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You mention your startle reflex was bad - can you describe what it was like? I can feel my eardrums fluttering to impulse noises constantly ever since my incident and it's driving me up the wall. I have a little bit of sensitivity to sound as well, it doesn't cause me pain (more so discomfort...

How long have you had your TTS?

I don't think what @GregCA is saying is that your high frequency exposure caused your tinnitus, rather the loudness of what you were listening to caused your tinnitus. You can listen to high frequency at 50db all day and not have any issues, but if you need to turn it up to 90+db to hear the...

MIT (school in America) offers a ton of open courses for biology and the sciences - if you want to wet your whistle before committing, you could see if the topics/course material interest you. They actually even have about 7 graduate classes all centered around the ear...

Hey Glenn, welcome to the forum! 19 years of tinnitus is quite a long time. I'm amazed! I hope I have the fortitude to carry on that long. T changing is one of the most frustrating things, especially if you've had it and it gets louder... When was the last time you had an ENT visit, to perhaps...

Hey Reece, I'm going to throw my 2 cents in here (with @maltese ) and say that while yes, we are always here for you, I believe you would benefit greatly from professional therapy if you are not already receiving it. Though guilt and spite are natural responses to traumatic events, it seems...

My tinnitus was all over the place for the first 4 weeks of getting it... If you have hearing loss though I would definitely go to the doctor tomorrow. Don't wait on that!

Wow @Ed209 , thanks for the input! With the free version of Decibel 10th, you could only read using dbZ, which actually turns out to be about 7-10db higher than dbA. With the full version, you do get access to dbA, dbB, and dbC functionality, so if you are using dbZ then those measurements are...

Just got a reading of the plane landing + jet brake, 98db for about 15 seconds, little loud!

I would also like to use my expertise to help find a cure for tinnitus, I don't know a lot of hearing companies hiring software engineers though... a transition into bioinformatics would be awesome.

A 200 foot drop is nothing in atmospheric terms. The ear generally doesn't begin to notice pressure/start popping until a change of 500ft. People have trouble when they can't equalize the pressure in their ears fast enough, but you'd need about a 10x greater pressure differential from 200ft in...

I used my iPhone (reliable within 4 db, A weighted) during takeoff on an Airbus 321 (6 person rows) on the 10th row (right by engine), highest it got to was 84db. Cruising was at about 75 db. Didn't take one landing, but I'm sure it's louder when they turn on the jet brake! Bottom line, cruising...

Hey @grecianmax87 , Really appreciate the update! Having your perspective on here really gives me hope, at least that I will be able to continue living a normal life. Earplugs are a good idea. When you go to live sports games, do you wear your plugs? If so, what kind of plugs do you wear? Our...

There are a couple of things we do know, and I agree with what you're saying @bill 112 One of the most important tenants of the scientific method is creating results that are reproducible by others. Until Dr. Shim has had his technique verified by the extended medical community (which it seems...

Interesting anecdote, but I recently went through a bout of acoustic trauma, an increase in tinnitus, and a retracted ear drum in my left ear. However, this thread sparked my interest because I'm able to flex my tensor tympani muscles. After my incident, however, I cannot flex my left tensor...

There was a study done on mice that saw SGNs deteriorate after just a year, but in humans we see people who have been completely deaf and receive cochlear implants, giving them the ability to hear again after >17 years. The jury is still out on the exact window, but real world evidence tells us...

This is great perspective. If you want to really stretch it, tinnitus has made us all more aware of how delicate and important our ears are. Now we all take strides to protect our ears. While it may seem like a downer, it's actually preventing us from doing things that would hurt us that we may...

Damn Danny Boy, I love how on top of all the research you are!

I also got a spike and the exact same diagnosis as you three weeks ago that you got in 2010. ETD then sinus infection... But I'm pretty positive it was from acoustic trauma... Heh. Since I'm still three weeks in I'm also hoping my T goes down to the levels it was before. Do you notice the tone...

It's actually thought that ototoxic damage may be "simpler" (using this word carefully, but since you're looking for hope) to rectify than acoustic trauma. The reason being is during some types of ototoxic damage only cause degradation of the ribbon synapses that connect the inner hair cells to...

You may have what is called a patulous Eustachian tube. Does everything sound like you have a bucket on your head? Definitely something to mention to the ENT. I'm not sure that could be caused by acoustic trauma, though. I have a form of Eustachian tube dysfunction, but mine is always closed...

This is what I'm thinking too. @Ghostkitten666 As embarrassing as it might be, I would second talking to a doctor about this. The only really close thing I can think of is pulsate tinnitus and fleeting tinnitus, both which are generally physiological and beyond inner ear damage. Have you had...

I've had this worry as well. I have an appointment with an ENT coming up Monday and I am specifically going to ask how to best manage flying/altitude changes.

Nathalie, You need to seek help. You are in a dangerous place right now but you need to understand that tinnitus does get better. If you are having suicidal thoughts, please find your way to an emergency room. They will help you relax provide a safe environment while you recover. Once again...

Hey SallyB, If you don't think your ENT is providing you the level of care that you need, I'd seek a second opinion or ask for a recommendation for an otoneurologist. With the types of physical symptoms you are describing you very well may have the ability to cure whatever is causing your...

Tinnitus can be associated with any frequency, it is just more commonly attributed to higher level frequencies because those are usually the ones to go first. Unless you have an audiogram of before your round of medications, you'll unfortunately never be able to know. The reality is our...

