- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
A Couple of Noise Induced Success Stories for You All!
- Thread starter Capricornus
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Yes, mine is from one loud gun shot accident and has faded since onset, but I think withdrawal T and T from ear infections go away as much. Who knows...most people that went through it never get on sites like this.
John Meyers
Member
- Oct 7, 2015
- 364
- Tinnitus Since
- 09/2015
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Just One (1) Loud Rock Concert!
Just think of all the military folks who come back from service and have T. -- I've seen a few on this forum but they probably just think of it as a minor inconvenience depending on what they saw while in service.
They say 10% of the population has some form of T. -- That would be over 30 million in the U.S. alone which is pretty astonishing..
Hang in there everyone and stay busy & healthy. -- I had a 3 week spike but am back to baseline now thank God.
MeBeSurfer
Member
- Dec 13, 2017
- 91
- Tinnitus Since
- 10/17
- Cause of Tinnitus
- SSRI Medication, Movie Theaters, or Gaming Headphones
Hello everyone!
I have collected and translated some noise induced success stories that I have found online on Swedish forums.
Hopefully it will bring some hope to someone out there!
"I got noise induced tinnitus when I was 16 and it was really loud. I could easily hear it over a normal conversation. The first year was hell, but it got progressively better. After two years it had decreased to a level that I had to stand in a completely quiet room and block my ears in order to hear it.
Now it is two years and nine months since I got it and it's almost completely gone except if I have exposed myself to loud noises, then it can come back for a few days. I was also very sensitive to sounds in the beginning, but that has also disappeared.
My advice to you is to be very careful with loud noises, but at the same time try to "train" your ears a bit to get used to sounds again. You can do this by listening to low music on the stereo (do not use earbuds). It was in this way that my tinnitus became better. Today I consider myself completely cured, but I usually use earplugs in nightclubs nowadays."
"It took some years, but I felt that the sound diminished as time went on." (noise-induced)
"I had tinnitus for six months. I got it after riding a roller coaster (the noise was really loud). However, it disappeared completely."
"I was at a concert last year. When the band played their last song the singer screamed incredibly loud and I was standing next to the speaker. When I came home and sat on the toilet I heard a loud beep in my right ear. Then it disappeared very slowly over a few months."
"After a concert, I had ear pain, hissing and beeping in my ears for a few months. It was extremely annoying, but it slowly went away."
"Like Dasha I got tinnitus from clubbing, and it has almost disappeared. However, it took a couple of months until I wasn't thinking about it anymore."
I also found these posts on a saxophone forum:
"Yes, my tinnitus has gone away! About 25 years ago, I had it all the time, perhaps due to playing in a big band with powerful trombones playing behind me. Changing to different bands helped but the biggest factor was to stay out of the direct blast of loud trumpets and trombones. Perhaps aging and retiring from a day job helped also."
"Yep, I had it. Stop playing super loud music nightly. Learn relaxation techniques so you don't grind your teeth (any stress in the area can reduce circulation). Take ginko. Had it diagnosed some years ago. Did the above. Now when I wake up I can actually hear silence."
"Used to have tinnitus, it went away after a year or so, and I don't take chances anymore with my hearing."
Super jealous of you noise induced folks. Drug induced checking in, and we get the T combined with what the ef else did this drug do to our brains?! Cause this feels/sounds diff than what people describe here. It's like a noisy cafe of thoughts that have sounds combined with eeeeeeeeeeee (I realize this makes no sense, but not sure how to describe it). Some days a really good, but others are OMG how will I live with this. Anyway just keeping a positive attitude, great to see some people beat T, though. Good luck to everyone!
Member
- May 11, 2016
- 1,184
- Tinnitus Since
- 2012
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud music/gigs probably
T isn't too bad I had a bad sleep night for the first time in maybe 2/3 weeks?
On the tinntitus scale on the website I'd say it's between 2 in the morning to a 3 (4max) by the evening. It's the ear pain and the TTTS to noise that's affecting me most. I find the T irritating.
Yours?
On the tinntitus scale on the website I'd say it's between 2 in the morning to a 3 (4max) by the evening. It's the ear pain and the TTTS to noise that's affecting me most. I find the T irritating.
Yours?
When my T hit me hard in 2012, I would've preferred to be stone deaf than deal with the frequencies screaming in my head. A low-pitched hum in my left ear was unbearable if I was anywhere remotely quiet. I even remember thinking if it weren't for my family, I'd chose the afterlife over this hell. I'd experience T, H and even a weird, distorted type of T brought on by certain noises, like a motorcycle exhaust. And as a musician, avoiding noisy environments is not an option for me (but using IEM's at low volume helps). Out of fear, I tried vitamins, Keppra, and all the snake oil BS people are selling out there. My T was at an 8 out of 10 scale. Nothing worked.
