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Today, I got into my dad's car and he had the stereo up at full volume. As soon as I got in it blasted in my ear, and it took my a few seconds to turn the volume down because everything is touch screen in there. Now my ears are sore. Is there anything I should do to mitigate some of the...

Basically, my sister has this keychain that you pull when someone is kidnapping you. I didn't know what it was, so I tried to move it, and the loudest sound I'd ever heard in my life blared into my ears. I tried to turn it off but had no idea how. I think I was exposed to it for about 30 seconds...

So, I know a common opinion on this forum is to avoid earbuds, but after digging deeper, I've found a decent amount of people on this forum that still use them. I've been to 3 audiologists, and they all told me that if I use them at a reasonable volume I'll be fine. So basically, I got tinnitus...

Basically, my tinnitus started a year ago. For six months, I did everything to protect my ears, and by mid January, it had faded to static. Then, in April, I made a mistake. I performed in a dance show, and on the last night I forgot to bring earplugs. I just wasn’t thinking—I normally carried...

So basically, the situation is that I am scheduled to perform 2 songs in a Loud jazz band. I'm talking real big, real loud. Before, I would just sing my songs without earplugs and then put the plugs in after my songs were over, assuming 10 minutes of exposure wouldn't be too bad. Unfortunately...

Long story short, the volume in my car somehow got turned up to the max volume and blasted my ears. It was only a second but I’m worried. My parents won’t drive me to the ER (no car) and I’m leaving for Mexico tomorrow so even if I were able to get to the ER I wouldn’t be able to get the...

Okay, so here's the story. I'm a 20 year old girl (woman?). I developed tinnitus August of last summer for no apparent reason. I was sitting in my room during one of my sister's loud sleepovers, and decided to plug my ears to try to get some sleep. I put the earplugs in, and I heard it--a faint...

So, I was doing this improve group that involved a lot of yelling/loud singing, and I went to this loud activities fair. My tinnitus got slightly worse but I thought it was because of stress/lack of sleep/sickness/poor diet/too much caffeine. Well it turns out that my 33 dB earplugs weren’t...

Also, I’m glad about all the replies so far. I’m just frustrated because music is my life and even with earplugs, 15 minutes of practice makes it worse. I’ve heard of a lot of people with t that play music so there has to be a way to fix this, right? How can I practice piano with earplugs and...

I would, but I’m in college and I don’t have access to electronic keyboards. And I have to play piano because I’m in a piano/music theory class (I’m a music major)

I’m not sure. My t is in the treble clef but not super high pitched—maybe around a b above middle c. Any thoughts as to why it may be reacting to music? Confused because this was brought on by stress/a potential jaw problem, not noise exposure.

I guess I understand that. I’m just confused because if I’m wearing earplugs, the sound should be reduced to about 60 decibels, which is an acceptable level. How could it still be damaging? Also, do you know how my auditory system may have gotten damaged? I didn’t listen to loud music or attend...

So, I’ve been a piano player for years. Even though I’ve never seen anyone do this, I’ve been practicing with earplugs since my tinnitus started. But I notice that whenever I play, my tinnitus gradually goes up, even if I play for 15 minutes. And, sometimes it starts with a specific note. Like...

Maybe. I could see if there’s someone else. Any suggestions in the mean time?

I am 19 years old.

No, I’ve been avoiding headphones or earbuds.

Actually, I did notice that yesterday. I guess that could be the cause but this was a problem before hand. Any idea why I’m hearing strange noises over other people’s voices? Do you know why my T is reacting to people talking to me?

Not that I know of...

They just gave me a hearing test and told me my hearing was excellent.

So. Two months ago I developed very faint tinnitus. It was not noise induced—no one knows where it came from. At first it was due to fluid in my ear but it remained even after the fluid drained. But as I worried about it more, it got louder and louder until it became something horribly...

Most people I’ve heard say they eventually habituate to tinnitus. And since mine wasn’t noise induced in the first place, are you saying there is seriously no compromise (especially with earplugs) ? It’s not like it’s non-stop yelling—it’s just that scenes often escalate into yelling. That being...

So. I don’t have much time to write but here’s the gist. My tinnitus was calming down, but when I got to college, all of these unexpected noises/environments hit me. Now it’s twice as bad. Examples: fire alarms from people smoking weed in the dorm. Construction near my classes. The teacher in...

Hello. A month and a week ago I got high pitched tinnitus in one ear and low pitched tinnitus in another ear. Last night I went to sleep with white noise as usual. I was calm, because the problem seemed to be lessening. But when I woke up I heard a churning sound in my right ear, almost...

3 weeks ago I noticed ringing in my ears that gradually grew louder and higher pitched. At first I thought it was due to the fluid that was in my ears (I HATE loud music/other loud environments), but the issue remained even after the fluid had drained. I had never listened to music at loud...

Is it really that horrible for you, or have you learned to ignore it? How much do you think about it every day?

Okay. Cool. I just tried running without headphones and it wasn't too bad. I'll do whatever I can to not have to live with this for the rest of my life.

Really? I thought the problem was the volume of the sound, not the source of the sound. I mean if low level earbuds will really harm my ears, I’ll stop using them, but I honestly can’t imagine my runs without music . Is there honestly no way to use earbuds safely with tinnitus?

She saw evidence and drew my a picture of what was going on.

I'm a nineteen year old girl and I'm leaving for college in a week (I thought this information might help somehow). So. Basically, my sister was having a sleepover, and I decided to put earplugs in to drown out the noise. When I put the earplugs in, I heard a faint ringing. Really quiet. But I...