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I can share with my weird experience - when my hyperacusis ramped up, my tinnitus beceme a lot easier to mask. After my last big worsening in 2018 I could hear it everywhere, even on the street or max speed standing fan next to me. Then a few weeks later hyperacusis kicked in and even a...

Wow, it's really nice to know even after 5 years your hyperacusis can settle. I am almost 3 years after minor worsening (and a few setbacks during this time). Thanks for that, really.

Alcohol used to calm down my tinnitus and hyperacusis but last year things changed and now it is completely opposite - tinnitus is louder and I have more noise sensitivity after alcohol. I don't know why that happened, maybe my body didn't like me drinking so often to calm down tinnitus to have...

Okay, so at first about distortions - I had pretty bad distortions for 2 months (after sleeping with open window during thunderstorm, lol). Then it started to settle, now almost a year passed and I rarely notice them. So yeah, for me it improved a lot actually. Reactive tinnitus is harder to...

I can add: my dysacusis is much worse when my nose is clogged. Feeling fullness in ear (i.e. after some noise exposure) = nostril on this side is clogged... Weird thing. Any of you have this type of symptoms? It's like my sinuses are trying to protect my ear by producing mucus or something.

Any contiunous, high pitched or white noise kind of sound (like rain, frying food, sea waves, electric kettle) made my tinnitus spike. Interesting fact: music at 70 dB - no spike, my girlfriend frying chicken in the kitchen when I was in another room - spike. So it isn't only how loud the sound is.

Actually, almost any game for handheld is designed in a way that makes you able to play muted. Not all the people use headphones, and these games can be played in a bus, train, etc. so devs do what they can to make playing muted not-an-issue.

When my hyperacusis improved - reactive nature of tinnitus improved too. Spikes were shorter (i.e. after driving car - a few minutes spike in comparison to a few hours spike before hyperacusis improvement). So yeah, I think reactiveness of tinnitus is a symptom of sound sensitivity in some way.

Hm, when I ate a lot of bananas (2 a day, almost everyday) my tinnitus was quieter too... Maybe it's a coincidence, but I would try eating more of these again. Be careful guys if you have diabetes, bananas have a lot of fructose! 8 bananas a day is about 100 g of sugar (teaspoon is 5 g).

Nah. It's too much money. In SPI-1005 trial they used 400mg per day, for 28 days (maybe not correct information). If 25mg costs $240... I don't even need to count how much a full course of this stuff would cost.

The problem is ear muffs have to be really tight to work. Even your hair under earmuffs reduce their effectiveness. I have problem with them too. My jaw hurts after a while (TMJ) and my ears are in pain because of feeling pressure like being constantly under water (ETD).

I know in college things are a little different but I worked in office and asked building administration to send me an e-mail the day before every false fire alarm. It worked quite well. Maybe if are they planing these false alarms, not just "oh, in 10 minutes we turn this on and check if it's...

I know everyone is different but tensor tympani gives me a little tense and blockage feeling in my ear/jaw/neck AFTER thumping a lot (i.e. after louder conversation). I don't experience any burning, it's more like dull pain. Burning is more nerves related than muscles itself but (as you wrote)...

Augmentin is safer, that's for sure.

In terms of medical device,s it isn't a high price at all. Simple in-ear white noise generators (not talking about hearing aids, but the ones used as part of TRT, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy) costs about $2,000 per ear and don't provide any tinnitus loudness reduction.

Where are you from? It's possible to buy Ebselen in Poland but delivery is only available around the Europe. I know nothing about chemistry, so you have to check if it's exactly the same thing you're looking for. It's about $240 for 25 mg. Here's the link...

Can I ask what method of wax removal your doctor used? :) I think I have the same problem after using earplugs for a few hours deeply inserted so it would be nice to hear about your positive experience.

Ear protectors are tested in a very specific environments so NRR doesn't work as good in real life as in testing. So it's good to 'correct' this NRR measure. This (-7) is to check dbA (mid-range frequencies). If you want to check the protection for dbC (low and high frequencies) you could just...

