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Sorry, bro. Here are a few things to keep in mind: Tinnitus is very varied. It's almost like a fingerprint—no two cases are exactly alike. There is noise-induced tinnitus, and then there are those who get it for no "apparent" reason. In both cases, some degree of hearing loss is usually present...

I have been living with very significant hissing static noise in my head for nearly four years now so I know what you're talking about. It never goes away. It is part of my life. I hear it over everything, and I also have hyperacusis to deal with. 100% deaf in my right ear. Can you ever...

Yea, what a deal. If you read my post, you know that it just clobbered me one night while I was asleep. Life's never been the same since. I guess I am better at coping with it now than I was 3 years ago, but I would walk across the country to get rid of it. Do you also have significant tinnitus?

A short history. 3 1/2 years ago I experienced what they call SSHL (Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss). One night for no apparent reason I lost 100% hearing in my right ear, leaving me with significant tinnitus inside the dead ear. It's the loud hissing static untuned radio noise with some...

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I have very severe tinnitus and total hearing loss in right ear, with hyperacusis in left ear. I have tried to explain what I am dealing with to my closer friends. I have a tinnitus app that I have played for them on my phone that pretty closely mimics the hissing, static, idling 737 noise...

I have significant reactive tinnitus and hyperacusis. At times my tinnitus is quite loud because it is reactive to environmental noise. It's been 2 1/2 years now. I'm not sure what real habituation is, but I can say that I deal with it better now than before. In certain situations I can go for...

I'm pretty sure that the tinnitus (high pitched static noise) you are experiencing on your right side, is due to the hearing loss you have on your left side. Yes, my tinnitus is located on the same side as my deaf side, but you need to remember, in my case and likely in your case too, our...

My situation has not changed at all. It is permanent. Yes, I have complete hearing loss in my right ear with significant tinnitus on that same side. This all happened very suddenly one night while sleeping over two years ago. My "good left ear" has severe hyperacusis which causes the tinnitus on...

I would think your chances are very low. Getting tinnitus from taking Ibuprofen is simply conjecture. Most tinnitus is caused by noise damage such as wearing headphones with the volume turned up too loud.

Hi Steve, Good to hear form you. A few days ago I was in the middle of replying to you and I stopped for awhile and when I returned to this site the next day to continue writing, I could not retrieve what I had started writing. I assume that it was lost somehow. If you did get it, then this...

Hey Steve, Thanks for sharing the details of your "event." So so similar to my own. I'm beginning to think more and more that it didn't have anything to do with my accident. I have heard of too many accounts of it simply happening. And it always seems to be just the one ear going deaf. It...

Hey Steve, I'm really glad that the new headphones are working for you! I suspected that they just might help a little since your experience with tinnitus/hyperacusis so much mirrors my own. For you to say that you felt a "sense" of normality is simply awesome! That made me think about when I...

Steve, so glad my words have offered some encouragement. You are in the early stages of this mighty challenge, a stage I might refer to as tinnitus/hyperacusis boot camp. The humour I seem to be able to muster I think finds its source again in total acceptance, which I have previously addressed...

Steve, thank you for the kind words. If I can be of some help to others with tinnitus/hyperacusis, then this is therapy for me too. I really mean it. It's just another "positive" that I can absorb. In spite of the crippling seriousness of this affliction, your attitude seems to be pointed in...

Hi Steve. Again, I am sorry about your hearing loss and tinnitus/hyperacusis. I don't know how much you have read of previous posts I have shared about my experience, but I will summarize it for you... About two years ago I was recovering from a very bad motorcycle accident where I broke my...

Steve, I am so sorry that this happened to you. What you described is "exactly" what happened to me two years ago. I don't have much time right at this moment, but I will get back to you on how I have learned to cope, etc. Believe me, I get it. Talk later. John

This discussion validates the notion that everyone who has tinnitus/hyperacusis has their own "fingerprint" of this scourge. In short, tinnitus/hyperacusis can be different for everybody. We need to cautiously experiment with different types of behaviour to gain tolerance to go on living as...

It really just depends on my environment. I don't like wearing earplugs if at all possible, and I really don't like wearing them when I am trying to hold a conversation with others. So sometimes when I am in a room maybe just sitting there visiting, I will just hold my finger up on my ear to...

