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    Oticon More™ Hearing Aids Silenced My Friend's Tinnitus

    @Freyja95, since my ears were accidentally cleaned with a hospital suction device two weeks ago, all noises have been extremely distorted, with about 25% hitting my ears unnaturally hard in a way that's bizarrely forceful, pain-inducing, and violent. A lot of things (anything with percussion...
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    Hidden Hearing Loss & Hyperacusis After Gunshot

    I've been having the exact same problems since my ears were cleaned with a hospital suction device. Everything sounds really harsh and hits my ear almost violently, especially percussion. If you figure out anything about the etiology, please post. I'm considering ossicular chain dislocation or...
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    Can My Hyperacusis Improve So That I Can Listen to Music with Headphones Again?

    The microsuction. Here's the link: Innocent 'kiss of deaf' can cause permanent hearing loss What do you guys think about the etiology of hyperacusis? I've been considering, as of today: - high-frequency hearing loss (leading to auditory gain) - general hearing loss (leading to auditory gain)...
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    Can My Hyperacusis Improve So That I Can Listen to Music with Headphones Again?

    I see that so many of us are strongly attached to music and/or in the industry. A testament to nature's delight in sadism. I'm very interested in pharmacological solutions like muscle relaxants or even (legal) psychedelics, but it seems that I'm dealing with pitch distortion and middle/inner ear...
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    Can My Hyperacusis Improve So That I Can Listen to Music with Headphones Again?

    Because of my sound-color and concept-sound synesthesia as well as my ADHD, I have a special relationship with music. Nearly the entirety of my internal world is in music and maintained through music. I've listened to it for 6-12 hours a day since I was eight years old before a botched earwax...