- Sep 28, 2019
- 11
- Tinnitus Since
- 02/2019
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Blowing nose/ears popping
Hi everyone; I've been experiencing tinnitus and what could probably be described as hyperacusis or some sort of acoustic trauma since Feburary. I acquired it simply by blowing my nose, causing my ears to pop and the ringing to be there immediately afterward. Immediately I could tell I didn't simply have tinnitus, as I was unable to listen to noises like rain or broadband sound to soothe it, with a sort of ringing raging over and overlapping it. I made a rather stupid mistake soon afterward; as my father also has tinnitus and has for longer than me, he had been browsing here and proposed that I try hyperbaric therapy quickly as the tinnitus had just started. Of course, given the circumstances that I received tinnitus in the first place under, doing a sort of treatment that involves the ears popping in and out from adjustments in pressure level was extremely ill-advised and resulted in a greater acoustic trauma or potential hyperacusis that expanded this overlapping ringing to the sounds of cars, human voices, and any sort of impact sound. Additionally, music began to sound shrill and distorted, and began to chop up, as though I couldn't properly process it.
Thankfully, I found a nature based tinnitus sound therapy video online that was not distorted for me at all. Several, though not all, of my previous symptoms began to improve as I listened to it at night and throughout the day. Additionally, I began to experience several symptoms like the cracking of my jaw and clicking in my ears coupled with joint stiffness and irregular head pain that I could only assume was TMJ. An audiologist informed me that continuing sound enrichment therapy was the right way to go about things, and this seemed to corroborate with a lot of advice I read on here. Thus, my plan was to continue with the sound therapy and seek treatment for the TMJ.
However, roughly two weeks ago things changed drastically for the worse. I woke up with nasal congestion, and tried to blow my nose, only for the exact same thing to happen. I acquired a new, louder form of tinnitus then and there; additionally, in the coming days I sadly learned that all nature based sound therapies were no longer effective, as they now distorted to form a sort of audible fluttering sound. Then, last night, things drastically worsened. This "fluttering" sound (I can best describe it as a pronounced 'wowowowo' that lasts about 4-5 seconds) has not only become much louder and more consistent out of nowhere, but it now overlaps everything. Sound therapy, the wind, music, the noises I make when I move around. It's just a constant overlapping of all sounds, and there's no escaping it. I feel like I'm not only back at square one, but that things are much worse now than they've ever been. As it felt like I was making genuine progress, this has left me extremely disheartened to say the least.
If you've taken the time to read all this, I really appreciate it. I guess my basic question is, should I continue listening to any sort of noise at night and throughout the day even if it sounds distorted and contains this constant fluttering now. Additionally, I don't know where I stand on the TMJ treatment; I was about to book a consultation with a specialized dentist, but this newfound problem has left me wondering if I have some other kind of problem instead. Searching this board has uncovered the possibility that I might have TTTS, though I'm not sure the "fluttering" noise I experience is the same as others, and I get it primarily in my right ear, at times in my left, and constantly in other sounds.
I'd be thankful for any advice or perspective whatsoever. This is the lowest point I've been at since the tinnitus started and the first time I've genuinely questioned how I can possibly habituate going forward.
Thankfully, I found a nature based tinnitus sound therapy video online that was not distorted for me at all. Several, though not all, of my previous symptoms began to improve as I listened to it at night and throughout the day. Additionally, I began to experience several symptoms like the cracking of my jaw and clicking in my ears coupled with joint stiffness and irregular head pain that I could only assume was TMJ. An audiologist informed me that continuing sound enrichment therapy was the right way to go about things, and this seemed to corroborate with a lot of advice I read on here. Thus, my plan was to continue with the sound therapy and seek treatment for the TMJ.
However, roughly two weeks ago things changed drastically for the worse. I woke up with nasal congestion, and tried to blow my nose, only for the exact same thing to happen. I acquired a new, louder form of tinnitus then and there; additionally, in the coming days I sadly learned that all nature based sound therapies were no longer effective, as they now distorted to form a sort of audible fluttering sound. Then, last night, things drastically worsened. This "fluttering" sound (I can best describe it as a pronounced 'wowowowo' that lasts about 4-5 seconds) has not only become much louder and more consistent out of nowhere, but it now overlaps everything. Sound therapy, the wind, music, the noises I make when I move around. It's just a constant overlapping of all sounds, and there's no escaping it. I feel like I'm not only back at square one, but that things are much worse now than they've ever been. As it felt like I was making genuine progress, this has left me extremely disheartened to say the least.
If you've taken the time to read all this, I really appreciate it. I guess my basic question is, should I continue listening to any sort of noise at night and throughout the day even if it sounds distorted and contains this constant fluttering now. Additionally, I don't know where I stand on the TMJ treatment; I was about to book a consultation with a specialized dentist, but this newfound problem has left me wondering if I have some other kind of problem instead. Searching this board has uncovered the possibility that I might have TTTS, though I'm not sure the "fluttering" noise I experience is the same as others, and I get it primarily in my right ear, at times in my left, and constantly in other sounds.
I'd be thankful for any advice or perspective whatsoever. This is the lowest point I've been at since the tinnitus started and the first time I've genuinely questioned how I can possibly habituate going forward.
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