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The dBA scale at these levels may be inaccurate, especially if the sound is in the lower frequency register, in which case the difference between dBA and dBC or dBZ values could be as significant as 10-15 dB (this is based on my own experience - I use a properly calibrated SPL Class 2 meter for...

From my experience with a similar issue, a prolonged spike may take place (mine are unusually quite long and last 3-4 months). Given the fact that you were outdoors, you are much less likely to have a permanent spike.

The low rumble after a thunder (about 75-85 dBC inside a house) is actually quite dangerous. I've gotten a spike in the past.

I am joining the warning: tried mine yesterday at home at low volume (wish I'd read this thread earlier) and got the WORST spike ever (some of my spikes in the past have been horrible, but this one seems to be toppling all others). The HomePod mini has a devilishly deep bass for its size! Avoid...

My tinnitus is a variety of the loud high-pitched hiss. What helps me best to sleep is putting a masking sound on my phone (go to YouTube and search for "MOST POWERFUL TINNITUS SOUND THERAPY 1 Hr". White noise, etc. can't help much, but this one (meant to help with high-pitched tinnitus only) is...

Tinnitus that spikes widely as a result of the 1) food you eat, 2) the medications you take, 3) the noises around you, 4) any other provocations - dental work, household appliances like lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners, etc. (that transmit vibrations through bone conduction and directly affect the...

Unfortunately, you are correct. I am currently going through an awful spike that has been on for the best part of the last 6 months and since it is reactive tinnitus that I am dealing with, every further small error aggravates it more and more and more. And the occasional grave error/bad luck...

It's not so much about habituation per se, but about the fact that reactive tinnitus pays you back every time someone in your household or outside does something very loud (and you happen to be nearby) - slams a door, shouts, crashes a shopping cart, revvs up a motorbike on your street, or jumps...

I started exercising every day (cycling for 10-12 km or walking for 3-4 km, or both) and after a few weeks, my tinnitus became horrible. Now even light walks make it spike. Leaves me frustrated, as I clearly see the benefits of exercise, but the spikes are awful (my tinnitus is quite severe and...

After whacking my left earmuff today against the pantry door, I got a muffled ear and a tinnitus spike. Reproducing the event with my calibrated SPL meter placed in the muff showed about 94 dBC. Not happy at all. This was louder than anything else I had managed to hit my muffs against in the...

I would stay away from NAC. It made my severe tinnitus even more severe. That was 4 months ago (I took 1200 mg for two nights) and there has been no improvement - only gradual worsening.

Hard to tell whether the acoustic event was loud enough to trigger a reaction. Usually, the tinnitus would begin soon after an acoustic trauma (within a day or two). That being said - beware COVID-19, as well as the COVID-19 vaccines. Both can initiate or aggravate existing tinnitus. It happened...

Medication-wise, it's a roulette. Medications (Aspirin, Pfizer jab, antibiotic ointment, NAC, prescription toothpaste) and supplements (Lion's Mane mushroom extract), have spiked my tinnitus in the last 14 months so many times that it reached very severe levels. Still, though, I have started...

So sorry to read this, as I am currently going through a really bad spike, caused by a 2-hour trip by car (I suspect an altitude change acted as a trigger). In the past 14 months alone, I've gotten about 6-7 spikes and they last long, very long - the first lasted about 4 months, the rest...

They are moderately comfortable. I am very doubtful of the 20 dB protection level and don't really use the Loop earplugs much anymore. Their protection level is closer to 12-15 dB at best. My tinnitus became quite severe (due to the Pfizer vaccine rounds) and is also quite reactive. I've been...

2.5 weeks after my booster. The situation is pretty bad currently, but I attribute this not only to the booster. 1) Had an ongoing pre-booster spike; 2) experienced several quite loud noises at home since the booster; 3) took NAC for 48 hours after the last loud noise (which was the worst of...

In the beginning, it seemed like the tinnitus was worsening almost every day. That being said, Xanax (alprazolam) is listed as an ototoxic medication, although there are others posting here, who, I believe, have taken it without worsening of their tinnitus.

I am sure others have mentioned this already, but this may be just the pattern a bad spike follows for you. If I experience an event that worsens my tinnitus (very loud noise nearby, etc.), my spike is gradual and can take anywhere between 3 and 12 weeks, during which time it is gradually...

Have been on Mirtazapine (30 mg.) for more than 6 years. It did not cause tinnitus for me (loud music did 4 years later). Mirtazapine is a devil to wean off from, but otherwise - probably among the least ototoxic antidepressants out there. Helps me to sleep (alongside a bit of melatonin - I take...

