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Well folks, it all started with an innocent walk through my neighborhood with the pup. I had spotted what appeared to be a large pack of Jevalinas walking through my neighborhood (It's an Arizona thing). Turned around and tried to play it cool... They followed. I figured they were just running...

So, lately I've taken up road biking as the title implies. Now currently, I wear no ear plugs or any sort of deflectors and have began to wonder about wind noise. I did some research and found a study that pegs 85 decibels at only 10 mph, with higher speeds going past 100. Now at first I...

This thread has turned into some alt-right, fear-mongering bullshit. Women are being dragged down into the gutter by that sort of ignorant mindset. Disgusting...

I never mocked anyone. I have been in a terrible place myself, a very dark one filled with nothing but hopelessness and despair. If I misread that message I apologize. It looked as if you had some sort of personal vendetta against me and I thought you might say anything just to oppose me...

It's funny that you talk about diminishing suffering and post things like this. I just saw this for the first time when I went to send you a PM. "@AZeurotuner Dude, learn some compassion. I had a migraine once and it really wasn't that bad and I know I was lucky." First off, migraines very in...

How long did you do CBT? And I never said loudness doesn't matter. I just think that the "spikes" (as well as the fear of whether or not they'll be permanent) and pain caused by H is a big factor in overall debilitation.

Why try to make people feel even worse about their hearing damage so you can convince them that life is hopeless? And I'm the bad guy?!

Hyperacusis and tinnitus can absolutely be debilitating. At one point I wouldn't leave my house for weeks at a time. H can absolutely get better if you make steps to address it. It seems as if pretty much everyone who says T is impossible to cope with has untreated hyperacusis. Have you made any...

I think there's something to be said about a group of people who are feeling down feeding off each other though. I've talked to a lot of older folks with T, some of which say it is LOUD and have hearing damage so severe they can barely hear even with their aids in. They tell me that it annoys...

I agree. I've read many stories on here that are very similar. Unless you lived your entire life isolated from noise, you were probably bound to have something else happen that would have induced tinnitus. It's tantamount to breaking a control arm or tie-rod after running over a small pothole...

Everyone already knows your feelings regarding women, it's no secret. So why don't you go ahead and provide those examples? Otherwise, it's completely fallacious to argue this point when you can't provide a shred of evidence to the contrary.

Once again, can you provide any examples of the "services consequences" that asking a woman out entails?

Can you provide an example of someone being "convicted" of simply asking a women out? Or are you just talking out of your rear end?

Asking someone out on a date is not sexual harassment. Also, although sexual harassment in the workplace is technically against federal law in the U.S. under Title VII of the civil rights act, it is near impossible to prove and extremely rare for individuals to be "convicted" of such. Civil...

I woke up to this today. It's snowing in the desert (Tucson, Arizona). What a pleasant surprise!

Could be a result of ear canal inflammation due to the plugs, a random fluctuation, hyperacusis, or stress/anxiety. There's just no way your ears were damaged wearing double protection unless you were exposed to an EXTREMELY loud noise, such as an explosion. I understand that some on this...

You know Maz, I'm not 100 percent sure. I have sustained a few ruptured ear drums, been exposed to extremely loud noises (gunshots, motorcycles, bouncing at a very loud night club, pro car audio, etc.), had frequent ear infections as a child, and taken my fair share of ototoxic medications (lots...

I used to have quite intrusive pulsatile tinnitus. I too have noticed that different head positions could either relieve, or exacerbate it. At its worst, I could put my head down and have this drum-like pounding mixed with a jet rumbling noise. It was terrible. What helped significantly was...

This last week I've been extremely busy. Many times I didn't even notice my moderateT. I believe idleness is a tremendous detriment for us.

@Bam My T is loud, but I've fought tougher foes in my life than a noise. Maybe if you'd faced more adversity in your life you'd understand.

