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Dear all, It's me again. I have not been on here for months since I was doing much better... I fought myself back to life over the last months. I was a nervous wreck by the end of 2018 and was afraid of every noise to make my tinnitus worse. I was wearing earplugs even when cleaning the...

When I wear earplugs, I also hear a deep, loud vibrating sound when my mouth is open / my teeth are apart and not clenched. When I clench them, the noise stops. I also can intensify my "electric buzzing head tinnits" with jaw, head and neck movement. The two pure tones in my left and right ear...

Thanks for the advice! I got Xrays of both supposedly carious teeth. I meanwhile had appointments at multiple dentists and they all said there is no cavity to be seen and that there is nothing to do for now. That takes a lot of weight off my shoulders. I will have another appointment on monday...

I also think that tinnitus is primarily caused by hearing loss and that reversing that will quieten tinnitus back down. I guess I'm in that boat because my tinnitus clearly started after an acoustic trauma. Nevertheless I often read about people that got rid of their tinnitus (even if primarily...

May I ask what plugs you are wearing? Do you understand people talking to you, even quietly? I tried Earpeace musician eraplugs, they work great as I can still hear people, but they are irritating my ears after 1 hour already. 3M 1100 or soft foam plugs are very comfortable, but with those I...

OK, that is a good reason for double protection in my opinion. In my opinion, this is a very good sign. Now just don't over-analyse your tinnitus to imply a spike ;) So you also try to reduce protection? Do you normally just have your earmuffs with you for dangerous situations? Where/when do...

I have the X-Rays on CD right next to me. Unfortunately, my laptop at work does not have a CD drive -_- will make some appointments today and sending the pics to @Ed2019 in about 8 hours. Thank you all for supporting me. I will keep this thread updated.

I know exactly how you feel because I am very clumsy and always get into noise accidents also. I will tell you how I try to manage such situations. What I do to calm down is to tell to myself that it is not possible to avoid everything all the time. Such accidents just do happen. You need to...

I will get my X-Rays on CD tomorrow. Then I will send them to @Ed209 and will try to get some more appointments with dentists in my region. There are like 20-30 dentists here. Maybe I need to look for one that is specialized on anxiety patients. Those seem to be the ones that accept the tinnitus...

Thank you Bill, I remember reading through this. Also, I read some other posts where people recommend to use earplugs. I am confused, but since I am a bit sensitive regarding the occlusion effect, I guess I will get it done "unplugged" - unlesss I can find a dentist that uses laser now in a very...

Wow, that is very nice of you, I got my first X-Ray from August last year, which only shows the cavity on one side. I guess it has been still very small in that state. I will see if I can get access to my X-Ray from today. Thank you for offering that to me!

*Update* Have been to my first dentist today. He did another X-Ray and noticed another cavity on the other side. He did some manual work. He was OK with not using power tools like ultrasonic cleaner. But he said he has to use the suction device because he needs to apply medicine to my gums and...

Fear Factory! So sad that tinnitus ruined my chances to ever see them :(

I decided to visit the first dentist, which wants to do the ceramic inlay, and confront him with that the second dentist said (of course in a kind way - I don't want to upset anyone). I will see what he sais about that another dentist did not see any cavity on the x-ray. I now also got the...

Thank you for your reply. I am doing kind of bad since I have not progressed in any way. Im am torn between just getting it done or ask for a third opinion ... I am so afraid of the drilling since my tinnitus still spikes so easy from noise ... and I fear that drilling would be overkill and will...

My favorite game series of all time is the Fallout series. But I have not tried Fallout 76 yet as I am very sceptical. I also love hack and slay games like Diablo, Sacred, Path of Exile, Titan Quest ... they alway get me addicted for a very long time. I also recently finished Assassins Creed...

Hi all, I have read through some supplement suggestions. I am taking one pill of these each day. I do not know the mg of the last three, would have to look that up at home if it is relevant: - Magnesium 600 mg - NAC 600 mg - Vitamin D3 + K2 10.000 i.e. (Depot) - Turmeric + black pepper 600 mg...

Exactly, one dentist said there is cavity, and one said he can't see it on the x-ray. He also said to be sure, he would remove the filling so see if there is something, but well, of course I would like to avoid drilling if I can. The second dentist received the xray findings from my first...

Dear all, when I got my tinnitus half a year ago, I went to the dentist because the tinnitus distress caused facial pain and teeth clenching. He did a bite splint for me which also should re-align the jaw. To manufacture the splint, they did a X-ray of my head. There, they noticed that cavity...

I also have not yet experienced this. Maybe there is some wax forming a gap between plug and ear canal? I also use 3m 1100 plugs. They are fitting very tight (yet have a soft feeling) and they seem absorb wax. I always put them in as deep as possible so I can still grab them on the edge and...

