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    One Year with Tinnitus: Pretty Sure I'm Habituated, Sometimes I Can Completely Ignore It

    I still have a ticket to see Iron Maiden next year (got postponed twice due to COVID-19) and I'm planning on going. I'm going to get some good earplugs and stand in the back. If the tinnitus gets worse, it will be my last concert, but honestly I think I'm going to be fine.
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    One Year with Tinnitus: Pretty Sure I'm Habituated, Sometimes I Can Completely Ignore It

    So it's been about a year since my tinnitus got bad, and I figured I should share my experience here in case it might help someone that is suffering as I was one year ago. I've had tinnitus for a few years now, which I assume was caused at first by standing too close to the speakers at a heavy...
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    Can Tinnitus Be Caused by Uneventful Microsuction?

    Ear flushing or microsuction (not sure which one as my doctor did both in the same visit) made my tinnitus a lot louder. It was pretty much the same situation too, I went in because I thought my tinnitus (that I could only hear in a quiet room back then) could be caused by ear wax, but it made...
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    My Story: Severe Tinnitus and Hyperacusis — I Can Barely Leave My House

    You can get a passively cooled laptop if the fan noise is bothering you too much. They are completely silent. The MacBook Air is the first one off the top of my head but I'm sure there are Windows ones too.
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    Tinnitus from Metallica Concert — Got Worse from Ear Wax Removal

    Just when I was starting to live a normal life again, 6 months after my tinnitus got worse, I woke up this morning feeling some pressure in my left ear and really really bad tinnitus in that ear. It's like double the volume of my right ear, which was previously the worse one. I can hear just...
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    Tinnitus from Metallica Concert — Got Worse from Ear Wax Removal

    So my tinnitus started being a problem in July 2020 when I got my ears cleaned at the ENT and it more than doubled in volume. After being really anxious and depressed for a couple of months I started getting used to it and while it still bothered me I could live with it. The thing is it's been...
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    Tinnitus from Metallica Concert — Got Worse from Ear Wax Removal

    I haven't, it's pretty much impossible to get an appointment because of the pandemic and I can't afford to go to a private clinic. As far as I can tell my hearing is fine, but I know there might be some hearing loss I didn't notice. I'm usually pretty careful about that as I hate having water...
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    Tinnitus from Metallica Concert — Got Worse from Ear Wax Removal

    You mean showering is damaging my ears? People on this forum say up to 80dB is fine, my shower is not that loud. Yeah, unfortunately that was the only time I saw them live and probably the last. Not sure if I'm ever gonna risk going to any more concerts, even with hearing protection. I have a...
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    Tinnitus from Metallica Concert — Got Worse from Ear Wax Removal

    Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm 20 years old and I first got tinnitus after a Metallica concert 2 years ago. It was pretty quiet back then, I couldn't really hear it during the day, only when going to sleep and I could ignore it quite easily. I kept listening to music on headphones at a medium...