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@Boy Helios awesome thanks for this story! I was told I had barotrauma, which caused ETD (or so I think), after a flare gun (noise exposure). My hearing is good, excellent even, and can be seen in my hearing tests (my bad ear tests even better than my good), but I still have ETD which drives me...

I know what you mean about hidden hearing loss, but I seem to have "dog-like" hearing. The first test was a month and a half after my acoustic trauma from a flare gun, the second test is months later (right before I started laser therapy), and the third test is the high-frequency test. My bad...

There are people who have issues that don't relate to hair cells. For instance, my hearing is apparently normal on tests. My bad ear even tests better than my good. I have some eustacian tube problems and tinnitus after noise exposure from 2 years ago. Possibly due to chronic inflammation. For...

I have a theory that many people who have other health issues-autoimmune, chronic inflammation, etc., may also have tinnitus or ear problems that are slow to heal due to their lowered immune systems. This is the case with any other health issue, so why not the ears? I also have had other...

I haven't been so active on here. update with the laser: seeing improvements. My tinnitus has spikes when I do a session, but it then equilizes to its normal level before lessening in volume. The type of noise has also changed to be less intrusive.I'm hopeful these ear issues will eventually...

Luka! How's that popping? Any relief? Wishing you good things :) :)

Interesting about the air conditioner @FERNANDO GIL, interesting that you caught on to that. Most people don't realize the implications of indoor air quality, and how it is extremely impactful on health. Tons of studies on this. Air quality was also what originally started my h and t...to a very...

Awesome Luka thank you for this! What was the consensus on your MRI? Really interested to hear about it! Wishing you good things!

@attheedgeofscience if you don't mind I would really like your analysis/thoughts on my tests. :)

Here is the high frequency hearing test done before my LLLT treatment. I had been wearing an earplug for months in my right ear before this hearing test. I'm not sure why the high frequency portion is written out differently. Left ear- fine Right ear-the one that is giving me problems

Here was my first hearing test (speech frequencies) a month and a half or so after my trauma

Here are my OAEs

@Nucleo ok finally here they are. Here is the tympanogram

@Nucleo yes that's right. This is not a tympanogram. I know, it's very strange. This is how it looks, you're right. However when I asked the person testing he said it was an imperfect test which is why it's not really used. He said if my right ear is my troubled ear, that now we can see it is...

Eustacian Tube (bad ear is on the right) No diagnosis other than "it seems like your right ear responds better to pressure than your left." Which is definitely not the case. Quite the opposite. Thanks will write more later!

hey @Nucleo sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I'll post the rest of my tests tomorrow but no, the test is an ETF (Eustacian Tube Function) I believe. The first audiologist did not perform this however. She did OAE (which apparently was in the normal, though I know sometimes normal can be...

Sorry I am running out now but I will post my test results in a bit! Thanks!

I decided to make a journal, following @luka 's lead, in order to better organize the laser treatment plan for my ear problem. Background: 2 years ago I suffered from hyperaucusis, which finally went away. Honestly I didn't know what it was at the time. All I knew was that in the very...

Yes!! This is what I have. I hope my laser helps this. Still trying to figure out exactly what the mechanism is. It is so annoying

@sideways I have also been dealing with these symptoms (and many more) due to Lyme and a toxic exposure. I thought it was crazy that something like this could happen. I admit, if someone else where to describe my symptoms I may have leaned toward hypochondriac.... I am fortunately in the...

Loving this thread I just got my laser and have used it for two days now! I will write more later, but I just wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to all of you that have helped me, including @FERNANDO GIL who was kind enough to go through details about the laser with me. @Nick J...

I'm so happy you are posting your results here @luka, keep it up I'm eager to continue following. I just received my laser in the mail, and have used it only for 2 days. I can't believe my positive (and negative) results already! Anyway, I'll be following!

I'm so happy you are keeping this journal!! Thank you :)

Thank you @FERNANDO GIL You said avoid noise at all cost. When am I able to listen to music earphones again? Never? Thank you!!

What does Dr. Wilden or Anne say about music ear buds? Are there any "safer" ear buds that they say are an option for short-term use like at the gym (maybe one hour a day?) I know there are some that block out noise and that go up to 85 db. Are these ok to use? How about while going through LLLT...

@FERNANDO GIL , I was told it would be $202 for shipping costs for the Lucky Laser. Is this what you paid for shipping? oh my gosh, so expensive. I have shipped to China before and it was no where near that expensive. Do you know why this is the case?

Thanks @FERNANDO GIL :)

Thank you all! I haven't read everything in these new posts yet, but I am still going to get the Lucky Laser here, just weighing options now on how to proceed. 2 questions: 1) In the meantime I have made an appointment to go ahead and get the "high frequency" audiologist test done, as I would...

@FERNANDO GIL so nice to meet you!!! You are awesome

Really disappointed.... Just heard from Lulu that the US has not FDA approved the Lucky Laser, meaning, it could be held at customs....not sure I can ask for help here, but just sharing my disappointment. I'll be looking for options.