It's hard to tell what my body is trying to tell me and what is actually caused by my anxiety. Maybe you remember my thread about me panicking about ear fullness and a spike from a squeeking door. That turned out to be nothing but my anxiety. Often, after exposure I thought that might be...

It is true, the noises bother me, but that is mostely because of my anxiety. If I knew those sounds were save, I could easily tolerate them as I am not having physical pain going with my H. I would actually love to tolerate them to come back to life again. The problem for me is that I can...

It was very minor at first. Actually it all startet after my cousin was sitting next to me for a whole weekend while we were playing PC games. He is also a loud talker but that did not bother me before. Also, I watched a film on TV the evening before it worsened over the regular TV speakers. I...

I have musician earplugs, but they irritate my ear badly. Plus they give a pretty bad occlusion effect so I can't use them in meetings, since I have to talk a lot there ... I have a speaker option, but almost every time I am on the phone, someone else in the office is also on the phone or...

Thank you Ross for your statement. It seems like I need to give some more info and that you misunderstood some things I said. I got hyperacusis weeks before I plugged on a daily basis, and until now I have not noticed that it got worse. Yet I understand that surpressing incoming sounds all day...

Thank you Bill for again giving your input. The doors have slow shut-mechanisms, but they still close pretty loud. Most of the doors do not shut but only slam into the frame. It's multiple doors and normal people would never complain about that ... I will see if the facility ppl can look into...

My history is tinnitus from multiple acoustic incidents (concert -> car hifi -> ultrasonic cleaning -> acoustic reflex test, all within 3 months). Each incident made my tinnitus worse / added new tones. I have slight issues understanding speech in noisy environments (dunno if it has already been...

After 3 months, I found that I gained the strength to start working out again. I thought I should start with something simple after such a long break and did some push-ups. After every set, when I stand up, I get this weird and really loud radio static noise which seems to be located in the...

Mine spikes very easily. For me, a spike is always a new tone/sensation. Volume normally doesn't increase ... well, until now - I'm 6 months in, no increase in volume, but 4 new tones since onset + reactive T in certain (high) frequencies, only appears when I listen to music. The loudest noise...

I am experiencing something similar. Since my onset of tinnitus after a concert 6 months ago, it has been an up and down with my symptoms, but in the end it all got worse. First only tinnitus was my problem, then hyperacusis and TTTS appeared and now I also have phonophobia because my tinnitus...

Thats not good. My first tone was a hiss (yet is was pretty loud), but the new tones I got in the past months are pure tones and high pitch intermittend ones (cricket style). It's really strange, my ears "sound" like I must have lost a lot of hearing ... but I am still hearing pretty good. I may...

You should look up hidden hearing loss. Yet I have often heard that noise exposure can be a "trigger" for tinnitus, and the tinnitus then persists because of other underlying issues (stress, diet, TMJ or whatever). I don't know what to think of that.

Is there a connection between the nature of the tone and the cause of one's tinnitus? Like if you have hearing loss, you get a constant pure tone, because the hair cells are dead and are not working anymore in any way. Maybe you get a nervous, intermittent tone when the hair cells are not...

Musician plugs are perfect for such things if you do not need max protection. I just swap them in when I go shopping. Decibel levels might not be that high, but I find the risk of acoustic incidents pretty high (shopping carts rumbling, people shouting or dropping stuff, etc)

The whole tinnitus matter made a paranoid freak out of me, thats for sure. I am also asking myself if it is normal or if it means a stressed jaw / TMJ I am now wearing my TMJ splint whenever I wear the plugs (normally I only wear the splint at night), so that I can at least bite on that to...

I do that too, but only on the outer ear canal, so the wax inside the canal still gets impacted. I already wore Earplugs for one week straight some time ago, and after that week, I already had some wax that gathered deep in the ear canal. Maybe I just have to see an ENT once a month or so to...

Have you guys not been afraid of the occlusion effect? The musician earplugs I use (Earpeace) do not have that much occlusion effect when talking, but when I walk on solid ground, it resonates deep and loud in my ears.

What earplugs did you use? Did you clean them inbetween uses also? There is wax on mine every time I pull them out

I got musician earplugs for work as they do not have to be inserted that deeply (so not pushing wax back so deep in). They are handy and easy to reuse. But they still irritate my ears ... but so do foam plugs. I also have 3M 1100 plugs ready if I need to go somewhere louder ... but I only use...

