7 aan denk, dus dat is...

Hoi @bekker, ik ben nog steeds niet begonnen aan de TRT, dat heeft vooral te maken met de kosten. Dat is geld wat ik op dit moment helaas niet echt kan missen. Misschien dat ik later alsnog TRT probeer.

Pretty clever.

Math! Woo!

My hearing definitely has been 'weak' all my life. I remember as a kid we had an old TV and its volume slider was broken, sometimes if someone touched it the TV would suddenly jump to the maximum volume. Whenever that would happen it always had me running for the hills. It didn't have that...

Oh, yeah, sure. I'll post here once I've received them and got to try them out for a while.

Yeah, I haven't heard that before. People can get T in all kinds of weird ways, the ears are so fragile, at least for some of us. :/

I backed it. I'm not sure they'll really do what they promise (always the problem with Kickstarter and the like), but if they do, I want a pair. Just pop one in my bad ear whenever I go to a potentially noisy place and I'll feel much safer. Still no going to fireworks shows or construction sites...

How did a mobile phone cause your T? EMF? Electromagnetic field? I got a big increase in my T&H from talking on a cellphone too long. Personally I think there's something dangerous about the type of sound they make.

Yeah, as I said, in most cases I found people report no lasting issues.. although there are also a few stories of people even getting T from flying. :S So I think a risk does exist. It's also my H that I worry about more than my T, it feels like the bigger vulnerability... Well, I'll see. But...

Same thing happened to me. I had moderate T&H for three years, stayed away from all loud noises to prevent exacerbation. Then I spoke on the phone about twenty hours divided over four days, I kept the phone only at my good ear and the volume all the way down. But after a few days I suddenly...

Hello again Sara. Yeah, wait, I know... But it's already been three months and I'm not sure it's even getting any better at all yet. How long before it improves? Six months? A year? Two? Well no one can say of course, but I feel like it's gonna be a long time. I don't want to just put my life on...

My situation; I've had moderate T&H for a few years now, but about three months ago I suffered a setback which made both of them much more intense. My T got a lot louder so it keeps me awake at night again, and I also got "morse code Tinnitus" now in addition to the other two, continuous sounds...

Medical professionals haven't really helped me with this either, more the opposite. None of them even ever mentioned steroids, I only found out about that on my own when it was way too late. When I first got this condition I asked if I could still go to noisy places with it, my ENT said "that's...

It may seem impossible now, but most people eventually get used to (habituate to) their T and don't really get a strong negative emotional reaction to it anymore. It's normal for this process to takes months or longer. Patience, and try not to focus on it more than you need to. Just be careful...

Indeed, they seemed to not want to really respond to my questions but rather tried to get me to just believe in pink noise / TRT. Yeah, I kind of get what you mean, there is something off about that place. And the forum software looks like something out of 2001 too, haha. Still, it's a site...

I ordered the 'official' pink noise CD from The Hyperacusis Network a few days ago, waiting for it to arrive now. People there maintain that it's an effective treatment in most cases (over 90% it's claimed on that website). That is to say, the people affiliated with the Network say that, which...

Well, I don't know. I think it makes sense what they say; if one starts blocking all kinds of (normal level) sounds that would make the ear less used to those and thus even more sensitive, right? Currently I don't wear earplugs (always have them with me though just in case) but I just put my...

Well actually my H bothers me more than my T. My T only really troubles me at night, my H troubles me all day, and causes my earpain too (I think). But yeah, I'm trying to stay positive. I'm still hopeful it'll recede again eventually even though it's taking longer than I'd like, and/or that I...

This. T is a chronic and potentially life devastating illness, and H even more so. And they can be caused by being in the wrong place for one evening or sometimes even just one time. I had no idea the human hearing was so fragile before I got this condition. If I had known that even ten seconds...

Hello Christine, thank you. It's been a month now since this happened to me and I would have liked to write something now along the lines of "it's all gone back to normal, phew, that was quite a scare!!" but unfortunately both my T and H are still worse than ever and haven't really gotten much...

I'm up to level 10 now. This game has done the impossible, it's made going outside fun!! :D But seriously, it is good exercise, and encourages one to explore one's neighborhood as well. Win win I'd say.