Not sure if this would help with your tinnitus, but I discovered that watching TV is much more tolerable for me if I utilize wearing a set of high end noise cancelling (Bluetooth) headsets. There are a few name brand good headsets like this out there. I chose the Sony model. Not cheap, about...

Well, I guess you could say that. I always carry earplugs with me, but my goal is to be able to go places without using them. Not sure if "used to it" is the best way to describe it, but the fact is there are places I can now be without them that I could not go before without putting the...

Just thought I would add more info to the thread. My tinnitus is extremely noise reactive. My "event" happened suddenly at night while sleeping. I was in recovery from a severe motorcycle accident that happened about 3 months prior to the "event". I woke up with total hearing loss in my...

Everyone's tinnitus is unique to them. Tinnitus is like a fingerprint, no two exactly alike. You and I share a portion of the same symptoms, but not all of them. When my tinnitus first struck me, I too did not know how I was going to continue. I was in a state of disbelief. Of all the things...

I too experience my quietest period is upon waking up in the morning. It's still there, but just not nearly as loud. Sometimes I say in bed for awhile just to have more of that less noisy time. My tinnitus is a bit more complicated because I have three main sounds going off in my head. On my...

I agree that tinnitus is as personalized as there are that many sufferers. One unique thing regarding tinnitus is that it is invisible and silent to the objective observer. The only thing I know about "your" tinnitus is what you verbally describe to me. There is nothing like an X-ray that can...

Yes, the brain is fascinating. I have found that in certain environments wearing headphones helps my tolerate the significant tinnitus in my head. I have the static hissing type. For watching TV I have found that wearing a pair of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones tricks my brain into...

Even though my tinnitus is reactive to every outside sound, I don't think I am experiencing any "distortion". My tinnitus is of the static hissing type and the intensity of it increases dramatically with sounds entering my good ear, especially certain kinds of sounds. The most bothersome sounds...

I'm not surprised. I just wish I was there, waiting for that moment when they just couldn't endure it any more, and then look at them in the face as they're pulling off the headphones, and say to them... "Now, imagine facing the rest of your life with that racket surging through your head day...

A required training for ENTs should be they have to download one of these tinnitus sound apps on their smart phones that mimic the different sounds of tinnitus, select one of the tinnitus sounds, like oh... the sound of an idling 737, turn the volume up a bit, and then strap the phone to the...

I'm sorry that you feel hopeless about your tinnitus. I thought I would chime in because I too have a very high-frequency hissing type of tinnitus that never goes away. It's loud and clear throughout the day. Yet, like the author of this thread I have habituated to it quite a bit. At least to...

Me too.... I have total hearing loss now in right ear,...but if I could be free of the constant hissing static noise, I can live with the hearing loss.

Davey, I was in about my 7-8th week of recovery from a terrible motorcycle accident ( 7 broken bones, w/compound fracture of Tibia, etc;)... and was sleeping when I suddenly awoke in middle of night to discover that I was now affected with serious tinnitus and hyperacusis, and also to find I was...

Trying to explain this to others and how debilitating it can be is part of the suffering we must endure. I have many times tried to give a detailed account of what is going on inside my head to family and friends, only to discover later that they are surprised that I still am having some...

I guess others have hit on this, but It sounds like you are experiencing a case of (Hyperacusis with a degree of reactive Tinnitus.) Tinnitus is like fingerprints. No two people are exactly alike IMHO. But having said that,...we DO know what you are going through, and it can be quite...

I also experienced something very similar to yourself, only my condition seems to be a bit more acute than yourself. I'll just tell you in brief what happened to me about 15 months ago. In the middle of the night I woke up to a loud popping crackling noise in my head feeling like it was...

Thanks Terry.

Okay, thnx. I was just curious about some clarification on that. Tinnitus is so unique to each individual. It would be amazing if there was some way to actually hear what another sufferer is experiencing. As it stands, it is only what each person can describe and is only relative to their own...

When you say "relentlessly at same level" are you meaning the volume of the tinnitus is always the same for those with permanent tinnitus. Or are you meaning that the overall "character" of ones personal tinnitus stays the same over time? For example, the volume of my tinnitus is dramatically...

Hey Terry, I just found this thread and it is very encouraging. Part of why I say that is simply seeing the positive results with you and others using this technique gives me hope, and hope is a positive thing, and anything positive regarding tinnitus/hyperacusis allows our minds to move further...