The Pfizer vaccine also made my tinnitus much more reactive and prone to spiking wildly. I got the booster a week ago - it gave me a moderate increase that is still going on. The second jab 8 months ago did not worsen the damage the first jab had done, which is why I ultimately chose to go for...

I am using a chlorhexidine mouthwash every now and then (works wonders for me to stop ear infections - yes, that's right, ear infections, rather than oral cavity infections!). Every time my ears begin to hurt I use the mouthwash after brushing my teeth and the next morning the ear infection is...

It's been 5 days since my Pfizer booster - had a moderate spike that still persists. I was going through a spike before taking the booster, so it's difficult to tell by how much exactly the tinnitus level increased. The change is most notable when wearing ear protection - by now I can hardly do...

My tinnitus was spiked by the first jab. Made it from a moderate issue (5/10) into a bad issue (8/10). The second jab gave me a crazy spike (12/10) that lasted, thankfully, only for about 24 hours and then subsided. So far, the booster has given me a mild-to-moderate spike. No other side...

I had the Pfizer booster today. There is a slight elevation in my tinnitus level, which was something I expected to happen due to, perhaps, the inflammation. I was quite anxious before the shot and this may have also contributed. Like you, I was wondering if I should be getting a different...

Good to hear. Many of us here, however, had their tinnitus worsened greatly after the first series of vaccinations. 8 months later - no improvement.

Ahhh, Mirtazapine withdrawal! Tried it once and it never worked (I've been on 30 mg for the past 6 years). When I half the dose or go lower, I get horrific vivid dreams that end up with me suffocating and frantically trying to wake up. Persisted with the tapering off for about 4 months but to no...

So sorry to read this and I hope that things will improve for you soon. Medications like Zoloft and Lexapro can aggravate and/or induce tinnitus (have a friend who got tinnitus from taking Lexapro over a long period of time). The Azithromycin is also particularly dangerous (my tinnitus became...

I had severe TMJ problems for 6 years. So severe that, as severe as my tinnitus currently is, the TMJ suffering was worse. I could not eat anything that wasn't pureed or mushed. Muscle relaxants made me woozy but never did anything else to help ease the condition. Like you, I also have sinus...

You are correct - we don't hear much about naturopathy and, to be honest, my experience with naturopathy has not been very uplifting. Having tried several times naturopathic solutions in the past for a number of maladies - from chronic stomach issues to severe TMJ problems and to severe tinnitus...

Probably not. In retrospect, the second jab did not worsen the damage that the first jab did for me. I will probably choose the same vaccine.

I wish that were true but the vaccine made my mild tinnitus severe (Pfizer, jab 1). It stayed that way for the past 8 months. Jab 2 gave me a terrible spike that was short-lived (25-30 hours) and then my tinnitus returned to the already bad/severe levels after Jab 1.

We should probably stop arguing about this. COVID-19 can do damage and that damage could potentially be 1) long term, and 2) more harmful than the vaccine. Brian, I sympathize with your case, because I am in the same boat - I got the short end of the stick with the Pfizer jab (made my mild...

The advice of the ENT (about striking a dish with cutlery) is, well, something that perhaps he/she should try for an hour at home. Dropping a fork on a plate close to my head in the summer led to nearly 4 months of enduring a severe tinnitus spike. But lately I seem to be getting spikes out of...

And I see the opposite all too often - from mean and insidious looks to half-muttered remarks or even attempts for open confrontation - in the grocery stores, on the streets, in the parking lots, indoors. Happens even on university campuses. The right-wing media in the US vilifies and...

My spikes usually last for months, and I've been having bad/severe tinnitus for the past 10 months. The worst one lasted about 4 months. Currently going through one without a clear cause...

Where I live, it's sadly the opposite. The people being vilified and attacked with all kinds of verbal abuse are the ones who got the vaccine. I certainly understand the "freedom of choice" argument. But, at the time of a global pandemic, when being unvaccinated likely drives the infection...

Can't make up my mind about the booster yet (had my Pfizer 1st and 2nd jabs in March and April respectively). The first Pfizer jab gave me a spike that never went back to base. I had an awful, though thankfully short-lived, extra spike after jab 2 (as well as chills, fatigue, and fever), but...

When my tinnitus becomes loud, it is severe and I can hardly even wear hearing protection as it literally drowns everything else. And it may stay at that level for months. I feel like people like me are trapped - no jab may mean no job and no many other things in the near future. A new jab...