Well I hope it works out for you anyway. If I ever do end up going to Into Ears I'll let you know how it went there.

I see! I live in Amersfoort but I'm willing to travel to any place in Holland if they have something that can help me. Currently my H bothers me more than my T though, so I think I need something also aimed at that. Into Ears seems to have that, so I think I'm going to put myself on the waiting...

Sorry to hear it's not really going better yet. What T habituation course are you taking exactly? I'm still considering Into Ears myself, but the whole therapy costs like over a thousand Euro (not covered by any insurance of course) and there's a three month waiting list too..

I went on a holiday to Japan after I got T (and H too). Had a great time, and neither the flights nor the things I did there made my condition (permanently) worse. That felt like quite a victory for me. I had wanted to visit Japan for many years and I'm glad I didn't let T&H stop me from...

Yeah, that's how it seems doesn't it. New discoveries all the time, but then it takes like four years to convert it from research to reality, and then after all that somehow it always turns out it wasn't such a great solution as they thought after all... I believe Path Maker is right though...

Hm, ok. Guess we'll have to see how it pans out. It's good news either way, but the more people this can help the better of course.

So just to check; this drug is completely useless for people who've had T for more than six months or whatever, right? So great news for new sufferers, but I hope they'll invent something for people who've had this condition for years too.

I just caught my first four Pokemon! :D Found an egg too!

Pink noise seems to be the de facto treatment for Hyperacusis, so as someone whose H recently went from 'moderate' to 'strong' I have been looking into it. However, there's a number of things about it I don't understand, I'm hoping perhaps someone here knows a bit more. 1) What's the...

Ding ding ding! :D

Good luck hartje, I hope you manage to find some relief somehow sooner or later!

Haha, exactly. Maybe when I'm retired, haha... (That's a joke, I'll have been cured, habituated, or have blown my own brains out long before then, in descending order of preference. :D)

I'm not sure about some of your tips but I like this one a lot, haha. I wish this was an option for me. :D

Can anyone guess my favorite game of all time? :D Another game I play a lot (and I mean a LOT, recently passed 5000 hours) is Team Fortress 2. And it just got a big update so yay.

Might want to look into noise-cancelling headphones if you really worry. I flew to Japan and back wearing those with no (permanent) worsening of my T. They're expensive but I'd say worth it for people with our condition who still want to travel.

Acoustic trauma was what started this all for me, being exposed to the sound from a megaphone at very close range to be exact. Yes, I was very surprised when I realized what was happening. I had my iPhone on the lowest volume setting and kept it away from the ear my T is in so I thought that...

Had moderate T&H, was mostly habituated after 1,5 years or so. Now I've recently had a setback, the intensity of both my T and H went to 'severe', so back to square one.

There's a dance club in Germany called Tinnitus. Yeah.

Yeah, okay. But it will be a while. First I have an appointment with the ENT next month and I'm sure Into Ears has a waiting list too..

I've read stories of people that say they've habituated to 'jet engine' level T, so it should be possible, yes. The sound won't hurt you (it's not even real), it's only the negative emotional reaction that harms us. The trick is to learn to not let the T trigger fear or panic anymore, just...

Hm, I see. Yes, I did a quick search for 'Xanax' on this forum and a lot of warnings popped up... And I guess it just makes H go away temporary, not permanently, else lots more people would be using it right? Too bad, I'd be willing to suffer almost any torment for a few weeks if it meant my H...

Xanax, I looked it up, sounds like that's something that calms the nerves? Or did it actually reduce the intensity of your H too? Then I'm definitely gonna ask my ENT about it next time I see him. My T is louder than ever but I think I could get used to it again. But this H... street...

Yes, indeed, but I guess we should stick to English, haha. And yes it is... GPs usually don't know much more about T&H than that it exists and that there's no cure, and even the ENT I've been to basically just told me "you'll get used to it, good luck". Yes, I know there's no cure, but can't you...

That's a terrible thing to say to someone in that situation, yeah, especially coming from a doctor!! Bizarre! I assume you switched to another one? I heard about that lady too, Gaby Olthuis. Shocking story... I'd like to think it's an exception though. Most people find a way to live with it...

Sounds good. Gives me a bit more hope for the (long-term) future.