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I made the switch from headphones to bookshelf speakers a while ago. They have been pretty great for quiet listening and I feel like my ears have been thanking me. However, I have been wondering, since (for the most part) I have been having very few issues with my hyperacusis with using...

Recently, I have been playing a lot more games and have become a bit obsessed with a game called Elite Dangerous. However, I have noticed that after playing for a few hours, my tinnitus seems to get quite a bit worse for a while. I think it is linked to my PC having quite a bit of coil whine...

Yeah, I have to admit that it seems pretty insane to me that the government over here wants to ban it. It feels like they made a totally uneducated decision to ban most 'nootropic' type substances, even though some are prescribed in limited cases eg. Nootropil. They know many of them have a...

I tend to try to use ear plugs when going outside around traffic but the occlusion effect is a pain and i feel a bit self conscious about them. So I have been wondering whether it might be a good idea to use some vented in ear monitors to hopefully help to block out some noise and keep them...

For some background, ironically, I got VERY into headphones after getting tinnitus. It's been around 3 years and I had had 5 pairs throughout that time (2 of which I sold). It was something I really loved, it was kind of a hobby at that point. My initial thought was that I could keep my volume...

It sounds like you could be right. There is a possibility that the ENT didn't pick up inflammation. The last time I went, the doctor there was sure that my Eustachian tube dysfunction had gone away (it hadn't) so they are not always 100% correct. This may be a long shot, but if you have ear...

I was watching YouTube/generally chilling earlier and suddenly there was a really loud booming, much louder than fireworks are generally. It only lasted for a second or so but it seems like they had an accident managed to blow up all of their fireworks at once because it was so loud and there...

I wouldn't imagine it would be an issue. I'm pretty sure that sirens are around 110 dB from 1 m away and higher frequencies (earplugs are generally best at blocking out high frequencies). I'm not an expert but being 5 m away with earplugs would almost definitely put you below the threshold of...

Hi, I don't often use headphones for music listening, however I am wondering whether movies with headphones are okay. I am not sure, as unlike music, there is not constant sound but there is often more dynamic range in movies than music, so there is more likely to be sudden louder scenes...

Hi, I have put off taking any meds for my depression and generalized anxiety for the past couple of years because I have heard that pretty much all of them are ototoxic and it's just too much of a concern for me. However, looking into MAOIs, I haven't really found much to indicate that they...

It has kind of been all over the place if i'm honest but for the most part it has gotten better. It was initially caused by ETD but it was later worsened by acoustic trauma. I would say there have been setbacks but overall it has gotten better. There have been times where it is literally making...

I took beta blockers for around a year for generalized anxiety and stopped a few months after finishing exams because I felt like I could handle without them better at that point. I wouldn't say that it made tinnitus worse, but I did get temporary pulsatile tinnitus on a high dose of...

Unfortunately, I have only taken it 3 times so far because I don't really have access to any more of it so I'm pretty limited. I have been saving it for when I have an especially bad spike and it has seemed to help me a lot. I think the mood boost is probably a significant factor in this, but...

I had a really bad spike a few weeks ago from acoustic trauma and it took around 2 weeks for improvement but now it seems to have totally cleared up and is sometimes even lower than it was before the incident so have hope it will get better because I'm confident that it will! The other day I...

Yeah. I keep music playing on speakers at a low volume quite a bit of the time when I'm working/studying but make sure to keep it down as much as possible. If I'm honest, it's more of background noise that really listening to it but even when my tinnitus had a really bad spike, it didn't cause...

I don't know about the other ingredients but propylene glycol shouldn't be an issue unless applied directly into the ear, which is why it is no longer used in ear drops I'm pretty sure. My e-cigarette juice has a small amount of it but I go through a lot so I probably consume quite a bit more...

In your opinion, are the speakers more forgiving for your ears? I really love my headphones but I would think that surely when there's more background noise, compensating with volume to some extent would be worse because the drivers are closer to your ears or are decibels the same with speakers...

Hi. I was just wondering whether or not I should invest in some speakers for music listening. I currently have a few open back headphones which are fairly high end which I find very enjoyable for low-volume listening for an hour or two a day. However, I am unsure whether I should chuck them and...

Well it seemed to do something. I think it gave a temporary improvement, or at least i seemed to notice the tinnitus less, which is strange because I definitely felt a bit wired even though I was very cautious with my dosage as I was testing the waters a bit. I also feel like it seemed to speed...

I realise that this probably sounds insane but around the time my tinnitus began, a couple of years ago, I remember the school bell going off literally right next to me (less that a metre). The bell was played through speakers attached to the ceiling of the hallway and I was stuck because it was...

I started it around 4-5 days after the spike. 60mg/day for 2 weeks.

I have recently had prednisone after a very severe spike. I'm not 100% sure that it really did anything for the ringing if I'm honest, but I certainly noticed that it has made the tinnitus a lot less reactive and therefore easier to mask with noise so I'm guessing that it would probably help...

I know this sounds strange, but generally when I hear people talking about acoustic trauma or spikes, they generally describe ear fullness. However, with my recent spike from loud music, I did not get any fullness of ears that I can recall. What I did get was almost like an uncomfortable...

Well... I guess I messed up very severely. My tinnitus was getting back to what i would call basically inaudible after having it for 2 years. I would sit in bed at night and it was incredibly quiet, almost like rustling in the wind, I had a lot of hope that it was almost gone. However, I live...

Hi, I'm kinda new here. I have just been wondering about anyone's experience with phenylpiracetam with regards to spikes? A lot of people talk about piracetam, but not phenylpiracetam. They should work similarly, right? I understand that you can't take phenyl for as long but it is a stronger and...