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I mean, you'll never know whether it would have appeared anyway, gym or not. But yeah, there's no way NOT to associate that new tone with the gym. To be clear, I hear mine at the gym the entire time. And like yours, mine spikes during my workout and for about a good hour afterward. But Jiu...

Jiu Jitsu and weight-lifting.

Just wanted to update. The distortion(s) have calmed down to essentially zero. The ringing is still increased over the previous nine years, though. Thankfully, the shower still masks it. Nothing else does because of its frequency (around 10-11 kHz). One day at a time...

Thank you both for your kind words. I am TRYING not to panic (keyword: trying), but it is difficult. My tinnitus was incredibly stable for the 9 years prior to this, so I’ve never really experienced a “spike” before. And I haven’t heard of people experiencing one WITH hearing loss and...

I “hear you” on that one, heh. I wear hearing protection in that room, but I only put it on when running the machine or cutting something. With the hearing protection on, I couldn’t “hear” the modulation in this air hiss. It's really, really strange. Anyway, I went back to the ER yesterday and...

Thanks for the reply. I forced myself into work right now and was confronted with another new symptom. I sometimes operate a CNC machine, and when it is switched on, it emits a compressed air “hiss.” As soon as I heard the hiss, I knew something was wrong. It sounds all modulated. If I plug my...

Update: I woke up about 30 minutes ago. I still can’t pop my ears. My hearing feels even more diminished on my right side, and the tinnitus is even louder. I am very quickly starting to lose hope here.

Hi all. I first got the dreaded tinnitus back in March of 2015. I spent the first few months suicidal and the next few years adjusting. I wouldn’t say I ever FULLY adjusted, but I certainly wasn’t suicidal anymore. Fast forward to this week. I had a sore throat with mild congestion, and then I...

To be aware of the "atypical data" is to account for the "typical data". Must be all the napping.

Interesting. Do you take this approach regarding statistics into other areas of your life as well? When purchasing a home or an automobile, do you ignore the statistics that tell you that "% of similar homes/autos in the area sold for X% more/less than the item you are interested in". When...

Ok, so let's say the calculation is wildly flawed, and half the reported deaths are inaccurate. Does the seasonal flu kill 500,000 Americans in a year?

I didn't take the vaccine, out of the fact that I have seen enough evidence of it causing/worsening tinnitus or hyperacusis, and the cost/benefit analysis just didn't make sense to me. I'm not even going to get into the political aspect of the virus response, as that is completely tangential...

This take is so ignorant, it borderlines on lunacy.

Hey, there’s a bunch of those stores around me. I’m in Santa Ana area, where are you?

Tall guy on the right.

No.

There is a whole science behind this (acoustics), but I'll try and give a few brief answers here... Not all frequencies dissipate at a similar rate across distance. There are "waterfall plots" that illustrate this. A blast of pink noise is played through a specific speaker (monitor in audio...

How are you holding up, @CAgirl?

Above post should read every 6dB is a doubling of apparent volume, not 3.

You have to be careful with those SPL meters. 55dB is really quiet. Remember, the apparent volume of a sound doubles every 3 dB. So from 55 to 65 is a huge jump in terms of perceived volume. If you have reactive T daily, I would highly recommend overprotecting your ears for a short amount of...

Yes, I hear my tinnitus everywhere except the shower. I've also had a ton of "scares" like you mention about the popsicle bag exploding and whatnot. I've had weird episodes where my tinnitus will go "reactive" for a few hours at a time. While the tinnitus has not changed in the last 5 years, my...

Hey, I'm in So Cal, too! Tinnitus sufferers unite... I'm much better 5 years in, though the Tinnitus hasn't changed it's character at all. I remember my initial onset was about a week and a half before my baby girl's 3rd birthday, and I cried on the couch while laying on my wife's lap because I...

It sounds like we have the same type of T. Not that it's super loud, but that the frequency it occupies is pretty much unmaskable by "everyday" noises. I'm 5+ years in now. May I ask what part of CA you're in?

ah yes, Neil Pert. Sadly he passed away not too long ago. @Jazzer Can you listen to music these days?

unfortunately, no. My young soul was gripped by rock and roll and my passion became guitar and singing. I still enjoy listening to some jazz, in fact I just bought “Some Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis on vinyl the other day. But I mistakenly picked up the Stereo version instead of the mono one...

correct. I was referring to the Glenn Miller version. :)

I started in 4th grade and played through High School, including both concert band and jazz band. My favorite was easily jazz band though. I still remember some of my favorites, "The Tiger of San Pedro", and "In the Mood" were probably my top 2.

I see @Jazzer liked my photo. I too played Trombone for a decent amount of time in my youth. Gave it up long before the tinnitus set in tho.

This conversation has become very interesting for me. I am a bit of a philosophy nut, and I am also trained in the "hard" sciences, so this is right up my alley. I will say that the problem of free will has always been fascinating to me, and my stance has been that free will simply cannot exist...

Notice I said most headphones were CAPABLE of delivering a flat freq response. You can use something like SonarWorks or Trinnov that counter the built in curve and achieve much better results (“better” in this case being defined as much closer to flat).

