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It sounds like your ear canals are irritated. That happens to me as well if I wear earplugs too much. Now I only use the earplug Moldex when I am doing something loud, and the earplug Express when I need to be able to communicate.

Had a drawer out and somehow managed to get my knee into it on full force. Was proper loud and i got a slight fullness in the ear from the sound. Took NAC and Magnesium instantly. Hope i wont spike.

The thing i struggle with the most are meetings lately. Today i hade a 3 hour meeting with 4 persons in a small room of like 3X3 metres. One person talked SO loudly (was 82 DB on the phone when he was talking). I endured 1 hour before i just had to ask for a bathroom break and came back with...

Today there was a "heated meeting" for like 20-30 min where ppl where raising their voices alot talking about some issues at my workplace. i sat there like an idiot without earplugs and got stressed in this 4X4 metre room with like 10 people. Should just have put my earplugs in. Got a spike...

Been a really hard week with a loud spike that seems like it came after the change of wheelbearing on my car. Im also very tensed and i feel abit more sensitive to sounds. Im also VERY tired. on saturday its childbirthday...... Hate those birthdays with 7 hours of intense screaming children...

It was 2.5 years ago, a stupid mistake on my part, but things happen. Yes, I still work there, but now I have an office job, so I only need to be out in production for about 0 to 2 hours each day, which works reasonably well. I struggle with sounds like air guns, but I always use GOOD earplugs...

How did it go? Did you go back, and did it work out? When I first got tinnitus, I was working at a CNC milling factory. I wore earmuffs, but with glasses, and I did that for about ten years without my tinnitus getting worse. However, everyone’s tinnitus is different. I now have worse tinnitus...

Had no "spike" after doing all that work on the car yesterday but today its a little bit elevated (more hissy). Think i have been abit stressed under the night and tensed myself. Will see how it goes.

Any car mechanics in the group? I hade to change wheelbearing in my old car and i was force to use alot of "hammering" to get it out. I was wearing both Earplugs 35 DB AND Peltor 35 DB. Just looking for some reasurance because it was abit uncomfortable when there was metal on metal hit. I also...

I actually "forgot" about the incident below and i didnt spike... Weird. Last 2 days i been feeling energetic and in a good mood! :)

Urk. Was out in the factory and had a conversation with one of the workers, he didnt know the question so he yelled at the top of hes lungs straight into my face on hes coworker like 15 metres behind me for hes attention.... I could litterally feel my peltor earmuffs vibrate from hes scream...

Actually found this intressting find. My earplugs are 23 mm long and i always insert them fully into the ear (so much that i have problem getting them out) . So in this case it would mean that i dont get any occlusion effect i guess?

I was out in the factory and had to "talk loudly/almost shouting" for like 30 seconds with earplugs deeply inserted. Im currently under at spike and abit anxious about all this "occlusion" effect. I always use Foam earplugs and it sound "quiter" when i speak then without them.

Thanks A LOT for the update man :D

accidentally screamed when playing videogames a loud "F**K!". Ear feels abit full but hope i will be okey :)

Dont think i got a spike from the incident posted below. (more then the anxiety from the incident). Got alittle bit "frustrated" playing videogame and "yelledish" which made me abit irritated in one ear so kinda got a "fishbowl" over my head atm but im pretty sure thats from tension. Other then...

Part 2 Ran as fast i could into the office again so was exposed to like 10-15 seconds but man that was loud! ive heard those airguns can reach up to 120 DB and very high Hertz!!! :( Kicking myself i didnt inserted the earplugs better and felt like a idiot when i came back with earmuffs to resume...

PART 1 I have been feeling "okeyish" for about a week now with no new spikes. Had to go out and talk to someone quick and just inserted earplug express 3M like 50% into the ears to talk to a person in the factory (all machines were off). Ofc when i was talking some idiot took the air gun to...

It seems like all of my “spikes” are similar. A loud sound leads to temporarily higher tinnitus and increased hyperacusis, which then settle over a few days or weeks—probably due to the stress from the incident. Eventually, everything returns to normal. I’m glad your tinnitus has gone back to...

Trying to care more about my posture now, Stretching the SCM muscle and neck ALOT which sent my TT ballistic but i keep doing it in hope that it will calm down when i get all the muscles "stretched and calm". Hope everyone is doing good! :)

Did the tinnitus also increase from this event? It seems crazy that someone could sustain actual damage from something like this! 😲 I really hope you get better soon! 😊

You might want to look into how you insert your earplugs. They need to be placed far enough inside your ear to work effectively. For me, to get good dampening, I need to insert them deeply—so far that I cannot just “pick them out” easily. Instead, I have to “work” them out with my finger for a...

I understand what you mean. I also experience that feeling of, “Oh no, is it worse now after this happened or not?” Then you start listening for it for a few weeks, and you cannot decide if it is actually worse or not. It feels like you lose your habituation, and after a certain amount of time...

Did your initial spike from the “party” go down? Your phone must have been showing incorrect decibel levels if you experienced a permanent spike from 65 dB.

Im still in this UBERspike. I start to think more that its my reaction + tension from the incidents that spikes me, makes no sense that dropping a catcage door that made like 100-120 DB send my TT from 4-5 to a solid 8/10. Its crazy. Anyone got tips how to adress the jaw and neck? :) Tried to go...

@boneman, any update? :)

Read about your incident with the "toilet lid slam" you had. Did you get a spike from it and if you did, did it go back to baseline? :)

Today my boss "rewarded me" for my hard work by taking hes palm and smash it on my shoulder 5-6 times really hard and said "GOODJOB *name*!". This is the EXACT same person i said that i have very hard for people talking loudly close to me or clapping their hands. Its make me so frustrating and...

Are im the only one stuck in this cycle? Loud noise ---> anxiety and louder tinnitus for like a day to some weeks ---> i forget about the incident or calm myself ---> Tinnitus back to baseline (or gets better) ---> new loud sound etc etc.... Is my reaction my problem for my spikes? happens like...

Was feeling like my spike and anxiety calmed abit so i took my cat for a drive in the car (to get him used with it). When i came home and took hes cusion out of the cage the giant metal door fell down 1,5 metres and hit the wooden floor with two bing BANGS.... Not sure if its pure shock or im...

Yes, I know I have some “damage” (even though hearing tests don’t show it) since I developed tinnitus and made it worse through some acoustic traumas. However, because I can modulate it so much, it feels like there’s also a significant somatic component to it!

I just wanna hide in my bed for 1 year. Im going thru a really though spike. Meet someone when i was in the garage so i took out the earplug in one ear to talk to her. Then from NOWHERE a dog comes like 6 meters away 10 seconds after i removed my earplug and barks like a god damn maniac. I just...

Hi! I have had tinnitus for around 15 years. Over the years, I have noticed that it varies between a high pitched “IIIIIIII” sound and a hissing sound. I also experience other sounds, like a more monotone “EEEEEEEE,” which I can reduce for about 30 seconds if I yawn excessively. Yawning seems to...

Was on a board game day for 8 hours. Everything started of good but it was alot of yelling when things happened at the board game. Not super loud but more like "NOOOO THATS MY STREET!". Been exposed for like 30 min-1 hour combined maybe. I thought i could handle it without earplugs. Today im...