LOL Nick! I don't think so :) She's not Ms. Rich or anything, but I so appreciate her help, and your help...really. Ok I will be writing here all the time once I get the laser in the mail...you better count on that.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads...tus-—-user-experiences-support-dr-wilden.295/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads...tus-—-user-experiences-support-dr-wilden.295/

ok I'm laughing here I'll post when everything is squared away and will follow up about laser protocols. Really excited to start this thing...

@FERNANDO GIL @Nick J. I am ordering my laser today, and Lulu sent me her bank information. However, my mother will be paying for my laser for me and she wants to do a different transfer through a provider. What do you feel about Western Union? Did you use any of these services? Thank you,

Thank you so much @attheedgeofscience and @FERNANDO GIL Fernando, are you continuing to have success with your laser? How has it been for you lately (as far as fullness and tinnitus go)? Yes I would really like to Skype once I get it in the mail. Thanks for your help!

Interesting conversation. I am finally back. I have been thinking about this a lot and taken the advice of @attheedgeofscience @FERNANDO GIL @Nick J. @dboy and all of you. @attheedgeofscience thank you, I found a wonderful doctor who spent 1.5 hours with me in his clinic. I about fell out...

wow... thank you so much for your help, both of you. @attheedgeofscience I have attached my hearing tests from August 22, 2014 (about 1.5 months after the trauma). It doesn't look like I had a bone and air conduction test? I'm glad you mentioned. Online I saw that these brackets on samples of...

Also, yes, personally I cannot afford treatment, but my family can. I hate asking for help, but I finally did and they are happy to help even with something that may not be proven, and that in the end may not improve my symptoms. I do not think it is smart to jump in on things that are...

Thank you for your input @attheedgeofscience I realize there aren't trials on everything. Honestly, the most success I have had with my prior health issues came from things that did not have "success" i.e. there were not many studies to back it up. I got a lot of slack from people. I made...

OK PLEASE HELP AGAIN! Thank you in advance!!:huganimation: After all of this information, from @attheedgeofscience , @dboy , @FERNANDO GIL , ALL OF YOU (that I am not listing here), I am feeling like there is so much that I have learned, but so much that I cannot learn due to the fact that I am...

Awesome, I've been looking for information about this everywhere. The fullness and crackling is very irritating. I know the fullnes is in my "bad" ear, the one that is a bit retracted. I am wondering if this is from a loss of the middle layer of the tympatic membrane due to noise trauma, or...

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@attheedgeofscience ok, so does Dr. Wilden believe in 4000 Joules for treatment? Assuming we are doing an hour total for the treatment like you said in your example (60 X 60 seconds) and the power is 100 W (what the laser I have been using at my clinic is) then I would get: Joules= 100W x...

going to go ice my brain brb

Holy cow, @attheedgeofscience whenever I read your posts I need like 2 days with google to understand everything...lol Ok this post was really good, and I think it may apply to what @luka and I are dealing with. So you are thinking that LLLT therapy helps with damaged tissues, do you think...

@attheedgeofscience thank you very much, all really good information from you, as I would expect! I have more of a response to write. I don't want to be premature in responding, so once I reread some of these other pages on the forum, and then completely understand your post about the laser...

@luka I just read your profile. So after you had that noise exposure how long after did you take your audiogram? Do you still have hearing loss in the speech frequencies? Also, after your ear infection (was it a year before your trauma?), did you recover completely (at least, did you feel you...

@luka that is so odd. How did your trauma occur? Do you also have other health issues related to the head area? For instance, for me, I have had slight inflammatory issues beforehand, and it felt a bit like inflammation and fluid in my head. This has been getting so much better with the right...

@dboy I completely understand that-when I do the maneuver deal (lightly) I can tell how my tinnitus changes a bit. I am careful because I don't want to hurt my ear, but every time I do it (lightly), my bad ear blows up like a slow balloon, where as my good ear does it quickly, and has the...

I just had my second laser treatment today, this time it was longer than my last treatment, at 45 minutes on the bad ear. The doctor said he would like to get a 200 powered laser, but that this one was at 100W. How does this laser compare to some of the others that Dr. Wilden and Anne use? I...

@FERNANDO GIL thank you!

@dboy I am on 6 months, it took you a lot sooner than that? Ugh I hope at least that part of it goes away, totally annoying. How is your T? What does it sound like and is it loud? Is this the main thing that is affecting you right now? Do you also have hearing loss? If so, where? Have you...

ok, gotcha. Do you still have the fullness feeling, or how long did it take to go away? ha thanks @Markku! I was so puzzled I missed it! I didn't type in laserklinikken, only used her name with things like laser etc.-duh I should have known!

Excellent @Markku! how did you find this?

Help anyone? This is Anne Harlia's website, but I can't log in. http://www.laserklinikken.no If I could log in I would just google translate the site from norwegian to english. Thank you!!

This is such a strange feeling, I know what you are talking about as I also have this in my noise damaged ear. I also have "crackling" in that ear. Do you know what I mean by that? I believe the fluttering may be the tensor temori muscle (spelling) or the eustacian tube that is "clicking" -the...

Ok I am also going to add this info to the laser page, thanks!! So protocol as following (can you please correct @Nick J. )? on the first 2-3 months 30 minutes a day in bad ear (with one probe inside the ear and one behind) 15 minutes a day on the good ear (with one probe inside the ear and one...

Brilliant thank you!!