Thanks
@Michael Leigh for the very insightful response!
You are welcome
@Stacken77. Most of the questions that you have regarding your tinnitus, which is "Noise induced", you will find in the posts that I have mentioned to you which are on my started threads. Please take your time and read them. There are other posts too that you might find helpful: Tinnitus, and the negative mindset & Acquiring a positive mindset. Please take your time and read all that I have mentioned. They are based on 24 years experience with noise induced tinnitus. Corresponding with people at tinnitus forums, by email and counselling some by telephone. You will also find some helpful people in this forum.
Do you still listen to music, and if so, do you listen with very low volume?
I don't need to listen to music at very low volumes although when I first got tinnitus 24 years ago and severe hyperacusis, conversation with anyone resulted in my tinnitus increasing and making the hyperacusis worse. It took 2 years to recover.
I can safely listen to audio up to 70 decibels. As mentioned in my post: Hyperacusis, As I see it, I went to a venue where the sound level was 100 decibes and stayed their for 30mins without any problems. This was a test and don't encourage anyone else to do it. You have tinnitus for just 2 months, your recovery will take time. Use low level sound enrichment as mentioned in my posts, during the day and especially at night.
Do you drive without ear plugs and have you ever experienced any negative effects in tinnitus by driving?
I only use earplugs when using noisy gardening equipment like a petrol lawnmower or electric power tools. My hyperacusis was cured over 20 years ago, using white noise generators as part of TRT and hope it remains this way.
When driving my tinnitus is not affected in anyway and there's no need to wear earplugs.
I do still believe in recovery, I'm just going to give it time. I primarily were thinking if the equalizer could help in reducing any harmful frequencies, but maybe it's just more efficient to have the volume turned as low as possible?
With time you will recover. My advice is not to use headphones, earbuds or headsets ever again. When you habituate which I'm confident that you will, you maybe tempted to use the above devices, I strongly advise that you don't.
Adding a graphic equaliser to your car stereo will allow you to tailor and shape the sound but this comes a price. As I have mentioned in my post, an equaliser degrades sound quality it cannot enhance it. All good audio systems whether for the home or car do not have a graphic equaliser because it cannot improve the sound quality of the recording when it was originally mixed by the studio engineer. The audio system in my Lexus is a Mark Levison. Anyone that knows anything about high-end audio, will know Mark Levison is up there with the best. Whether it's audio for the home, car or studio. Mark Levison audio is meant to be set to Flat response and would be aghast to see the addition of an equaliser.
I am a purist when it comes to audio. Whether I'm listening to classical, opera or jazz fusion in the car or on my home HI-FI system, I hear the music as it was intended by the audio engineer as a flat response. Bass, treble, balance all sound equal. Throughout the frequency range the music sounds well balanced and mixed. There's no need to adjust bass, treble etc or the need for an equaliser. If your system already had one fitted then I suppose it could help with your oversensitivity to sound, by adjusting it more to your liking while your ears heal. As I have said, this comes at a price, because you're not improving the sound but degrading it.
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