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I went to an outdoor festival with my college for 3 days. I wore earplugs, and I was standing far away from the speakers. The music was loud, and my earplugs didn't even work properly. I don't understand why I didn't get a spike as I expected. I can listen to music at any volume, and it doesn't...

My T has only gotten better since I got it. I believe that T always will get better with time.

You're welcome! Let me know if the videos work! :) They both help me calm down and make me forget focusing on T.

Try this: ....and this: Most of these sounds require headphones to work, but the second one doesn't :)

From 1-10 I would say 2. I think I got my T due to loud music or stress -- or maybe both. Not much really. I have tried to go to bed earlier so I could get more sleep which seems to help. I've also tried meditation and hypnosis videos. It has also helped a lot and it is really effective for...

My T has been very quite lately. I think there's a good chance it will fade completely within a month, but if it doesn't then I can live with it. :)

When I listen to this my tinnitus goes away for a couple of seconds. It's nice to have some relief once in a while :)

I don't think it will fade in the near future because now it's louder! I've just received some sleeping meds and I wonder if that could be a side effect? I was celebrating Christmas with my family today (yes in my country we celebrate Christmas a day earlier) and I was with them the whole day. I...

I have mild T (please don't judge!) so I don't know if this will help at all, but I'm so happy right now. My T has been barely noticeable for the past two weeks, and I've even woken up in (almost) silence! My trick was that I stopped caring about it - literally. I stopped looking for it because...

Mine settled down a bit but hopefully it will go back to baseline again. It's been louder in 2 weeks now :(

My T is really bad today. I can hear it above every day sounds which I couldn't before. I didn't sleep yesterday night :(

Thanks for the replies! I'm feeling miserable now because I can't sleep. This means no more concerts for me, and I will never see my idol again :( What can I do now?

I've been living with mild tinnitus for about 7 months now, but yesterday I came up with a pretty stupid idea. I wanted to test how much noise my ears could handle before I eventually would get a spike or something, so I decided to listen to music at the same volume I used to the whole day. It...

I still listen to music, but not as loud as before. I usually listen to music with 25% volume, and I never have any problems with that. Of course I also take breaks 2 hours before I go to sleep, and then I listen to isocronic tones and other relaxing sounds, which makes it easier for me to fall...

I hope so but I won't bet my life on it because that sounds very unlikely.

I just started doing this excersise yesterday. I'm not even sure if I do it right, but it definitely works -- at least for a while :)

I use relaxing sounds to mask my T. I lay my iPad next to me and just listen to the tones with headphones. When my T really bothers me I use this Headphones are required, otherwise it won't work. I don't know the reason for that, but it definitely calms down my T a lot.

I think it either could be stress related or because I listened to too much and too loud music. But it's actually louder now :(

Ok, thanks for replying!

My tinnitus changes volume at odd times. It mostly gets louder when I go to bed, and when I manage to relax then it goes back to normal again. I think I might be habituated to it because I already know when my T changes in volume. And it's quite in the morning but gets louder during the day. I'm...

I agree with meeruf. I don't know how much help I can offer because my T is mild -- at least it is now. I was in the exact same situation, except that I don't have a job. My ears were literally screaming, but I learned to be focused on something else when my T was worst. That decreased my T...

I don't think that I'm more tired than usual because I'm always tired every day, every week, even if I manage to get a good rest. And that's because I'm born with insomnia (I think).

Your T sounds similar to mine. My T is low but annoying at night when I'm not tired. When I'm tired I fall asleep just as quick as I did before, (which is rare because of my insomnia :() but I guess that's a part of habituation. Have you heard of acoustic neuromodulation? I use that a lot, and...

"The more you think about the past, the more you'll worry about the future" - My mother

I don't know what they are called, but they're stronger than those I had before. They were very mild, and they didn't work :(

I've had insomnia since early childhood (I'm 20 now), and my doctor gave me some pills that should help me fall asleep. However, I'm still concerned about my T and I'm afraid the pills may make it worse. If sleep pills can cause T to get worse then I'd rather live with insomnia than a very loud...

Yes, I think that we may get T from any loud noises. I think I got mine from listening to too much and too loud music. Luckily mine isn't very loud, so I can still function normally during the day. But my T is annoying at night when I'm not tired.

Your T sounds similar to mine. My T is usually very quite in the morning (sometimes I wake in almost silence but it depends on how much I've been sleeping) but at night it gets louder. It's tolerable but sometimes I just wish I would wake up and discover that it is completely gone.

I agree with everyone here. It's important that you protect your ears! I have a question to ask: I'm 20 years old and on good days I can hear up to 13kHz... Is that normal or do I have some hearing loss?

