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I mean it might depend on where you look. I have a classical music background and hearing protection is discussed quite frequently by a lot of people. But the issue is that performing with ear plugs just sucks so people just go without. Tinnitus is common among musicians and it appears that they...

Just my two cents but i've found lots of compassion and awareness in the classical music scene which is what i'm a part of. Playing in orchestra can be extremely loud, but from the professionals that I've worked with hearing loss has been discussed quite frequently and almost everyone I meet has...

Ok so I'm back with a new experience. Tried it again today after a meal with no water. Took 1 tablet (600mg) and now my tinnitus is extremely quiet, like barely a whisper even when plugging my ears. This level of quiet has happened before on good days, but it was quite loud this morning and has...

I took "Nature's way" which is just a local brand at my supermarket. I didn't search very far when sourcing good pills. They're 600mg tablets and I took two at a time. The last time I took it was around 10-11pm and took them without food. Sat down at worked for 1-2 hours before falling asleep...

Just sharing my experience with curcumin. Was taking it for a few days and felt that overall my tinnitus was a lot louder/disruptive. I cut it out for a few days and all was good, and then when I took it again to test it out my ear started spiking/acting up within 5 mins. Could be a coincidence...

Were you listening to loud noise at the time the ringing began? Or did it start after the cold? Tinnitus from noise exposure should be instantaneous, not something that appears days later.

If you're already experiencing silence again shortly after the concert, even if only intermittently it is definitely better than a consistent ringing and suggests that you would be on the way to recovery. If you are experiencing muffled hearing/pressure in the ears than you may look into your...

I've started wearing music ear plugs that sort of cut out the outside noise when I go to the gym but I just don't play any music at all. So I get the same effect as regular plugs but I won't have people looking at me funny. Like the others say, it's mostly the clanking of dropped weights that...

It's not a crazy loud work environment, just standard warehouses I guess but i'm just more concious of the louder sounds now. Things like forklifts and electric pallet jacks that have horns that beep way too loud. We use "vocollect" which is just like a basic tier headset so it doesn't cut out...

“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.” “The man who knows his limitations, has none.”

Hi, Sorry if this is already covered, I couldn't find any other questions similar to what I'm experiencing. My general question is at the bottom of this wall of text! Does anyone know much about wearing earplugs and then having general conversations or just talking in general while wearing...

I still don't know. I'm waiting to find out if my ringing is noise induced or if it was just due to a bad cold. I'm hopeful that it's because of ETD and a cold, two doctors and an audiologist told me tinnitus after a loud exposure should be instant, not something that develops the next day or...

Yes I kind of agree, I've always heard a lot of horror stories from people who blow too hard and rupture their ear drums. I hadn't thought about any possible pressure build up though, I might keep that in mind from now on. I do trust my doctor and he did suggest it as a way to relieve it, but it...

Oh I've definitely tried, my nose is just in that permanent stuffy feeling you get when you have a cold. I just went and got a CT scan of my sinuses and hoping that all of this is connected somehow. I did find some success by blocking nose and blowing sort of hard, but swallowing at the same...

Hi, just out of curiosity how often do you check this forum? I found this place about 7 weeks ago when my ringing just started, which I guess like many others put me into a lot of stress. I stopped visiting Tinnitus Talk after a week or two but after 5 weeks I finally signed up. Since signing...

Sounds like a good plan man

Oh wow, that is quite similar to mine. I noticed my ringing the next day, but it was really on and off and it didn't become fully consistent until about a week later. I also got really crazy hyperacusis in my left ear for about a week as well. But I think that if the ringing didn't come through...

For sure man, I've always thought Tinnitus was always noise related but reading this forum has really opened it up for me. It really is a strange problem that is so hard to talk about because it's so different for everyone. I'm 99% mine is noise induced just due to my history and my tv was a...

Hey. So at the beginning, I played around with masking sounds like waterfalls or crickets/cicada youtube videos and they were a good distraction for a few days but I kind of got sick of them. But for the last 4-5 weeks I've completely ignored it just by staying extremely busy. I currently...

Hi, sorry maybe being lucky was a bad word to use. I've always been aware of the risk of getting tinnitus as a musician, and I kind of consider myself lucky that so far it hasn't changed my life drastically. It's actually just made me more aware about how to help protect my ears in the future...

Hey man, I'm also quite new here so maybe my advice is not as impactful as someone with longer experience. But I think that if you are new to it, and you have already spent some weeks reading over the stories here then I would suggest to maybe avoid some aspects of this website. Some of the...

Hi everyone, I finally developed a consistent ringing in my right ear after a life time of loud music and being a brass player in a loud orchestra. I'm 25 and I'm surprised I didn't develop it earlier considering how loud it can get at times. I've always been aware of tinnitus and had some...