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I went to the dentist today to try to get a cleaning, which was needed before they can do some other stuff. I told them about the tinnitus and stuff and they did try gently to use the ultrasonic scaler, but I only lasted a few minutes before they had to stop. It was so loud, and it probably...

There is a new paper out regarding this. Although it focuses only on the ultrasonic scaling part of the dental cleaning, but it should still be useful. Efficacy of active noise-canceling headphones in patients undergoing ultrasonic scaling I do find this bit in the article interesting: These...

After two months the elevated tinnitus still persists. Much louder in my left ear, and new sound in my right ear for two months now. Apart from that my right eyelid now twitches from time to time, also started after 2nd dose. And with my luck I will also have the mentioned heart problems down...

More shots more tinnitus. What's not to like?

Got my 2nd dose of Pfizer two days ago. On the day of vaccination there was nothing. But yesterday was like the worst day ever, never been so sick in my life. Had massive migraine, nausea, chills, everything in my body hurt and I could barely move. I don't ever want to experience something like...

Got my first Pfizer dose 2 weeks ago. I definitely feel like my tinnitus got louder, but it's hard to specify. I think I also got some hissing in my right ear, which was previously mostly in my left ear. Also got some facial numbness on my right side. As most others I didn't intend to take the...

Yeah I'd also like to know this. I find it really hard to believe that a single visit could be the cause of one's T. Even before I had T I visited the dentist regularly but as far as I remember the noise way annoying but I never really considered it as loud at the time, although of course my...

Pretty interesting lecture, wanted to share. New Zealand's leading tinnitus research authority Associate Professor Grant Searchfield. Treating tinnitus, past, present and future. Proudly presented by The National Foundation for the Deaf.

Just bumping this topic in case anyone has any new information or personal experiences?

Normal people will never understand how it feels, they might pretend to, but they won't. So it's fruitless to even try to make them understand. Just tell them to mind their own business.

Can you tell us anything more?

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Sorry to hear about your tinnitus. I also cycle and that is always my fear, a tire exploding while I'm inflating it. But I've even heard stories of them just randomly exploding when riding. By normal tires exploding you mean the tires with a tube? Didn't know that tubeless exploding made a...

So noone here with any laser dentistry experience?

He made an additional one as well:

I hope you don't mind me posting his other video as well: :p

Was the loud noise because of the air bags? They're very loud.

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Sorry to hear you are having medical issues :( I am wishing you the best and keep us updated. You've always given me a friendly word when I was posting my ramblings, so here's me hoping that it's nothing serious and that you'll be back to your good self in no time.

I would say probably not, unless you were exposed to it constantly for longer. I have also in the past been rudely surprised by garbage trucks when they were loading glass bins. It's pretty loud for sure.

Yes that's probably accurate.

Here is what you need: http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Noise%20Report%20REP-1003290-BJ-250712%20%28Final%29.pdf "Noise exposure in glass collections for recycling. Workers carrying out collections of glass for recycling can be exposed to high levels of noise. This report provides...

So any more advice for the electronic ear plugs? I can't believe they are so unpopular that no one has used them yet.

New Mercedes-Benz cars will play a short blast of white/pink noise just before an unavoidable crash, forcing the occupant's ears to turn off for a moment, preventing the hearing loss normally caused by the crash itself or airbags. Source...

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Maybe you can check with the service people, they should probably know? Also would be grateful if you can post the answer here.

Does that also disable the seat belt pre-tensioner? It's supposed to be linked to the SRS computer but could laso be separate from the airbags and just like with airbags there is an explosive charge and it's loud. Here is an example:

Actually there is research that suggests that 85% percent of people that have had airbags deployed have some sort of hearing loss/tinnitus afterwards. So it's not an if, airbags deployment will damage your hearing, no doubt about it. It sacrifices your hearing to maybe save your from other...

It's so weird because in the past I had no problems with large malls or going shopping, I used to do it almost daily. Even last year I remember I had no problems with it being loud. But just over the year and I can't fathom going there without some ear plugs or something. If I do go without I am...

Hope you get better soon and this is all a bad memory.

Sorry to hear you are having a hard time. You always seemed to have encouraging words for me when I am down, so I also hope to have the good ol glynis back. If you want to chat I can usually be find lurking here, along with some others. So come visit...

Sorry to hear you have been having a hard time. I've also been having a bad spike this week and I know how you feel, even though I had this thing for more than 10 years. Try to stay strong.

So it's been a while since I posted, but unfortunately here I am again. On Sunday I got a huge spike in my right ear out of the blue and now after three days it's still here and it's not getting any better. It's a loud tone and very reactive to noise, so even something like running the water...

