A List of Places Where You Could Be Exposed to Loud Noises. Places to Watch Out for.

[Bill Bauer]

There are posts on this site saying that magnesium promotes healing as far as T is concerned. Perhaps some people have trouble tolerating it... I have been taking it for months. I am not sure whether it has been helpful, but at least it doesn't seem to be hurting me.

 

[Codaz]

this topic should apply to only vulnerable/sensitive people. If you have a spike from going to a supermarket or some place then you fit this cateogory. In any case I would wear peltor muffs or earplugs while at this places or being around them.

I would add
those blow dryers in the restrooms where you place your hands and blow hot air.....

My list, some of these include places where i got T spike, i put T next to them in that case.
1) Cafes
2) bars
3) Resturants T
4) Malls T
5) Certain supermarkets or stores where music is loud
6) Busy Roads (walking next to a busy road) T
7) Fire trucks, ambulance, police sirens
8) Playing music in the car or too loud on laptop T
9) Caffeine (Green Tea/Coffee) T
10) Sweets T
11) MRI
12) Leaf Blowers, Lawn Mowers, Drills, etc
13) Hand Dryer in Restroom
14) Vaccum
15) Clubs
16) Concerts
17) Festivals
18) Cinema
19) Subway
20) Ipod

The things in bold are very high risk..

I absolutely have to do an MRI and I am very scared.

 

[dpdx]

I absolutely have to do an MRI and I am very scared.

I did an MRI on Dec 10, wear good earplugs, and ask for them to put extra cushion around your ears, tell them you have Tinnitus.

 

[Codaz]

I did an MRI on Dec 10, wear good earplugs, and ask for them to put extra cushion around your ears, tell them you have Tinnitus.

Musicians earplugs with filters or something else? Cushion around the ears, what do you mean?

 

[Tex]

Believe it or not---church. Our church has a band that probably doesn't know that their volume level is loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage. Then there are those of us with T.

Sad to say that we had to quit going. Just can't take it, and don't have the courage to say anything.

 

[Tex]

A few of the surprising places that gave me permanent spikes where;

1) a dental cleaning with an ultra sonic cleaning. That incident increased my tinnitus to being bearable to being about

I can't believe there isn't a class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of these devices. I can't count how many people have reported that they had T after a cleaning. It blew mine through the roof.

 

[PaulBe]

I can't believe there isn't a class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of these devices. I can't count how many people have reported that they had T after a cleaning. It blew mine through the roof.

Without an objective tinnitus measurement technique, I doubt any such lawsuit would be feasible.

 

[dpdx]

Musicians earplugs with filters or something else? Cushion around the ears, what do you mean?

I used foam and they gave me padded cushions to make sure the T dosent go up.

 

[Codaz]

I used foam and they gave me padded cushions to make sure the T dosent go up.

You mean like this on the left?

I heard that the headphones on the right are pretty useless.

Siemens Magnetom Skyra MRI advises 30dB SNR hearing protection in their manual and has 88.3 dB at the loudest (3 Tesla).

 

[Damien Cavanagh]

I think this is a very useful thread.

I like the opening window/door slamming advice. I've learned the hard way too.

I always wear earmuffs in the kitchen, even if I'm just making a cup of tea.

I wear earplugs if talking in a group, especially in a pub or cafe. Group voices get loud, beer glasses clank... after an hour of that I get a spike if I don't put the plugs in.

I've been to the cinema twice since onset 4 months ago and have worn plugs + muffs. Surprisingly, the audio was still clear to me.

I walked into a loud sports bar to watch Ireland v England rugby the other day, with plugs in of course. Bought a beer (well- Somerset scrumpy actually. I find beer spikes my 'pulsatile' T the next day....) went to the back of the room, and felt pretty comfortable. But after 10 minutes I downed the beer and left. It just wasn't worth the risk (shame as England won a great match )

I wear ear plugs at the scanners in the supermarket.

But when walking around town, or working out in the gym, and most other times my ears go commando I find that if I haven't had to wear plugs at all for a day or so, my ears just 'feel' better.

However, I am also incredibly reckless... twice now I have actually *performed* solo on guitar at open mic sessions, tying to get some of my life back. Of course I wore plugs both times, made sure I was standing behind the PA etc, and I didn't get a spike. But I fully agree with the wizened sages here that would say I may have delayed or prevented some healing. I need to kick the habit quickly.