In my left ear once or twice per day I hear 'pop', almost can feel it. But in my right ear, I believe I have TTTS because I can feel this thumping. Magnesium calms it down a lot for me, maybe try to take some supplements too.

Standard audiogram - max 10dB hearing loss, mostly at 0-5dB Hovewer, I have 25-50dB drop in range 10-16 KHz (I'm only 23 so probably that's not age-related high frequency hearing loss)

Tinnitus is perceived and created in the brain. Any change in brain working (i.e. using alcohol, drugs, benzos) have an effect on tinnitus too because they have an effect on the brain. The brain goes through different states when sleeping and waking up. Just after you wake up from deep sleep...

I have the same experience. I find 6h of sleep the best. 8h is torture, my ears often feel clogged, tinnitus is roaring at least for 3-4 hours after waking up.

You can go into BIOS and set "Silent Mode" for all fans. Helps a lot, but if you have high overclocked CPU it's not a good idea because of high temperatures.

I can't tell you what it is, but I experience the same thing (but not every morning). I always thought that could be due to blocked ET after night (I have allergies) and some kind of oclusion effect they make. My ears often feel full after waking up, it takes a few minutes or sometimes even...

Eh, this condition is so different for any of us.. I use nature sounds but without any white noise (it's triggers my hyperacusis and tinnitus). Speaker stands about 4m from my bed, because I find this "far away" sound the best for me.

If you sleep without any background noise that's the reason. Your ears during night are in completely silence and then every sounds in the morning is perceived louder. If I sleep without any background sounds (nature sounds, fan or something) my hyperacusis is worse next morning too. Maybe try...

Sounds like mine. In the night when I go to bathroom is the worst. In my room when I've got carpet and a lot of furniture is better (quieter and I can't hear all of these sounds even when it's quiet ).

Maybe pink noise for ears is like training muscles on gym. When you've got stronger muscles and you train and train you can pick up much more weight. Pink (and brown) noise is definitely work for me, so I don't care about scientific proofs. Do what you want guys, but just try before giving up.

Yes, at night when I'm going to sleep I can do that. I can reduce T sound about 50% if I'm at the same time relaxed and focus. Hard to explain, it's weird.. like another state of mind.. deeper or smth. It works until I start to think about smth.

Diabetes is well known to cause Tinnitus. Many many other things can cause Tinnitus too btw. So maybe it's just coincidence but this is pretty good explanation for T.

This test is still considered the best for the evaluation of the middle ear by audiologists and ENTs. Unfortunatelly only exlclusion criteria is lack of eardrum.. They perform this test even on babies under 6 months of age (but on different freqency). And after that they are still talking...

Maybe pressure was the problem, not loud sound? I think if ears are really sensitive this test could cause barotrauma or something. When I have done tympanometry and acoustic reflex 1st time the dB level was close to loud music from earbuds which I listened before T. After developing H it seemed...

I developed new beeping sound after tympanometry but after a few days finally disappeared.

It's funny but I thought about it once. :LOL: But then.. "Wait.. what the hell am I thinking about, calm down" :D

It's weird but I've got the same. If I feel more pressure (fulness?) and I hear worse at one ear then in this ear my tinnitus is getting better.. If I don't feel any pressure in ears - Tinnitus is on full power. I definitely prefer pressure and even muffled hearing! :D

I think there's very little amount of people on Tinnitus Talk who tried any professional therapy for hyperacusis, because they getting spikes and are trying to protect from everything after that. TRT therapy for hyperacusis and tinnitus has very bad reputation here even from people who haven't...

I've got only shower unfortunately so I just try to keep water level low and I feel pretty ok because it's quieter. I'm doing the same during washing dishes. Agree, they could be very loud, sometimes like a little firecracker but they are most difficult to predict and avoid. Maybe when...

