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Using the scale from the below link, it was probably a 6.5 (could hear in a very loud Starbucks but did not need masking to sleep) and has been at 2 for awhile (year +). https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-loudness-scale.6873/ From my own notes, back on page 3, when I first got T it...

A bit late, but this is the THREE YEAR UPDATE Surviving, doing pretty well. The T is day to day variable but pretty quiet. Compared to the rumble of our refrigerator, the nose is usually less than 10% of that. Sometimes it's close to zero too, but it never stays totally away for long...

I was put on blood pressure medicine 8 years before an event caused T. The medicine didn't cause T for me. However, I think elevated BP does aggravate T for me. Nowadays, almost three years in with T, at night if I can hear the blood pumping though my head/veins then T is a bit elevated...

If you want to experiment with some noises besides that of a fan try..... Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ® They have lots of sounds. I used it for awhile and also made custom combinations (or open more than one in other tabs).

Thanks @Lane ! I do know there are some sites that tested for quiet tires, and that was something that concerned e on the Honda when I needed some replacements after T, so I just , at the time, bought the same as I had before. Interesting to hear of that protectorant. Many happy days to you.

Hang tough and the days will pass. The T may get better, or change, and you will change. Just keep hanging in there.

@Mattly I found early on that I could play a sound that matched my T and make it disappear for a bit. So I used sound frequency generator sites, and then also would use General Fuzz'a ACRN either to blip the sound or to use the ACRN pattern around the sound. I also used an iphone app that can...

I got my tinnitus from a gun range. I had earmuffs on, but I was next to a rifle lane and they shot something several times that was tremendously loud that buffeted me. I'm not sure if it's helpful but in the following post is a graph of how my tinnitus came down. So within a month it had...

At the 2.5 year mark! Not much to say. The Pandemic has had me up and down in activity and sometimes also in spirit. Tinnitus has been mostly quiet but a few medium-loud instances that last 2-3 days, then back to it's fairly low level. Had one weekend involved in some very stressful work...

So YAY, made the 2 year mark. Right now, the T is pretty variable day to day, from almost quiet to moderate. In a given week, I might have 2 very quiet days, 2 low volume days and 2-3 moderate high volume. Yesterday was moderately noisy, this morning woke up and it was low volume, then took...

Yes it is crazy, and I've looked into the process and spoken with some powers that be. Their basic answer is that the ushers provide foam earplugs if requested. My position is that they should not contribute to hearing loss, damage being a cumulative thing. When you consider the church...

Earlier in the month of January, my wife and I headed to our church for a kids education celebration event. It was really quite fun and one of the best, funniest things I've seen. But wouldn't you know, in the first half hour they provided a very loud song (most other things were skits or...

As ear damage is a cumulative thing, you can just assume that those people attending are just in the damage accumulation phase, and sometime 10-20 years out, BAM! The other thing is something like 20% of the adult population has Tinnitus. But no one talks about it. And to add to that, one...

Kind of an end of year update. I've lately been having up and down varying T, and I think it goes back to an event in November. Back in 2019 I wound up flying twice, in the Summer and October and think I did fine through those events, despite my fears and misgivings. I prepared for the flying...

My T is far lower, but I am also almost 20 months out from the event, I can't know how much decline there was from naturally factors or the other things I've done and taken. I actually argued with myself about getting the prednisone at all at the time. Like maybe it will go away on its own...

Please don't feel bad, plenty of people don't get a steroid. Read the Success Story section. I took a look and the first 3 I clicked did not mention steroids. But as well, you do have options. I tried to give you one. Hang in there.

Yes it was gone within the hour, but it came back over the next 2 days, just not as ferocious. Tinnitus went on a scale I made from a 400 (day 1-2) to about 200 before taking the prednisone (which was on day 12)... to zero right away and then up to 100, and then drifted to about 50 after the...

I got Prednisone on day 12, and it immediately helped.

@Svensk I saw an ENT and ultimately got on a steroid on about day 12. I recall the doc said it needs to be taken in the first 30ish days. If you can't get a prescription or shot, then....what I did to continue my journey was to take another corticosteroid, that being Flonase, actually a...

Glad you are still posting your story and helping others, Emmalee. Sorry to hear of your spikes, but I am sure you will make your way through.