It does get so frustrating with those who don't know Tinnitus. I have some very dear friends who do care a lot about me and I have many times explained in detail the severity of my Tinnitus and that my life just isn't the same as it was prior to Tinnitus, yet it seems like they just completely...

Our mental state has so much to do with how we try to live a normal life with Tinnitus. I am always trying to do things that lift my mental state of being. This has multiple benefits that leads to having the "feeling" that the Tinnitus has weakened (even if it really hasn't). Glad you are having...

I guess you already got them, but ear muff type ear protection works pretty well. I agree that "ear plugs" can be very uncomfortable. I have a set of Sony noise cancelling ear muffs that work well, but are kinda pricey. Something like $300. I also use a pair of Apple "Ear Buds" that are noise...

I'm so sorry Angel for what you are experiencing. I know how you feel. I'm not saying that just to be nice. "I know,...how you feel." A little over a year ago when I was struck with this scourge, I had the exact same feelings. I still recall sitting down next to my wife on the couch 3 days after...

Yep. The day I gave in to the reality that this is me from here on out...the T ain't gonna get better, so stop thinking Im gonna wake up some day in quiet land,....was the day I began heading down the road to.. (tolerance.) I don't even say "habituate" cuz that still seems a distant dream...

Hi dan,... I have SSHL sudden hearing loss with Tinnitus. Over a year ago I suddenly woke up in middle of night with loud popping and crackling in right side of my head and also realized I could not hear anything out of right ear. The popping and crackling settled down after a few hours but...

First of all, sorry to hear about your Tinnitus. Since you have had it for 16 years, you probably have learned how to live with it more or less. The yawning thing that gives you crackling noises sounds like a lot of stories I have heard in here. My T increases when I clench my teeth. It's...

Good words. Mine too is a significant hissing on my right (deaf) side. I am having more and more periods where I realize that it didn't bother me. Inside a room with multiple people talking is the worse place for me.

I wouldn't get to panicky until all your other illnesses are cleared up. Strep throat is a serious illness that needs to be healed before you can seriously assess your Tinnitus. When my Tinnitus first hit me I had all kinds of weird popping noises going on in my head. Most of that went away...

Absolutely. I don't think I would call it intense "pain", but for me the sound dishes makes is the worse. Very uncomfortable. It does not have to be loud or a lot of clanging around. Even when I reach into cupboard to grab a cup I try to be careful so the cup I am grabbing does not touch other...

Wow, you have been through the ringer! So sorry you are experiencing all these things, but never the less I enjoyed reading your account. You have writing skills. Are you a writer? Anyway, your description of your Tinnitus symptoms are a lot like my own except that for me it doesn't change over...

I go to the YMCA all the time to work out. They don't play music at the Y, but in your case I would think if your wearing foam ear plugs as well as headphones, you would have nothing to worry about with music being played.

Hey there Serouj,.... welcome to the forum, but sorry all the same. As far as "tips" to deal with your Tinnitus, you will find a multitude of people with advice on how to improve/cope in this forum. One thing to remember is that Tinnitus is unique to each individual. There are all sorts of...

Yea, still suspect that it is a temporary thing caused by some type of ear problem (virus, infection, congestion,..etc). See a ENT.

Your ear "popping" and also the sensitive "itching" you are experiencing leads me to think that you may not have a permanent form of Tinnitus. You state that the Tinnitus will stop for awhile when your ear "pops" and feels "unblocked". Most of us in here like me only dream of having our Tinnitus...

You stood up too fast. Not uncommon.

Yes, I am a Christian. See my post in the thread titled... "Attention Christians!"

By far and away, the most people wiped out (murdered, starved, etc) in recent history was done by the Chinese cultural revolution and the Russian revolution. Both of these revolutions adhered to atheistic views. WWI and WWII were non religious wars. The Korean War was non religious. I could go...

If as you state, your Tinnitus came as result of using headphones, then it only stands to reason that your ears have suffered some trauma. It may not show in a regular hearing test, but never the less, you likely have some hearing loss.

If I can get on with life with what I have,....you will be fine. Consider yourself lucky that you dodged a bullet, and just take care of your ears from here on. Cheers.

Thats great! My wife has been bugging me to try some head and neck therapy (I forget what it's called), and I think Im going to give it a try. Its very possible that the big accident I was in threw something way out of whack. But like I said before, my hearing in right ear is completely gone, so...