I think my body is telling me I should avoid almost everything.. Even the working fridge or sounds of falling rain is giving me discomfort. I'm 21 and I just can't just sit inside home, I've got school and work. I'm trying to protect myself from louder noises, I started wearing earplugs when I'm...

Could you tell us more about your DYI therapy, please? Was it something you planned (pink noise, etc.) or just 'living with normal everyday sounds' and trying react less and less to them? I'm very interested in because I think I'm now at the same stage as you were before therapy. I haven't...

Hard to say. I was sick (mononucleosis) and I have had a car accident (4 airbags fired) and after some time I noticed is little louder. Then when I was in Prague 1 month later I have had an episode of sudden deafness (at the evening, totally out of the blue) and since then is much louder and...

I think a lot of us would pay much more than 10k$, especially those of us who haven't children/ close family. Health and peace are priceless. For me is 1 year sallary (after exchange) but I will take a loan with pleasure.

I hear 'morse code' almost always when I've got flu and sometimes after exercise or sleep. In my case is from sinus problems I think. I've got often clogged ears and I feel pressure after exercising (just like when I have a cold). I'm pretty sure your will go away finally, just give it some time...

Yes, I listen to music everyday but not as long and at lower volume than before. But I don't use headphones, only small speakers.

You have to really forgive me my English and all mistakes. I will try to improve!

In Poland is one movie which almost everyone watches on Christmas Eve - "Home Alone" (1990). When in 2010 'Polsat' (TV station) didn't broadcast this move in Christmas 90,000 people have signed the petition to the broadcaster :LOL: On Christmas Eve at first we break the wafer and eat supper...

Unfortunately I don't know but I found an e-mail for candidates for this trial at University of Michigan. You can just ask them to know for sure: tinn.trial@umich.edu First-hand information is the best ;)

We don't know that and also Susan Shore doesn't know that. If non-somatic forms didn't participate in the trial it doesn't mean that this device doesn't work for them. “We’re definitely encouraged by these results, but we need to optimize the length of treatments, identify which subgroups of...

When my T started I had only one tone (about 4 kHz). I heard it almost everywhere but I felt ok with that. Now I've got this tone too but I have to 'find' him.. I hear mainly crickets and white noise and my 'starting tone' under them. Some evenings I hear only this tone. They are my best days...

I found that on Vimeo (exactly the same as on site but more comfortable to watch): https://vimeo.com/neuromoddevices You can follow them to see when new videos will be available. They have just 3 followers, very few...

@NurseJackie could you please write an update how is your T now? I read another thread about this medication and someone there wrote this helped him with T but after couple of months it was back to previous state. I can be a guinea pig and try to take it but setbacks are the worst thing.

If I remember they mentioned price will be similar to hearing aids because both of them are 'medical devices', not just 'sound devices' like headphones.

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Yeah, for me (in Poland) it's a five-month payment too. But if it works I can stop eating to save money for that. :D

Original MuteButton (2015) was €2,500. Someone wrote here this time it will be €2.500-€3.500.

I work in office but I don't wear earplugs. Only when someone turn on the coffe machine I plug my ears. If my co-workers start to discuss loudly I just ask them to be quieter. They understand :) I'm using earplugs only when someone in office turn on vacuum cleaner and I can't leave. I've got...

From my own perspective positive attitude definitely can help with tinnitus. When I'm trying to stay positive I just think "okay, it is here, it is loud but it's just noise, I can live with it". I 'habituated' (I hate this word like many of you) once wery well so I can do this again. I...

I know it's hard to compare, but I've got visual snow since I remember all day and night and it doesn't bother me longer than few days when I've started to think about it. I think when you don't know life without it, it's just normal for you. For me it was really weird when I realized seeing...

When I was in hospital after my acoustic trauma, there were 2 people there with Tinnitus too (unknown reasons). They were older than me, one was 45 and another was 61. Both did MRI test at 2nd day in hospital. Fortunately, I did not have one. Doctors probably didn't even think about possible...