@linearb I appreciate the reflection on my post. T really forces us to change our views, our conceptions of the preferable life and what we desire in life, or as you point out what to detach from. I know generally that Buddhism holds that desire is (or leads to) suffering, but it seems to me...

Thanks for that @housemzk . Do you have any suggestions for make or hearing aid/plugs/ of that type? I haven't done any searches. If it's good for noisy restaurants, then I'd be up for it. With your user name...are you re purposing musician ear plugs?

I'm sorry for my absence. I've had some busy periods, another trip by airplane, and some post-trip dealing. This second trip was a last minute family conclave in the midwest and I pretty much had to go, as it was a very unique gathering. And for the airplane travel, I handled it the same way...

@Lulu187 I am liking your post, but want to clarify that each person needs to find his balance point, and for you it seems one glass. I try generally to be moderate in my drinking and my T subsides. But there have been two occasions, for me, where I went overboard on the drinking, and the T...

Guns are loud, and I'm sorry you got exposed. I had ear protection and got T at an indoor range. Generally, I think like 50% or maybe 85% T will decrease in most cases, so give it time. Protect your ears meanwhile if you are around other loud noises. The hair cells (nerves) of the eat have...

I've listened, or tried to use, all the kinds, white, pink, brown, purple etc...and usually afterward T was slightly louder or bothersome. Not sure the reason though. From what I feel and sense, my ears prefer a more targeted range of frequencies. I did make some passthrough noise samples...

Ok, so time for an update. I wound up 2 weeks ago at the 1.5 year mark...going on a trip involving air flight to a relative's wedding. I had been very worried, and back a year ago, at like the 6 month point, I skipped going to a wedding. But I figured enough time had passed and I needed to...

I'm sorry for this trouble you are having. We have two cars, and my wife's is maybe 75db on the highway, but mine used to 85db, and I was able to quiet it down to 78-82 on asphalt by putting in better weatherstripping. Like someone said above 75db shouldn't really be damaging (in general)...

Mine is in the 11-12.x kHz range. Originally at onset+about 2 months, it was around 9.6kHz. After more than a year, it has shifted higher to where most of the time is it is at 12.4kHz. If you were wanting a bit of hope, then yes the T volume is quite a bit lower than the beginning. Hang in...

Are you sure that formula is applicable to earmuffs? From NIOSH, reduce earmuffs NRR by 25%. See source docs etc in discussion below. www.reddit.com/r/hearing/comments/75egn5/why_do_we_subtract_7_and_divide_2_when/

I'm sorry this won't directly be helpful but on the recent 4th, we were about 2000 feet from a large commercial fireworks display. At our seats, most of the larger explosions were 95db. Many were quieter. Then the finale with tons going off at once was 100db. I wore earplugs the whole time...

Wow, what a great and thorough post. That took some time to write up. Not to mention the months of going through it all. Thanks for sharing, especially with all the links, but also for the success story. I've learned a lot from it. Your perspective is also appreciated. Final note, strange...

Are you sure that formula is applicable to earmuffs? The reduction is due to people not using/wearing/inserting ear protection correctly, and earmuffs are pretty simple to use properly. As I recall when people double up on protection, the basic rule of thumb was the nrr of the earmuffs, plus...

Reference to Fin's update and event https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-to-silence.35562/

For Iphones, there are a variety of decibel meter apps you can download, and almost all of them are quite good (or good enough (+/- 2db), per a study. NIOSH has even released one...for IOS. (I'm not an expert at Android, but I bet there are some. Update: the NIOSH reports less "good" db apps...

@New Guy might have relevant experience.

Please consider that the math above is for dbA scales, but for any dbC reading the NRR is just subtracted plainly. See ref https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.95AppB I prefer dbC for sound analysis as it is a flatter curve. 'A' scale removes a large amount of...

A lot of the sensitivity you've been describing over these months seems H related, so if it's starting to lessen, great! I hope and pray that assessment proves out!

I've had some quiet days and a few louder ones, but all in all, at the moment, T is pretty quiet. Of the factors I think important to report: first is the observation is that when I was playing around with a tone generator i stumbled across 6200Hz, which is half of the 12.4kHz T I generally...

