Hello EDogg,
At the onset of my tinnitus/hyperacusis I had feeling of fullness in my both ears (fullness was not permanent but it lasted occasionally during the first three months after onset). I also had pain in my ears, but luckily, the pain was not permanent but occurred only when the sound exceeded my loudness discomfort level (LDL). The sound I perceived was distorted. This happened very easily because my LDL was 30 db back then. When the too-loud-sound-for-me stopped, my ear pain disappeared. That is why I needed to wear ear plugs practical in every activity including washing my hands and typing on the keyboard.
Back then I had also a huge problem during eating some kind of foods (e.g., salad, toast, walnuts), because the sound has been transferred from my teeth to jaw bones and then to my ears. Also cleaning my teeth was a huge problem in the first couple of months due to the high pitched sound produced by friction between toothbrush and teeth. Now, I can tolerate sounds up to 75-90 db (the level depends on frequency of sound).
In the beginning, I had very reactive tinnitus, i.e., every sound, especially high pitched sound, aggravated my tinnitus terribly. I still have reactive tinnitus, but the level of reactivity is now much lower than in the beginning. It seems that as hyperacusis improves, the level of reactivity decreases.
If your current state is such that you can't tolerate the sound generators, please do not force yourself to listen to these sounds. Alternatively, you can test different sounds you can find in many places on the www. If you can not tolerate some sounds at the moment (i.e., pink sound, white sound, cricked-like sound, water sound), this does not mean that you will not be able to listen to these very the same sounds in the future (please see my above post).
The official medicine still does not know precisely the underlaying fundamentals of tinnitus/hyperacusis, and that is why the tinnitus sufferers are often left to themselves.
That is why many tinnitus/hyperacusis sufferers are mistakenly convinced that these symptoms are permanent. I would like to point out that over the months or years, a vast majority of the patients dramatically improve the quality of life (i.e., either the tinnitus/hyperacusis disappears completely or it reduces to a level where it has no significant impact to everyday life).
Best regards!