He said every 10 years, fwiw, ;)

There isn't a clinical consensus on the efficacy of steroids for NIHL, however, there is an oft cited study published in 2011 that shows results suggesting that it may help: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102156/ Because the results are clinically insignificant and there was no...

This is a good sign - it means things are moving!

Hey Nathalie, You are still well within the window of what is called "temporary threshold shift" with regards to hearing loss. What has happened is that the loud noises have stressed the cells inside of your inner ear, and they are currently inflamed. This may last for up to 72 hours while the...

This isn't entirely true. Tinnitus (it's more and more looking like) is a dysfunction in the peripheral nervous system / auditory cortex and has a very different mechanism than what drives actual hearing. If the current model of errant signals to the brain continues to hold, turning off those...

Very cool find @Danny Boy ! More exploration into the way that NDMA receptors work is always inviting, as a reminder to others this is how Keyzilen (Auris Medical) works: A greater understanding of these mechanisms of action is sure to answer questions on this tinnitus front!

It absolutely will! A part that I find particularly exciting is the $1.56 billion dollars being poured into mapping the human brain. This will absolutely have an impact on hearing/tinnitus research as a lot of tinnitus research points towards misfiring in or around the auditory cortex. In...

Unfortunately it seems habituation with multi-pitched tinnitus is a much more difficult process than a single pitch. I have a ringing in my right ear that sounds like Morse-code at two different pitches, and some days it still drives me insane. Especially because it doesn't seem to have a...

Hey @MikeGreen You are still no where near having what is known as "chronic tinnitus". You are still in the acute phase and as such it's understood that there is a very real possibility of your tinnitus still going away. This isn't a promise, but a generally accepted concept. The thing about...

This is very interesting. Seems the paper was published over 20 years ago, wonder why there was no follow up?

Wonderful story @liquefact and I'm glad you came back to share with us. Hope you are still doing well, it's nice to see people find that there is more to life than the ringing. Truly inspiring.

All this links us to is pages and pages of the clinic's own blog posts... :(

That is wicked cool.

This is extremely hypocritical of you. We had a person come to this forum looking for help and support, explain their background and offer us their unique perspective (as everyone's is), and you felt pleasure at their pain due to their profession, entirely disregarding they are their own person...

This has been a takeaway for me as well. Having tinnitus really changes your outlook on life. Once you get past the fear and anxiety and realize that you need to start putting forth some raw optimism in order to get better, it makes you a different person. It's an invisible trauma, something...

Hey Allen, you are in the right place. We are all fighting the good fight and we are here with you. I have had T as long as I can remember, but recently had a flare up and it really took me to a bad place. It was so loud at night I would suddenly wake up, in a cold sweat because my body thought...

Hey Betty, Two things can happen with tinnitus, either it will go away, or you will get used to it. No matter which way it goes it will only get better. Do your best to not focus on it and stay healthy, and you will persevere!

Those don't seem to have the adequate applications with inner ear regeneration, but this is all speculative anyhow! Are you going to keep probing Dr. Shim, @Artemis2K?

ANF refers to the auditory nerve fiber, the fiber on the base of the inner hair cell that connects to the spiral ganglion: The paper in question hypothesizes that the window with which NT-3 regeneration has to happen is before the spiral ganglion nerves have deteriorated to the point of where...

I think this is the red flag. Correct me if I'm wrong @Aaron123 but I do not believe growth factors alone would promote the actual regeneration of inner/outer hair cells, it only has been shown to restore the ANF of the hair cells themselves? That was an honest typo, :(

Hey @Artemis2K I'm currently connecting some dots here, and have done some reading about this technique that Dr. Sham is proposing. It looks to be based on some research published in 2015 by Dr. Kujawa and Dr. Liberman of Massachusetts Eye and Ear. In a paper titled "Synaptopathy in the...

Hey @jdjd09, First, to answer your question, aside from a revolutionary breakthrough in regenerative medicine, we are not likely to see a "cure" for hearing loss in 10 years. Strides are being made every month and year by year we get closer and closer, but the human ear is one of the most...

I definitely would like to know more. Current models in the neurological field are taking a look at tinnitus being primarily a neurological phenomenon as opposed to strictly related to the inner ear. If the body is sending false signals to the auditory cortex, irrespective of the damaged inner...

https://www.change.org/p/we-need-a-cure-for-tinnitus Right here!

That's interesting. A growth factor delivered to the middle ear to promote inner ear hair cell regeneration? Is there any further reading/research about this technique?

I would be curious to see how Dr. Shim would respond to questions related to the methodology behind his technique. As of now it is understood that the scala media, the part of the cochlea which stores the inner hair cells, is filled with a liquid that has a high concentration of potassium...

Something I find helpful is taking the time to understand that none of us wanted this. Regret sets in because we have an understanding of what has happened outside of the information we had when it did happen. I would reckon all of us here have come down with this ailment by just trying to...

Thanks for the post @Capricornus , it's always nice to hear some success stories. Doesn't seem like there is enough of them to go around!

Thanks for the update! Count the blessing for all of us!

Just signed!

I have to agree here. We are seeing lots of traction in the private sector around hearing loss restoration/prevention. Even if it is slow moving, investors don't just throw 10s of millions of dollars at R&D pet projects.

@Zeneth how are you doing now?

Original research article published in Frontiers related to electrical simulation therapy - results look promising for at least improving tinnitus: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2016.00453/full Specifically: Seems like a very well put together study, and is perhaps...

@Aaron123 Thank you for the very detailed post. In addition to Aaron's write-up, an article was published in the Korean Journal of Audiology last year about the current status of Stem Cell treatments for hearing loss (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582452/). This is a good...