Yes! I used these plugs all the time 10+ years ago for band rehearsals. They kept the volume at a more comfortable level and kept my ears from ringing. However, I don't think these are heavy enough when playing with loud drummers. They should be for just a piano, though. I used these plugs so much that they started falling apart every couple of months. I then moved to custom molded plugs with -25 dB filters, because these last longer and would end up costing about the same.
Do the Alpine's still come with that plastic tube to insert the earplugs? Make sure you use that thing to insert them properly. Definitely consider the custom plugs because they're a lot easier and quicker to take in an out and offer a bit more protection.
I once mentioned that to my doctor. About spike after exercise. Her answer was short and she related that to fatigue etc. My style of dance i suppose is high impact. It's very physical. I read about high impact / running possible risks and that concerns me as well.
I've done so many test to no avail. I have checked my neck with a PT, cause sometimes a have issues. Usually when there is a somatic component, you can change the sound by specific movement, don't you? I can't. As for my teeth, before my tinnitus onset i had experienced a worsening of gingivitis/early periodontitis which i addressed with a dentist. That time my t was mild and i didn't think that there could be a connection or any risks by the tool sounds. I also have a missing tooth behind. That was 2 years before with an infection. I was t-free. As for maedication i don't take anything systematically. However, months before, i followed a controversial drug therapy by a neurologist. I think i experienced worsening by this for sure. I followed this treatment for 2 weeks and then i stopped because i freaked out. I am somehow in the dark here.
It sounds like you've ruled everything else out as much as you could. For the dental and neurological treatments, I guess there is not much you can do now, so just move forward from here and don't look back.
If you're concerned if high impact dancing is influencing your tinnitus, you could try to have your normal rehearsal and keep everything the same, but remove the high impact part. I doubt that this is it, because dancing is generally much more varied than repeatedly stomping on soil for an hour every other day (=running).
I hope so. Music sometimes / especially the piano provokes a weird auditory phenomenon of mine. I hear sometimes whistles over specific frequencies. It's freaky.
That does sound like hearing damage to me. I also hear some tones distorted in one ear, or a short tone is following by a gush-of-air type sound.
You are truly helpful and i appreciate it. I never believed stress/depression due to tinnitus can worsen permanently this. Tbh i am super stressed, very depressed and devastated and sometimes i get suicidal. I don't know how can i persevere and enjoy my life with this condition.
Glad to be of help. I cannot really provide clear and definitive answers to everything, but I'll do what I can.
That state of being sounds awfully familiar to me. There's a lot to be said for trying to relax, trying not to worry, keeping your mind occupied and just let some time go by to gain some more perspective. Trying to find the cause of your tinnitus and taking the necessary precautions is good, but there's also easy to start to obsessively monitor your tinnitus.
Almost everyone on here has the same experience, including the "it's all over" feeling. The first days, weeks and sometimes months are the hardest, but it does get better with time. Maybe pick up some other hobby that doesn't involve sound at all to distract your mind from the dancing and tinnitus.
Actually the piano is already back. The studio however is not mine to make renovations. But one of the studios is designed as a small theater as well and i have noticed on the wall and the ceiling a perforated strap, which i suppose has to do with sound absorption.
I am pretty confused evaluating the hazardous sound levels. I thing a have developed phono phobia to a small extend. I wear plugs almost everywhere.
Yes. During this time, I overused plugs. For example to avoid traffic noise, because Athens is noisy. To ride my motorbike which now I'm gonna sell, and during teaching of course. I also use muffs. Sometimes i use plugs + muffs. I may have overdone it?
I was considering to take a break for a year and to try meditation. Go somewhere with no sounds. But if I take a break I probably won't be able to resume next year. Everybody is replaceable if you know what I mean. Thank you so much for the advice.
Indeed, wearing earplugs nearly always is bad. It's likely that you've developed some form of hyperacusis and even everyday sounds will seem to be exceptionally loud. Don't overprotect and it should go away. Possibly the whistling sound on top of certain frequencies will go away too.
Wearing earplugs is a good thing when riding a motorcycle! There's even a chance that you can keep riding if the engine is not too loud (no chopper or racing bike) and you stay away from high speeds because of the wind noise. Of course, selling the bike is the safest.
Being in completely silence is not good either. The human ear and brain need a variety of input to stay healthy. In too much silence, your brain will start to amplify the little sounds that it does hear. The doctors at the local tinnitus/hyperacusis clinic also told me that -probably- the ear can recover from loud sounds a bit, but only if you give it something to do, otherwise some parts of the ear will just remain inactive permanently.
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