I don't know why the machines dont offer a full spectrum sweep. Most headphones are capable of producing a fairly flat 20hz-20kHz test.

Let me start this post with the usual caveat that everyone is different. For those with moderate to severe hyperacusis, even those low levels will be troublesome. I've continued to record and mix music for 5 years with no increase to my tinnitus. I just protect my ears when I need to and mix at...

Hey Telis, I wouldn't take those antiniotics, personally. They are of a class of antibiotics known as Fluoroquinolones and can have very serious side effects. If you're determined to take something to help with the infection, I would ask your doctor for another antibiotic, that is outside of the...

The brief lower pitched tone you hear is probably just fleeting tinnitus, clinically referred to as "Spontaneous Brief Unilateral Tapering Tinnitus". The majority of the population experiences these brief episodes and they are harmless, though those of us with chronic Tinnitus seem to experience...

I'm months late, but I work in the audio field. Happy to help if I can.

RMS is a volume measurement in this case, best thought of as an average. I’m not sure how to interpret your statement, I just wanted to point out that at a 44.1kHz sample rate (which the file you provided is), the Nyquist cutoff frequency is at 22.05kHz, so you have exactly a 2.05k bandwidth of...

SoundCloud compresses streaming audio to 128kbps mp3 format. I can pick that out from an uncompressed 44.1/16-bit WAV 10 out of 10 times, good thing people aren't trying to listen on there. One nit-picky point, you aren't really getting any ultrasonic frequencies in your WAV files. CD format...

Relevant. https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/us/michelle-carter-texting-suicide-sentencing/index.html

I have the financial means to buy this today if I want, and I would of course report back to the Tinnitus Talk community. I also at work at the moment and can’t wade through the entire thread: do we have a firm release date?

Tagging @Telis here so he can chime in if he wants, he had a very similar experience recently.

I would believe it. Have you ever experienced Depersonalization or Derealization? I have. And at it's worse, I would choose my current T level over that any day.

I'm closing in on 4 years and I can say it takes years. At least 2. But like I said earlier, everyone is different. There is no set amount of time that you will reach and all of a sudden you will be OK. You will have moments where you feel better, days where you feel better, and you will have...

Mine hasn’t really changed since it started. It sounds very similar to yours. I also have an anxiety problem. I’ve dealt with it since my teen years, waaaaaay before T and TTTS arrived.

You’re experiencing what’s called TTTS. Tonic Tympanu Tensor Syndrome. It can get better and resolve completely. Mine has stuck around for a few years now, but my T is much worse than yours (based on how you describe it). You can’t trust YouTube for high frequency hearing tests. They process...

To the extent that I can sit in an otherwise silent room and it doesn’t bother me, yes. When I’m in a silent room it fills up my entire head, I can feel it as much as I can hear it, but I don’t care. The only times I’m ever bothered by it are when I get the random fleeting bursts or a strange...

Why do some people get hooked on heroin and not others? Because we're all different. One thing I see pop up over and over here is that when someone offers advice, or wisdom, or whatever you want to call it, on how they have habituated, they are immediately told that their T must not be that bad...

Not sure if it goes by another name in the UK. Perhaps you can have a friend purchase some ahead of time for you and just keep it on hand? Also, check with your health care provider about the drug interaction between it and what you're currently taking.

I always have sinus issues as well. Sudafed (the over the counter variety) is good, but I would go for Allegra-D since it has more of the active ingredient in Sudafed. It's the stuff they keep behind the counter, because they need to regulate how much of it is sold to one person (the active...

I know how you feel. I got my T from a cold/ear infection and was absolutely terrified afterwards about how my T would react to future colds. Having small children around me, there is never any shortage of germs. The good news is, in the time since I've had T (coming up on 4 years), not one...

Hi everyone, so since my onset of tinnitus 3+ years ago, I have had 3 occasions where I’ve had what people call “reactive tinnitus”. All spread out about a year about, no common thread between them. To anyone who hasn’t had it, it’s hard to describe, mine isn’t like a single new discrete tone...

Hey man, I read your second to last post on Friday and wondered how you got on with the flight. Good on ya for following up. I am supposed to take my first flight since aquiring T 3+ years ago (going from CA to FL). I'm nervous as shit. :)

Your friend is just naive, but I know how it hurts when someone doesn't understand. Also: https://www.frys.com/product/8970933?store=7&source=google&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIys3s6q2O3gIVlMhkCh3Q2goyEAQYASABEgKHGvD_BwE

I still use headphones, albeit rarely. I never use earbuds. I try a common sense approach and just keep the level to what feels like a "sane" volume TO ME. This may not be for everyone, if you have any history with hyperacousis, I would stay away from headphones.

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/06/human-blood-cells-transformed-into-functional-neurons.html !!!

70dB about 2” from your eardrum can cause issues for people with sensitivity.

So glad to hear you’re doing better, Cheza!

Your brain is CONSTANTLY monitoring input that you are not consciously aware of. There is also the theory that what us T'ers are hearing is the firing of the damaged hair cells all the time. So if they are repaired, they dont fire unless directed to (resonating at the correct frequency in...