About 2 years ago, I noticed kind of out of the blue, that my low hum was getting quieter, to the point where it was getting really easy to ignore. However, my high-pitched T seemed to be getting louder. But overall, I'd say my annoyance scale dropped to about a 5.
Fast forward to 2019. I don't know if the brain just "figures it out" and turns down the gain on the lost frequencies, or what the body does, but my annoyance level is a 1 now! The low hum is completely gone, and the high screams or nothing more than a quiet whimper now. I can even sleep without white noise, although after so many years of sleeping to a fan, I'm too used to it to stop.
It really took about 7 years to go from hell to back to "normal", but it really can happen!! I'm convinced that's why we don't see of the folks that used to frequent this site back in the day. I still lurk here, but don't post much. I don't really think about T anymore, which has been life changing.
I know the fear the new / newer sufferers are going through. It's awful and debilitating, but things can get better, it just takes time. Also, habituation (believe it or not) is a real thing. And stay positive on the hearing loss treatments coming along. I have no doubt it'll help T sufferers with NIHL.
Stay strong out there!!
About 2 years ago, I noticed kind of out of the blue, that my low hum was getting quieter, to the point where it was getting really easy to ignore. However, my high-pitched T seemed to be getting louder. But overall, I'd say my annoyance scale dropped to about a 5.
Fast forward to 2019. I don't know if the brain just "figures it out" and turns down the gain on the lost frequencies, or what the body does, but my annoyance level is a 1 now! The low hum is completely gone, and the high screams or nothing more than a quiet whimper now. I can even sleep without white noise, although after so many years of sleeping to a fan, I'm too used to it to stop.
It really took about 7 years to go from hell to back to "normal", but it really can happen!! I'm convinced that's why we don't see of the folks that used to frequent this site back in the day. I still lurk here, but don't post much. I don't really think about T anymore, which has been life changing.
I know the fear the new / newer sufferers are going through. It's awful and debilitating, but things can get better, it just takes time. Also, habituation (believe it or not) is a real thing. And stay positive on the hearing loss treatments coming along. I have no doubt it'll help T sufferers with NIHL.
Stay strong out there!!
Do you have any more encouragement to leave us with.
Any noise induced success stories you know about that kept you afloat?Do you have any more encouragement to leave us with.
Yes, Frequency's treatment will work for NIHL, at least mine. I know this because I went into a silent room, pooped in my buddy's hearing aids and my T went to zero in a matter of minutes. Hang tight, help is on the way!
Just think of everybody in the service, who saw action, that are homeless, have PTSD, have drug and alcohol problems, are divorced and depressed, like my uncle and friends we grew up with. But hey on the bright side... it's a minor inconvenience for many. So let's stay healthy, and busy as you say and drink some west grass and power fruit shakes.Just think of all the military folks who come back from service and have T. -- I've seen a few on this forum but they probably just think of it as a minor inconvenience depending on what they saw while in service.
They say 10% of the population has some form of T. -- That would be over 30 million in the U.S. alone which is pretty astonishing..
Hang in there everyone and stay busy & healthy. -- I had a 3 week spike but am back to baseline now thank God.
Glad your spike went down, that's something to be happy about.
John Meyers
Member
- Oct 7, 2015
- 364
- Tinnitus Since
- 09/2015
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Just One (1) Loud Rock Concert!
Agreed Daniel. I have a couple friends who are really in bad shape; one with Huntington's Disease and the other paralyzed from the neck down from an accident on his scooter.
Every time my T spikes and I get annoyed, I remind myself of that and go back to being busy and healthy.
I can add a small story from my grandfather. Up to yourself if you want to consider it a success story. When he was 20, he worked often in the wood to cut down trees for the new highway (that was in the early 1960s). So he was around a lot of noisy machinery. One day a dude from public accident insurance showed up to see if the company complied with noise security standards. My grandfathers hearing was tested and he was showing healthy hearing. The guy said, "I bet you've used your hearing protection from the beginning". My grandfather said yes, while everybody around started laughing because nobody ever used hearing protection at all back during that time, neither for chainsaws. He never developed tinnitus from that. However, he occasionally had it when he was sick, and developed it permanently at around the age of 60 (worked as a farmer after quitting the work in the forest, so more excessive noise exposure for 40 years).
He also told me that he had ringing for a week when a gunshot was fired next to his ear in the military (man that seems to be really common in the military)... A friend of his had it too, who has practically deaf for a half week, then his hearing returned.
He also told me that he had ringing for a week when a gunshot was fired next to his ear in the military (man that seems to be really common in the military)... A friend of his had it too, who has practically deaf for a half week, then his hearing returned.
I am really happy that your grandfather could live tinnitus-free. I wish my ears were so resistant too...
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