Is My Tinnitus Still Temporary?

[Wehraboo2933]

For the past 11 days, I've been getting a ring in my ear, it was pretty bad for the first few days, then a couple days ago, it felt like it was going away. But then today, it came back loud, I think it may have started when someone at school yelled in my ear, dumb*ss is still unapologetic over it and doesn't take my problems seriously , I'm starting to get a little nervous over the ringing/hissing, thinking it may be forever, I dont want to be this way forever

 

[threefirefour]

For the past 11 days, I've been getting a ring in my ear, it was pretty bad for the first few days, then a couple days ago, it felt like it was going away. But then today, it came back loud, I think it may have started when someone at school yelled in my ear, dumb*ss is still unapologetic over it and doesn't take my problems seriously , I'm starting to get a little nervous over the ringing/hissing, thinking it may be forever, I dont want to be this way forever

It got quieter which is a good sign, even if it later got louder. I think there's a good chance you will recover. Just please be sure to protect your hearing from now on, and give your ear some time.

 

[Wehraboo2933]

Thank you for the reassurance, I do take shop class at school (Small engine technology), but thank god my teachers got ear muffs, ever since the tinnitus, I've been wearing wear muffs when using loud machinery and it's been working

 

[glynis]

@Wehraboo2933 ,
Always get your ears checked by your doctor when you get tinnitus and have hearing checked also.
Glad to hear your using ear protection.
Love glynis

 

[Bill Bauer]

Check out the thread below where I summarize everything (27 tips) I learned about managing tinnitus after reading the posts on this forum for the past year.
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...eone-else-who-has-tinnitus.26850/#post-307822

 

[Clark]

Wehraboo2933 Yo im pretty much on the same boat as you are, its been a week for me and still waiting for it to go away, be patient man!! we got this

 

[foliefortuna]

Tinnitus is considered chronic after 6 months. You should protect your ears from loud noises to increase the chances of your tinnitus fading or going away completely. Avoid noisy spaces and wear earplugs in potentially noisy places such as school.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Tinnitus is considered chronic after 6 months.

You might hear that if your T doesn't go away in 6 months, it is permanent. That is a myth. "Six months" is just a time interval that insurance companies use to classify a condition as being chronic. It has no medical basis.

Multiple sources seem to use "2 years" as their rule of thumb. See, for example
https://www.ncrar.research.va.gov/Education/Documents/TinnitusDocuments/01_HenryPTM-HB_1-10.pdf
"A general guideline is that tinnitus of at least 12 months duration has a high likelihood of being a permanent condition (Dobie, 2004b). However, it also has been suggested that a person must have experienced tinnitus for at least two years before it should be considered permanent (Vernon, 1996)."
Link to Dobie 2004: https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en...AfBTNxz1AY#v=onepage&q=dobie tinnitus&f=false

If your T keeps fading but is still audible 2 years after onset, there is no reason to think that it will stop fading after 2 years.
It will most likely continue fading. A number of members of this forum had stated that the first time they got tinnitus, they eventually got to hear silence after 12-18 months. This is evidence contradicting the statement above from that Dobbie 2004 study.

Or at least I Hope it is not chronic or permanent after 6 months, seeing how mine is now 14 months old.

 

[john paul]

The term chronic in medicine does not mean forever. It just means its no longer a short term issue. Usually its 3 months for most symptoms to be considered chronic. In the case of T, my opinion is 6 months is just something someone pulled out of their ass one day.

 

[New Guy]

my opinion is 6 months is just something someone pulled out of their ass one day

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