I usually listen to binaural beats (tones that are meant to heal parts of the body), and it's amazing! I also use acoustic neuromodulation which has a positive effect on my T. It has actually improved to the point where I barely hear it. Look it up on Youtube :)

Have you tried acoustic neuromodulation? It really works for me, and my T has faded to the point where I barely hear it anymore. Look it up on Youtube :)

If you're not crazy about electronic music then you shouldn't hear it, just in case. I went to an outdoor festival which included many different artists with different music genres. I think I got T from listening to too loud and too much music, but other than that, I don't really have an...

It was a 3 day festival, and that's why I think it's odd that my T didn't get worse.

I went to a festival too this summer, but oddly enough, it didn't make my T worse. Just make sure that you use earplugs (very important!) and that you stand as far from the stage as possible. I know it sucks, but that's better than going deaf :) If you do so then it shouldn't be a problem...

Thanks! I will do that :)

Thanks! :) I hope it's just a temporary condition. But I'll still go to the doctor :)

Thanks! I'll see if it helps. :) If only I weren't so afraid to talk about it. I know it's my fault if it gets worse or if the doctor can't do anything. :(

I finally got the nerve to talk to my mother about T. She was worried but as I expected, she would support me and take me to the doctor after the holidays. But I'm so scared. I fear that earwax removal will make my T worse, as it already is in my left ear :( I can't sleep anymore. It's fine...

I've been struggling with tinnitus in 5 months now. I have screamed. I have cried. I have lost lots of sleep. But now I have come to the conclusion that it is pointless to freak out because I know I have to live with this the rest of my life. Besides that I'm born with autism and a heart defect...

I think I'm habituated but I'm not sure. When I have bad days I sometimes cry because my T is annoying to the point where I barely sleep. And I have insomnia, too so I wake up several times every night but I don't get up I just try to fall asleep and I mostly fail to do so :( But I barely hear...

Me before getting T: Dad, please stop snoring I can't sleep! (I could hear him through the walls) After I got T: Well.. His snoring masks my T. Now I can sleep peacefully

Thanks! I'll try it when I have time :)

I did a hearing test on YouTube but I could only hear between 10- 12000 hz. Almost everyone in the comments section could hear around 17000 hz. So the question is: Could this be a possible hearing loss? I'm really concerned about it.

Look up binaural beats on Youtube - these should be proven to heal anything :)

I have the same worries too, but I'm not in a relationship and I have never been in one. I'm not interested in anyone now but I understand how you feel. :)

It is not completely gone, I just can't hear it when I'm in loud environments. But sometimes it's hard for me to fall asleep.

Now I wake up with the sound more often, but it's not that bad, it's tolerable, and I can manage to fall asleep again if it is very early in the morning. Do you think that it has gotten worse?

I think it's because you're anxious about T. It's natural to feel this way, but I continue live my life as usual, because that's the only way I can stop thinking about it. I'd say that you don't need a specific habit to stop thinking about it; no one with T does. It's just a sound and it can't...

I am not dissapointed, haha. I'm just curious :) Well we had to participate to the festival in January and that was before my T started. But it doesn't really bother me anymore because I only hear it when I'm in quite environments. I actually like the sound now and when it is gone in the...

For a few days ago I went to a festival with my college (I had no other choice but going) and I was standing as far from the stage as possible. I also used earplugs and they didn't even work properly. The music was loud but oddly enough it didn't affect my T. Why is that? I don't really get it.

I went to a festival with my college and oddly enough, my T didn't get worse. I wore earplugs and I was stranding as far from the stage as possible and the earplugs didn't even work properly. I know it sucks but you have to do that if you don't want to make it worse. I guess it's not a problem...

Hello and welcome to the board! I've been having tinnitus since February and back then I also thought that it would go away, but sadly, it didn't. My T is very low so I barely notice it in loud environments, but sometimes it is a problem for me to sleep. But it really depends on what I've been...

Well here's a poem I just thought of: I can't remember silence anymore Because nothing is what it was before My ears are screaming And I'm sitting here crying But I won't stop believing

Well my T is pretty low so I don't hear it often. Most every day sounds mask it. Honestly, I don't really care about it, as long as it doesn't get worse. Besides turning the music down, it hasn't really changed my life. I guess I'm very lucky with this condition.

Hello and welcome to the board! I think it is very important that, at least your mother, should care about you truggling with tinnitus. I don't think she is rude, but I think it's because she doesn't understand the condition and its consequences. Very few people understand that. Have a long talk...

Thanks for replying! When the right time comes I think I will write a song about T.. :)

I've been writing songs and stories since I was little but mostly stories. When my T started in February I gave up song-writing and now I will focus on writing stories instead. At least I have one dream to follow :)

It was just temporary and my T is now back to normal. But thanks for replying! :)

I don't think they are lying nor do they say that to be rude but simply because there really isn't a cure for T yet, and they don't know what to say and do. I think they rather should say something like: "We are really sorry that you're struggling with tinnitus but we can't do anything because...

I think it was some hours ago, but I can't remember it :)