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The reason for why most hearing aids max out at 8 kHz is because it’s within that you have the majority of speech sounds. Hearing aids primarily exist to aid communication and hearing speech, and for that, the amplification of higher frequencies is not vital. From what I know, that’s the answer...

I’m an audiologist working primarily with Oticon devices. This phenomenon is not some kind of mysterious magic that only happens with Oticon More. And it’s not something everyone will experience. Simply, with tinnitus, if you have untreated hearing loss your tinnitus will appear louder; and if...

What would make you think of acoustic trauma in this case? It definitely doesn't sound like it, there's no signs of it? He listened to music at below 50% volume, that will not give you an acoustic trauma.

I've definitely felt and thought about this too. And it's reliving to not see I'm the only one. And especially seeing this from you, jjflyman, who now feels better, after having been through not just acoustic trauma but also having felt like it brought on PTSD, that brings hope. And this wasn't...

Update on my own previous post. On the 5th day my previous fluctuating tone changed into a constant tone and has been like that since, apart from in early mornings. Feeling a bit sad and disappointed about that. But trying to keep my head up and think that eventually I will habituate to this new...

Don't you worry about "co-opting" the thread, I really don't mind. I'm glad you got a good outlet to talk about things on your mind. I've been driving 7 hours today and been very busy lately so I'm sorry about not having the energy for a lengthy reply, but I'm very happy about getting to hear...

Hi Drachen! No need to apologise, it's just nice to hear your story and thoughts ^^ Thank you so much for your kind words. And I do hope so. I really feel like I understand tinnitus patients so much more now than I did before, nothing exceeds experiencing it first hand I suppose. And I really...

I'm really hoping that's the case. I'm not that into religion, but I've honestly been praying to God, that's how afraid I've been of this leading to a permanent worsening. It's been 2,5 days now and I haven't had a change in the tinnitus yet, however the ear that was closest to the impact is...

Late reply, I can say that not really anything is done here for that. I hadn't even heard of "Prednisone" before entering this forum. Steroids are given here for SSNHL because there's good research to support it, but I'm guessing the research for acoustic trauma treated with Prednisone isn't...

Hello Steph! I cannot express enough how grateful I am for your message. Thank you for taking your time to write it. Thing is that it hasn't spiked yet. The event was just a day ago, and I know from past spikes that after loud sound exposure I usually get a few days when it's quieter than...

Thank you for the reply!

Hello fokes. Starting out the new year in not the nicest way unfortunately, a sound accident. I've generally been doing quite well the past two weeks. I experienced another accident 4 weeks ago when a friend turned up the car stereo really loud for a few seconds which gave me a new tone. It...

Thank you so much for this post, it really brings calm and hope. I'm at 11 months now and still occasionally struggling. And feeling bad due to so many people reporting being habituated around 6-7 months, and here I am... So seeing your post about your habituation process taking quite a long...

Thank you for your kind words Mister Muso. Yeah, I generally wish there was an easier and better way to spread more information to the public about these types of risks. It would have been a good thing to include in school, maybe even at several times to make sure it's not forgotten.Because it...

Thank you for your message. And yes, despite having had a lot of experience with depression and frequent dips in mood, I'm at the core a strongly positive and optimistic person. And yes, I agree, being realistic is important, but some of the posts I've seen on the forum just feels downright...

Hey Havel, Indeed. Nice* to come across another swede here. (*well, nice, but also unfortunate that you're here). Thank you for sharing your experience, it was very appreciated. Hearing others' experiences really helps. I'm also sorry to hear that happened to you though. It's very unfortunate...

Opposite here, showers actually lowers my perception of my tinnitus, for several minutes afterwards.

(I will begin with saying that if you find that it negatively affects you to hear about people taking longer time to habituate, please just leave this post and go to the success story section for more uplifting content) ♡ - Hello dear people, Long story short, I've had tinnitus for 10.5...

You really shouldn't clean your ears with cotton buds - there's no need for it. You only risk pushing the wax further in. The ear has a process of pushing the wax out itself, it just takes time. If you want to do anything, use oil to loosen it up.

For a period when my tinnitus was new I had the computer beeping sounds, felt super odd.

@weab00 I didn't see anything about hyperacusis being mentioned, they mainly talked about tinnitus and hearing loss getting worse. And saying they already had mild hearing loss at 17, so yes.

Hi Pitseleh, I'm surprised you've been to ENT specialists several times without receiving an explanation. Considering you've had this since quite a young age, my thoughts goes towards that it might be genetic/hereditary. But your ENT/audiologist have already looked into that possibility I...

@n_li808 Yeah, same. I have felt more bothered by it lately, so I don't feel habituated yet, but I'm confident I'll get there eventually and I to try to not stress about it. Trying to remind myself that the path to habituation is rarely straight and easy, there can be bumps on the road. And...

@n_li808 thank you for replying! I really hope things get better for you soon. And your tinnitus is still really new, and getting better can take a lot of time, so I hope that gives you some relief. I remember also just waiting for the day when I would wake up and there would be silence again...

Hello everyone. After about 9 months of being a spectator on Tinnitus Talk, I felt like it was time to make an introduction, before I forget too much of everything that's happened. Sorry about the length of the post! I could definitely add more, but tried to keep it down. Shortly about me -...