@Kells I sure hope you see some diminution of your T. As to the prednesone...you were give a pretty low dose. I was given 60mg. Maybe your low dosage was given because the ENT didn't think there was true damage. And just to pass along about that 'window' , my ENT said prednesone for...

My exposure was probably less than a minute, so 30secs is probably long enough for very loud noises. For your situation: I found some construction site noise safety listings, which says a power drill is 125-130db. When are you most at risk of damaging your hearing? • If you are standing...

You know, I now remember something about an alarm going off as a tes. The 'horn" was" 4-5 feet above us in the flase ciling, and above the keypad. Interesting UK case. The article doesn't mention what he won, but other articles say: 750k pounds.

Sorry this has happened. The exposure, whether 98db or higher, was enough to harm. I hope the T and assorted complications clear up for you quickly.

Holy cow, the system lost an edit. So,..... "ETA" As the above post is fairly dry, I will add a a bit more about my feelings and such. Currently am feeling relatively happy. T is manageable. Loudness is less then our refrigerator and some days is a low-level sss static noise. Since reducing...

Just a little report: About 2-3 weeks ago I had some spike, where tinnitus had been rising for 1.5 weeks, and after reviewing things I decided to change up things a bit. I maybe haven't mentioned this, but I have had daily headaches for the last 6 months or so, and I would take acetaminophen...

WOW! Omg, this is getting worse and worse. You are in a warzone. I'm so sorry. If my T was going to flare on such a weekend, I'd head out of town.

Hey, just to show you the power of sound....using your calculator....for a shot that is 140db (maybe a .22, or perhaps something suppressed...) the distance for 95db is only 178m!!!

Awesome follow up buddy! I tried NAC for a few days, but this was like at month 3 or 4 and didn't seem to make a difference so I stopped. It is, as I understand, one of the tools used in the first few hours after exposure. So, not sure of your exact neighborhood shooting patterns, but when...

Those two supplements sound like the 'right prescription' following gunshot exposure. I would hope somehow your neighborhood becomes safe for you, but it doesn't sound likely, so you may as well be as fully prepared as possible. If this exposure happens again, let us know if it helps. p.s...

@Boni I'm sorry you had that noise and then T came about. I think the prednisone is a good thing to take in the early days. I took a form of it on a 10 day treatment with 5 day taper. You might check the story of @Emperor-Drax . He banged a metallic garage door with a mallet and T flared up...

I've had heightened sensitivity to things like the clatter of dishes, or the drop of a toilet lid. You have my sympathies, and I hope your sensitivity gets better. Mine did, and I'd say these things weren't a problem after 6 months.

paging @Lane re hbot, if you have any input.

@emmalee Sorry for just dropping the quote and running, but to add...I read it and felt like it states some truism in life that you don't realize or figure out till you live through it. T changes us and I think... that we "adapt' is part of the process of strength-making. That's even if we on...

I didn't have it enough to think about it deeply, but in your case surely you must. I believe you said you tried lots of supplements, but the one that comes to mind is GABA. It quiets the circuits' activities down. You know, I feel like each person has to find there own way, and you weren't...

Well, my own take is I'm not sure when if ever I could say the tinnitus episode is done with. But I do agree that if we get to a livable or quiet place and march forward into inhabiting our lives, we will be better and stronger people. ... FWIW, I am amazed that last year was one of the...

Thanks guys. Omg, so there's a name for that. I've had that 2-3 times over the last year+. Very offputting when it happens. Usually 5 minutes later it is gone, and I begin to breath easier.

@JohnAdams You got "it" baby, and I'm sad to say I know what you mean. Before tinnitus life was a breeze...

@emmalee Over in another thread, I read @Sevv say something like: "Only when you lose something important is when people will develop true strength."

@New Guy What is fleeting T? Is that where the sound's frequencies (or perhaps multiple frequencies) are changing / bouncing around?

@New Guy Yup, tinnitus up and down in weird ways. As to recent Friday and Saturday, two good days. @Digital Doc Thanks and I agree! Now as to an extra note on sounds in church, I would say the sermon is generally never above 85 dB, so I sit and listen regularly without earplugs. Then this...