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You're the one making the claim, not me. A lot of children, teenagers, many people under 40 have that flat line. Also, a flat line at zero is not a good indicator. What if you're able to hear +1 dB HL but not zero? In your audiogram, this will show as a +5 dB HL reading. This doesn't indicate...

Not true at all.

Not true. From the posts it seems that they only tested up to 8 kHz. They may have hearing loss above that range.

Did they test frequencies above 8 kHz? If they did, then they used two different headphones, so you might remember that?

Not sure if this is going to work for people with hearing loss above 8 kHz.

Thanks, I ordered the Alpine MusicSafe ear muffs. Perhaps I'll buy the Peltor X4A as well (it's rather cheap, so why not). This way, I can try what's best and most comfortable for me without spending much money. Since Sunday, I just put my Alpine earplugs in my ear before leaving my house...

I guess I could try that. I never said I was going to use earbuds to protect hearing. Why should I? I have earplugs and I use those occasionally. I have ordered ear muffs so I'll try those as well. I just think those look silly on you when you wear them outside compared to earplugs that are...

You mean the "motor cycle faggot." Southpark once dubbed motor cyclists who make excessive noise for no reason as "faggots" and I just copied it. Second, I am pissed at that guy. I guess that's why. I don't mind if someone wants to destroy his own hearing, just don't drag others along with...

Yes, they do go inside the ear canal indeed. Ear in phones also go pretty far in your ear (not as far as earplugs though). Good thing you mentioned it, I actually have to clean them yet. Haven't done it since I bought them. I did get a tool to clean them though but was too lazy to do it so far...

Fair enough, but that sound was there for 2 to 3 seconds at most. I am talking about those kinds of sounds where you can not anticipate for it to happen and thus can't really be alert for it. Blocking my ears with the tragus was all I could do. Getting an ear muff out of my back pocket and put...

I get new noises sometimes as well. Very low pitched tone that comes and goes away after a few seconds. Tinnitus is a weird thing and often predictably unpredictable. You already went to an ENT I guess, so what did he tell you?

But then I guess you're always at a risk. What more could I have done than blocking my ears instantly after hearing the motor cycle faggot? I hope that I don't have any damage in that right ear. Or I could wear ear muffs 24/7?

Why not?

Doesn't apply to me unfortunately. I barely had loss if at all and my T was horrifying at the start. Got better after 3 months or so.

This is exactly what I did when hearing that sound. But obviously the sound wave shock had already entered my right ear. I felt a little pain and even felt that pain extending to my right jaw. Some motor cycly faggot decided to turn up the volume. My T has not been affected by it, but it...

I have been trying to protect my ears as much as possible, but it's simply IMPOSSIBLE to protect them from every loud sound. F.E. if you're walking and a guy jumps on his motorcycle and makes a shitload of noise, you first hear it and THEN take countermeasures if necessary. Sometimes the loud...

I don't know if that is my T frequency. From what I heard in that test, I have to say no. I never tested what my T frequency is, because the sound can change, it can be a scintillating sound and sometimes it's a really low frequency that I hear (just as annoying as a high-frequency sound)...

I agree, even noise of 50 dB SPL can trigger a T spike. Not because it's harmful to my ears or anything alike, but my T reacts to it. Even dropping a pencil can cause a T spike for me (sudden unexpected sounds have that effect on my T). It always goes back to normal though. Given my hearing...

The frequencies were tested with increments of 5 dB HL. So +5 dB HL represents that I can hear at least +5 dB HL but I may be able to hear +2 dB HL as well but that is never tested. I simply can not hear 0 dB HL. I might be way closer to the zero line than it may seem at first glance. This...

I have had tinnitus for 4.5 months now and I have a few questions and was wondering what your views are. 1. I was wondering whether there is a causal connection between the degree of hearing loss and the severity of Tinnitus. I found one study that indicates a strong correlation between the two...

What were the dB HL values of your left and right ear at the 10kHz frequency, if I may ask?

Did you get a hearing test just for the fun of it to see whether any hearing loss occurred due to acoustic trauma? If it doesn't go away within 6 months, then it might be permanent though. Good for you it's gone.

I wanted to know when one has hearing loss. Most sources seem to back two intervals for good hearing namely, -10 to 25 dB HL and -10 to 15 dB HL A small minority chooses -10 to 20 dB HL 1. Which one these should we follow? 2. I know the dB HL scale is your hearing relative to that of a...

The ENT confirmed that my hearing was excellent after a high-frequency audiogram which is consistent with the fact that I never had much exposure to noise in my life. In fact, I had a lot of 0 dB HL and negative dB HL values. Pretty cool, though useless when you have T. The only thing that was...

Cool flowchart plus great info. For the pulsatile T (also acquired out of the blue), I could blame a high blood pressure. Already had millions of tests to find a cause for the high blood pressure but no physical cause was found. Huge stress and depression itself can cause a high blood pressure...

Yeah, I guess that's right. In the end, my brain is producing sounds that it wasn't doing at first. So something has changed. We simply don't know enough about T to know what all the possible causes are. Something has changed in my brain, but it's impossible to know what. There is always a cause...

Which ones did you try and worked best for you?

How many of you have actually tried medication? It seems that Alprazolam and Clonazepam may work to get T less loud (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/621766 and http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/83/8/821.short). Did any of you try Taurine...

Yeah I got paranoid and was trying to link my T in a very obsessive way with noise induction. I panicked because hearing damage was the first thing I could think of. I did stop doing those tests (it could lead to damage I read). I won't do it again. It did give me a peace of mind though :P. At...

In March, I have my second appointment with an ENT and we'll do a high-frequency audiogram up to 20,000 Herz. I also did hearing tests that can locate 'hidden hearing loss' and everything is perfect. In the first appointment, the ENT already excluded any visible cause in the ear, nose and...

I will, but I am wondering what caused your T? In the "Cause of Tinnitus", it says "Unknown." Was it also out of the blue like mine?

It does sound odd indeed and I have been completely in awe due to the fact that I have this. I do want to add though that I did take 7 pills of oxazepam distributed over 3 months. I never had T due to this. T started after 1 month that I took my last pill. Sounds a longshot to link it to...

Hi guys, I have experienced tinnitus and have it for 3,5 weeks now. My tinnitus just was there on a Saturday evening 27th January. Then, Sunday 28th January, it was gone completely. It was back on Monday 29th January. Since then, it was there most of the time. It started in my left ear. Various...