Hearing loss and tinnitus will eventually be cured, and it has NOTHING to do with how many people on this forum talk about suicide. Why can't people get it through their heads that becoming a tinnitus martyr does nothing for "the cause"? It just ruins your life. You're fooling yourself if you...

Agreed. You can fight or you can give up and surrender... It's up to you. I think some of these folks have never faced any serious diversity in their lives before. Life isn't always peaches and cream, sometimes it can slap you around a bit.

It's a hearing aid, it doesn't truly improve your hearing, it just amplifies the sounds around you. Your audiologist is a flat out liar if she said that it will improve your hearing over time. I Googled the Marvel 90, that thing is massive and quite ugly. If you're going to spend thousands on...

I think it's fair considering the fact that I see it being done all the time on this website. I have a friend who was paralyzed in a roll over accident due to a faulty seat belt (Everyone else walked away with minor injuries from the accident. He was awarded about 1.5 million in a civil judgment...

You don't think being paralyzed or having extreme pain 24/7 would impact your quality of life? What about being blind? Or losing all of your limbs? Tinnitus is annoying as hell, and I would love to have silence again, but let's not kid ourselves here.

I'm sorry to hear that. But having had that experience, you should be the first to extinguish this "poor me" mentality. There's conditions that can cause pain and suffering that isn't even on the same planet as tinnitus. If the same people that say tinnitus is "the worst condition" developed any...

It's simply not true though... There's conditions like severe chronic pain that make people feel like they're being stabbed 24/7. Chronic Migraines that make your head feel like it's being lit on fire and ran over by a truck all day. Diseases like MS that can destroy your body and leave you...

There's conditions out there that make tinnitus look like a walk in the park.

Taurine is an NDMA antagonist, so if anything, it's more likely to reduce your tinnitus. I have taken taurine will no increases in tinnitus levels. Also, in my experience, the supplements that do cause my tinnitus to temporarily increase, stop doing so with continued use (ginger for example). I...

From that article... "So why do manufacturers raise the price of brand drugs immediately before generics are released? It’s likely that this price hike is their way of ensuring a high price for the generic, while still being able to tout its deep discount. This strategy can have huge benefits...

Your logic is based on supply and demand when this pricing structure (or lack of) has nothing to do with it. There is currently no backlog for treatment at the Solsaem Clinic. Where's the demand when he's only performed a hand full of procedures? Out of the thousands of members on this site...

Find me one, just one example of a medical procedure that started off affordable, got extremely expensive, then went back down again. Also, please explain how supply and demand relates to this procedure when only a handful of people have even went through with it in the first place? Dr. Shim...

This is not a clinical trial, JohnAdams paid $9000 dollars for his treatment. Experimental procedures are typically quite expensive, I'm not sure where you're getting this line of reasoning from.

As much as I respect JohnAdams for taking the risk and going through with the procedure, I as well have some reservations when it comes to Dr. Shim. 1/6th the amount of injections for twice as much money, based on "severe" hearing loss that literally nobody else in the medical profession would...

True. But she was also wearing double protection. There's no way for either one of us to definitively say whether or not damage was inflicted on her auditory nerves. I don't know why you think it would be helpful for anyone to treat speculation as fact and tell someone they damaged their...

You have no way of knowing that. Stress and anxiety can absolutely cause temporary increases in tinnitus volume. Why would you say something like that as if it were fact?

This post makes it seem as if you were. You expressed your frustration with the cost of the test and ended it by saying you were waiting on Neuromod. Sorry for the confusion.

Also, I don't understand why measuring a patient's ability to decipher speech helps their treatment of tinnitus and hyperacusis. It's not like they can regenerate your hearing. At this point I can completely understand why folks like @Contrast hate audiologists so much. Seems like most (not all)...

Seems that a QEEQ only differs from a standard EEG is the sense that it "compares your client’s EEG to that of a normative database". I'm calling BS either way. I don't understand why an audiologist need this test to treat tinnitus and hyperacusis. They're making $1600 for an hour of...