So sorry to read this. The Pfizer vaccine made my moderate tinnitus quite severe. I have a mild form of hyperacusis too and usually do not go out without a pair of earplugs on, and often also with a pair of low-profile headphone-lookalike earmuffs. I am still debating with myself whether to get...

Sorry to hear this. Mine is not as reactive but spikes due to louder noises. Some of those spikes are short-lived (a day or two), but others last long. I may have done more damage unwittingly 5-6 weeks after the second jab - I used for 11 days an antibiotic ointment for a skin wound without...

I hope that some mitigation may happen in time. Like you, my moderate tinnitus became bad/severe after the jab. But, it also became more reactive than before and now loud noises (even when wearing protection) may make it super intrusive. And, those aggressive spikes last long - for me, about 2-4...

No, I meant worsening of tinnitus after taking Prednisone (not the vaccine). There are other posters who reported tinnitus spikes after taking Prednisone (and most of those posts seem to predate the COVID-19 vaccines). In my institution, the boosters are, luckily, optional (for now, at least...

Without taking any sides here - the Pfizer jab worsened my tinnitus, but I did not perceive any other changes in my normal bodily constitution/functions. I don't have access to Prednisone (my GP won't "just" prescribe it) and NAC didn't help. But - out of every 10 supplements, 9 will spike my...

I reported it in April. Took them over a month and a half to send a brief acknowledgment. The vaccine does indeed have side effects and we are the proof. COVID-19, however, can do more damage. I was considering getting the third booster shot but the (very few) recent reports here convinced me...

Very nice to share this and I am glad that you are doing so much better! Unfortunately, for many others, myself included, tinnitus only got worse after the jab. And it's been more than 7 months since I got the Pfizer shot. And, from what I've read here, for many prednisone actually worsened a...

Not at all odd. You have reactive tinnitus. I live in a nearby state - and the same acoustic aggressors (mowers, tractors, blowers, etc.) spike my tinnitus (it seems that everyone around me works on their lawn EVERY day). The solution for me - wear earplugs and/or low profile earmuffs anywhere I go.

This is good to hear, Nemoriri. I also ended up with a weak spike from the train horn blast, but just the other night used a wet wipe with salicylic acid to treat a skin blemish and got a louder spike from it than from the train horn... it seems to me that, generally, spikes from exposure to...

Yes, you could worsen both, though very likely nothing that is permanent. Depends how close the fireworks were. Fireworks in my neighborhood (with my windows closed) that are, let us say, about 250-500 feet away, usually register at 75-90 decibels indoors (I measured them this 4th of July with a...

So sorry to read this. I've experienced many similar events in the past 8 months - was blasted by a train horn (while wearing protection but the train was very close - 25-30 meters away), was passing each workday under airplanes that were landing and were flying very low (the airport is only 2-3...

Most definitely not a coincidence. That is how my tinnitus got worse too - salicylic acid.

Avoid! This worsened my tinnitus!

Just had a similar exposure today and I WAS wearing both earplugs and earmuffs and STILL the train horn sounded awfully loud - probably was around 140-150 dB (I live in a very backward state and I am sure that the freight trains here do not abide by federal regulations). Time will tell how bad...

Guys, I need some advice. I am at the point when I will be returning soon to teach at my college campus and I would like to avoid the loud noises (construction, etc., not to mention the low-flying UPS planes, etc.) that always occur there. Wearing foam plugs (like the 3M 1100) seems an easy...

No improvement after nearly 4 months - in fact, my tinnitus gradually became worse and worse.

It's the 4 of July here in the US. I'm staying at home with a pair of X5A Peltors over my ears... There are fireworks everywhere in my neighborhood - behind closed doors and windows, my SPL meter (Class 2, properly calibrated) shows noise levels of about 80-90 dBC. Which means that if I were...

Glad to hear that you are improving. But - be very careful around medications & some supplements (esp. mushroom extracts, etc.). My tinnitus was mild for nearly a year before medications (Aspirin, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and a topical antibiotic ointment for a wound on my finger) increased...

I had inability to sleep, nervousness, awful heartburn, etc. The heartburn, in particular, I remember as being "off the charts". I couldn't take Deanxit for more than a week. There are many newer alternatives, but many of them, I am afraid (including Deanxit itself), have other side effects...

You will find some members here arguing this issue a lot - but, they are generally regarded as the same thing by many who post here. Or, some say - reactive tinnitus is in fact "ordinary" tinnitus + hyperacusis. In my case, I have a tinnitus that reacts to the environment - what I eat, what I...