I wear muffs at home for cooking, clearing the dish washer, when I tidy up the flat and when using hair trimmer. I only have my smartphone to measure the DB, but the talking is between 60 and 70 DB, slamming doors and drawers are 70 - 80 DB. Sometimes there are meetings in our office for 1-2...

I have yet again received a new tone and a worsening of the existing tones ... I have tried the "everyday noises can't harm you" route for over 2 months now and received only setbacks and worsenings of my condition. It feels like it's time to plug it up on a daily basis. Yet I have some...

I have avoided those foods as much as I could since I became so noise-sensitive (the last 2 or 3 months). When I had some crunchy food, I only ate few and chewed carefully ... I did not yet get ear fullness from that and no immediate spike. But since it seams like nobody has had much problems...

I am even uncomfortable when eating crunchy food without earplugs in. Many people come here and ask if they should worry, because they were exposed to an everyday sound. I am wondering that nobody seems to have had problems with that. I even can't stand when my girlfriend is chewing crunchy...

I am wondering if crunchy food can cause spikes or even damage in compromised ears. I have no found a thread on here where someone is stating that. I just found few threads from people who were worried after eating crunchy food with plugs in. If I eat chips/crisps, nuts, salad or onions, I have...

Thank you, haven't thought about wearing earmuffs inverted, I will give that a go :)

Interesting. If I could just use plugs, I would not pannick either. But I am so afraid about the occlusion effect. I inserted plugs and just gently put the trimmer on my neck to test it ... and the vibrations really made me anxious. It was humming really loud in my hears due to the occlusion...

Zeigt wohl einfach eher auf, dass HNO's international gefährlich sind^^ Ich vertraue jedenfalls keinem Arzt mehr blind, solange ich die Möglichkeit habe, mich vorher zu informieren. That's what I could not imagine before all that happened ... I thought the process to test your ears must be...

Thanks for all your replies. I will see if I can get a corded trimmer that is silent and has low vibrations. Maybe then I can endure the process with plugs. If that won't work, I will try to shave it with a razor. I might also test the hair removal cream, but I am skeptical about using such...

I only had beeps and no air sounds. My ENT called that tympanometry. They put earbuds in my ears and played a pretty loud, repeating sound for about one minute each side. Well it was not really beeps ... it sounded like an x-wing shooting his laser cannon, if anyone knows what I mean^^

Grüß dich, können ja mal per PM quatschen, aber erstmal auf Englisch ;) The new tone turned down a bit after some weeks, but since I had multiple acoustic incidents, my hearing is so compromised that various moderate noises meanwhile gave me new spikes. That former new tone is also back now...

I tried that with different shaving foam, since my scalp is very sensitive it gets very irritated through that. I am having red bumps all over my head for weeks after that ... not very nice with a bald head. But if I have to choose between that or constant tinnitus worsening ... I maybe should...

I had tympanometry done 3 months ago. It damaged my hearing as I have more trouble understanding people in noisy environments than before and I got a new, additional T sound. I had a acoustic trauma from a concert before I did the test ... ENT told me to do the test to find out if there is any...

I am a bald man with few and short hair. Too short to cut it with a scissor. So I always used an electric hair cutter once in a month. Of course, that was pre tinnitus. Now I got a new machine that says 60 dB max. and low vibration. But I am still panicking when using it on my head. It is still...

I had a similar problem last week, water got in my ear while taking a shower. I had compacted ear wax because of ear plug usage. The wax got wet and I had a constantly wet feeling in the ear. The wax sucked it all up and was in too deep for me to remove it by myself. So I went to the ENT and he...

I had a little wax build up, it seems like that did go wet after the shower and created that feeling in my ear. He cleared the wax manually and things got better.

Thank you for your replies. I will just keep using desinfection for my hands and keeping my earplugs clean as good as I can. Paranoia already settled a bit.

Dear all, after taking a shower, I have water left in my ear which won't come out. Since my hearing is not muffled and I am not feeling any pressure, it can't be that much water left. It is just a "fresh feeling" inside the ear when air comes into it. This has now lasted for 2 days. It tried...

Since my tinnitus became a multi tone experience, I am trying to avoid anything that might make it worse. That's especially moderate to loud noises, stress and getting an ear infection. I am getting really paranoid about the ear infection thing. I am always having a bottle of hand disinfectant...

Thank you for your reply. I will see if I can find a clinic or some other doctors for an extended audiogram. Good idea. So in this 8.5 months, did things get better or worse? Did you have any further noise exposures or any risks from daily noises? Did you get spikes, and if so how long did they...

Dear @Autumnly, thank you for taking the time to go through my post and answering. I also read that the ears can take a long time to recover. My thoughts are that they can only recover if nothing happens from now - which seems impossible to me as moderate noises also caused lasting (until...