From what I read it doesn't appear to be a "dangerous" test. What it does appear to be is a scam. Auditory Evoked Potential Response and Hearing Loss: A Review M. P Paulraj, Kamalraj Subramaniam, [...], and C. R Hema "EEG based hearing threshold level determination is most suitable for persons...

Why are Finnish drug addicts trying to spike your tinnitus?

Why would John make this up? There are a few members on here who I do believe would fabricate such a story, but he is not one of them.

I've had sleep paralysis as well. The first time it was my whole body, and second it has just my right side. It's hard to emphasize how scary this is to folks who have never experienced it before. Even more so when you're by yourself and wonder whether or not you're just going to lay there...

Same here. I remember dosing off one night and being woken up to what I believed (at the time) was either an explosion or a gunshot. I immediately got on the ground and began checking myself for wounds. Once I determined that the noise likely came from my head, I was worried that I might have...

If you're saying that yourself and others are too afraid to be recorded or filmed, why are you complaining that the most severe sufferers aren't being featured in the video? Somewhat of a paradox...

I am recommending wearing both. Peltor Blast™ are ear plugs, wear those under the X5a's. I am recommending both. I think OP was confused as to what I was suggesting.

With Peltor X5a's and Peltor Blasts™, you should be fine. I wouldn't use anything else, they just won't cut it.

The ear canal is supposed to be self-cleaning, but some people seem to have issues with wax buildup. I'd stop using the q-tips as they can push wax further into the ear, which is obviously the opposite of what you're trying to achieve. As for the cleaning, any ENT should be able to perform a...

Why are some folks jumping down this man's throat regarding his treatment? Just sit back and wait for updates rather than interrogating him. Do y'all really think @JohnAdams would make this entire story up just because he can be a bit abrasive at times? And don't you think if he were to...

@JohnAdams Damn, a lot of people talked, but you actually muscled up and did it. Much respect for taking a huge risk in traveling half way around the world and having an experimental treatment performed. Glad that the procedure went well for you man, looking forward to your future updates...

An individual like that strikes me as the kind of person that would read the "Caution: Contents Hot" label on their coffee, proceed to drink it right away, burn their mouth, then sue the coffee shop for negligence. I guess what we have to remember is that these pilots just don't understand...

I agree Glenn, caffeine is nasty habit. I was once HIGHLY addicted, many, many, many cups of coffee a day. It had a profound effect on my mental and physical health, and definitely not in a positive way. I had a similar problem with nicotine, quit that as well, just wasn't worth the health...

You're overusing them, the result is inflammation, if you continue to do so you run the risk of getting an ear infection, which can GREATLY increase your tinnitus level.

You did gave fair warning that it would be loud, and I don't see why anyone would think a video containing fighter jets would be quiet by any means. I thought it was pretty cool, just don't like them flying over my damn house all day!

As loud and ridiculous as that was, there's something oddly satisfying about seeing a massive hunk of metal cut through the sky with such speed and precision.

I find that going to bars and restaurants on weeknights allows me to completely avoid having to worry about loud background noise. BJ's is a prime example of this, on weekends it's crazy packed, I definitely wouldn't stay for any extended period of time without earplugs. But Thursday night for...

Bill puts people on his "ignore" list, but hits the "show ignored content" button on every thread he views. I know this because I've been on his ignore list for quite some time, yet he has responded to my posts MANY times after that.

This is common where I live Jiri (Tucson, Arizona), A-10s, F-18s, and F-22s will come out of nowhere, after burners lit, at extremely low attitude and blast the hell out of you. I have grown to hate the airforce. Plugging my tragi is usually enough, but sometimes it seems so loud even with my...

You don't think that's a bit much? I mean I only wear protection (Peltor Blasts™) when I take out my very loud classic sports car. I might be mistaken, but don't you typically drive a modern luxury car?