Self testing is not reliable. There is hardware limitations, like the limitations of the sound processor and of course even more the limitations of the speakers/headphones. Plus background noise is almost never zero. If you really want to know if you have high frequency hearing loss you should...

@Markku Glad to hear from you again! Sorry about the other issues you're having, as if tinnitus itself wasn't enough eh. Stay strong brother.

That's why I started to dislike riding my bicycle. Most motorbikes with stock exhausts are fine and some some without but there are the extremely noisy ones. Just today I got passed by about 2 or 3 of the really loud ones. Had to plug my ears as they went by because they were so loud, and even...

Yeah they're quite loud, not as loud as Dyson ones they have in some bathrooms. I can't stand those, so loud.

I only had 20 good years in my life before tinnitus came.

If people would leave stock exhausts on the bikes that would be okay. But as you put on a loud exhaust you're basically for your own enjoyment doing damage to and annoying others. What does that say about those people?

With foam ear plugs it's very hard to talk or even hear what others are saying, so making them not ideal. Same with the ear muffs, plugs they're really not practical.

I would love it to be just a single day like you guys have. Here in Europe especially in some countries they start in the middle of November and it lasts through the whole of December and part of January. And you never know when or where it comes from.

Was it the football fans that threw the firecracker or just some random savages?

I think you should be fine, even thought it was loud, you seemed to be a safe distance away, 5-6 meters is less than you think so it was possibly a bit further away. And 0.5 meters is basically right near your feet, if you extend your arm that's about 70 cm so less than that. And you have to...

I think most European firecrackers have classes, I read somewhere that class 2 (usually green thin ones) one are 120dB @ 8 meters (the safety distance) and class 1 (red fat ones) are supposed to be 120 db @ 15 meters. The latter are the really loud ones. I guess there are also some illegal ones...

The doctors, just like other people, don't much care, unless they themselves get tinnitus. Then they also experience this marvel that is modern medicine. Nothing modern about it I'm afraid.

And if that wasn't enough just now I was entering my car I hit my head quite hard on the car door frame. Now I have a headache. Last time this happened I got a morse code T tone in my left ear. Fun times for me.

Yes it's all fun and games. I was actually going to write about how the vacation wasn't that bad and that I did have some fun, that was before the air horn thing though. Now all I will remember from my vacation is that happening just before I left. People get tinnitus or go deaf because of air...

Well at least they lost the game today. A team witch such fans doesn't deserve to win any major tournaments.

I had enough fuel to make it across the border too, why didnt I refuel back home is beyond me. I knew these primitive fans couldnt be trusted so why did I take the risk, so stupid. I was literally in there for less than a minute. I know i was complaining about Harleys on the first day but this...

Guys I cant beliebe what just happened. It was my last day here in Croatia, had everything packed and was on my way when I thought that I better refuel. And as you know there is a Croatian soccer game playing later today. So I was at the gas station just about to pay and this piece of shit...

I did have a look at those but I'd ideally like more than 15dB of a protection if possible, like their gun sport model. But all Etymotic electronic plugs seem to have one flaw, which is that if you want to turn them off you have to take out the batter or open the batter door, there is no on/off...

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it's not even the end of the first day and I'm regretting it, big time. Why didn't I listen to myself. First there is a Harley Davidson meeting going on this weekend just at the border of Slovenia/Croatia, I saw a lot of Harleys on the highway but those didn't...

Well I leave for my vacation today. Still don't know if it was a good idea, because I still have this horrible spike in my right ear and it seems to be actually getting worse. Even since the loud noise at the bike shop it's been really much louder than usual and I've been having a hard time...

I want ear plugs that allow me to have a conversation as well. I guess the only ones are the electronic plugs with volume compression. All I found are the shooting plugs which also increase lower level sounds, but that's not what I need, just need protection from the loud sounds. Any advice...

Just got a call form the bike shop and they accidentally screwed up on part when assembling the bike and now it's not safe to ride. Fucking amateurs man. Fucking bike shop. Ruining my hearing and my bike.

I guess your ears are much stronger than mine. Even a single whistle is like 120-130 dB very near, not to mention all the car horns, yelling and firecrackers. Must have ears of steel to endure hours of that and not get hearing damage. But anyhow, my right ear spike is still going on and it's...

I don't know about that, here's a couple of videos after their win to Turkey, as you can see hearing protection is not a priority:

Thanks guys, hopefully I will not have noisy neighbors like last time. Also that I will be able to avoid the loud soccer fans somehow.