Is Rest Enough to Recover from TTTS?

[MrCrybaby]

I think I've got TTTS. Waiting to get an extended audiogram done, but I'm not sure how to handle myself in the meantime.

Is rest enough to recover from this, or should I look into sound therapy? There is so little info out there...

Thanks for your help!

 

[Gman]

After nearly 3 years mine has not gone away completely, but quite often does here and there. It's not too bad now, just a slight annoyance with quiet noises triggering mostly. The things I've found that help it diminish are:
- avoiding louder sounds especially sudden ones
- in order to do that you need some luck
- time ie wait and see if it goes away eventually
- not overprotecting
- avoiding hearing tests like LDL or other louder ones
- trying not to tense up mentally around normal sounds / approaching sound with a calm mindset
- gently tracing my little finger around the outside of my ear canal will always shut it up for a while when it's being annoying

Not sure what the extended audiogram is going to prove with the TTTS. It's an involuntary psychosomatic condition due to middle ear sensitivity. An ENT wouldn't be able to do much.

 

[MrCrybaby]

After nearly 3 years mine has not gone away completely, but quite often does here and there. It's not too bad now, just a slight annoyance with quiet noises triggering mostly. The things I've found that help it diminish are:
- avoiding louder sounds especially sudden ones
- in order to do that you need some luck
- time ie wait and see if it goes away eventually
- not overprotecting
- avoiding hearing tests like LDL or other louder ones
- trying not to tense up mentally around normal sounds / approaching sound with a calm mindset
- gently tracing my little finger around the outside of my ear canal will always shut it up for a while when it's being annoying

Not sure what the extended audiogram is going to prove with the TTTS. It's an involuntary psychosomatic condition due to middle ear sensitivity. An ENT wouldn't be able to do much.

Thanks! That's pretty much what I've been doing. Hopefully it will clear up!

 

[Yuuls]

After nearly 3 years mine has not gone away completely, but quite often does here and there. It's not too bad now, just a slight annoyance with quiet noises triggering mostly. The things I've found that help it diminish are:
- avoiding louder sounds especially sudden ones
- in order to do that you need some luck
- time ie wait and see if it goes away eventually
- not overprotecting
- avoiding hearing tests like LDL or other louder ones
- trying not to tense up mentally around normal sounds / approaching sound with a calm mindset
- gently tracing my little finger around the outside of my ear canal will always shut it up for a while when it's being annoying

Not sure what the extended audiogram is going to prove with the TTTS. It's an involuntary psychosomatic condition due to middle ear sensitivity. An ENT wouldn't be able to do much.

Could TTTS describe what I've been feeling? I have a manager at work with a VERY VERY loud voice, who feels the need to shout most of the things she says daily. Meetings have been pure hell, especially in rooms that echo and with the beginning of each sentence it's as if something on the inside of my ears vibrates a bit. But only from the beginning of her words if that makes sense. It doesn't burn or hurt, it's just very uncomfortable and certain loud sounds just feel like a *pang*.

Or does this sound more like hyperacusis?

 

[Gman]

Could TTTS describe what I've been feeling? I have a manager at work with a VERY VERY loud voice, who feels the need to shout most of the things she says daily. Meetings have been pure hell, especially in rooms that echo and with the beginning of each sentence it's as if something on the inside of my ears vibrates a bit. But only from the beginning of her words if that makes sense. It doesn't burn or hurt, it's just very uncomfortable and certain loud sounds just feel like a *pang*.

Or does this sound more like hyperacusis?

Yes, it does sound like TTTS. It's annoying, but really you think it's pure hell? I can think of a lot of other worse sensations, like the various kinds of hyperacusis and reactive tinnitus.
Over time it should dissipate hopefully. Don't worry about it, as it is not doing any damage and doesn't mean anything other than your middle ears have a very low startle reflex threshold.

 

[Yuuls]

Yes, it does sound like TTTS. It's annoying, but really you think it's pure hell? I can think of a lot of other worse sensations, like the various kinds of hyperacusis and reactive tinnitus.
Over time it should dissipate hopefully. Don't worry about it, as it is not doing any damage and doesn't mean anything other than your middle ears have a very low startle reflex threshold.

I definitely have some sort of hyperacusis because I for sure have the sound sensitivity (the turn signal signs in my car sound way too loud for example) as well as noise distortion. I fell asleep with my TV yesterday and the ending of all of the sentences all sounded distorted and static and with most white noise I hear an additional tone over it like a separate whining noise. It's getting worse because I started hearing it in the shower and it's been close to a month that I've been experiencing this.

I stopped going to loud places and wearing headphones and have not seen any improvements. Really at a loss here.

 

[Tweedleman]

I'd also love to know the answer to this myself. I'm a month and a half in from my acoustic trauma and my TTTS has held steady. Yes, it's admittedly a far cry from the severe H symptoms some have, but nonetheless has negatively impacted me, causing me to avoid interaction as too much talking and listening throughout the day eventually leads to tensing, fullness, acheing etc.

My left eardrum will twitch to the sound of my own voice. Especially if I have to raise my voice, it'll go haywire after every sentance I finish. My right ear (worse ear) does it more so to cutlery or keys clanking. If I jiggle my keychain next to my left ear, then the right eardrum will twitch for some reason. If I talk on the phone in the right ear, the left will twitch. I definitly don't expect it to go away overnight.

 

[Samir]

I think I've got TTTS.

What makes you think that?

Waiting to get an extended audiogram done, but I'm not sure how to handle myself in the meantime.

Is rest enough to recover from this, or should I look into sound therapy?

Try to calm yourself down, and rest as much as possible. This I think is more beneficial than anything. What's your hearing like? Are both ears equally affected? I think it's good to do an extended audiogram if you got that option, not because of TTTS, but to get a good baseline measurement of your hearing ability.

 

[Mister Muso]

Yes, it does sound like TTTS. It's annoying, but really you think it's pure hell?

Sounds like hell to me. There are people in my workplace with voices that have caused me pain from several desks away. Being trapped in an endless meeting room with them would indeed be horrible. Maybe your hyperacusis only reacts to higher frequencies than the human voice?

 

[Gman]

I definitely have some sort of hyperacusis because I for sure have the sound sensitivity (the turn signal signs in my car sound way too loud for example) as well as noise distortion. I fell asleep with my TV yesterday and the ending of all of the sentences all sounded distorted and static and with most white noise I hear an additional tone over it like a separate whining noise. It's getting worse because I started hearing it in the shower and it's been close to a month that I've been experiencing this.

I stopped going to loud places and wearing headphones and have not seen any improvements. Really at a loss here.

If things sound louder, then you probably have some loudness hyperacusis as well. I remember my turning signals sounded uncomfortably loud, but now they don't.

The sound distortion could be some dysacusis, which I haven't had, so not familiar with.

You do need to be patient with all of this. It can take a long time to see any improvements for any of these issues.

You could always go and see an audiologist, but just be careful to avoid louder hearing tests. Tell them you think that in addition to tinnitus that you have TTTS, loudness hyperacusis and maybe dysacusis.

Sounds like hell to me. There are people in my workplace with voices that have caused me pain from several desks away. Being trapped in an endless meeting room with them would indeed be horrible. Maybe your hyperacusis only reacts to higher frequencies than the human voice?

Not sure what you are talking about. TTTS isn't painful. Hyperacusis can be painful even if it is the loudness type - that is what is pure hell. I know all about being in meetings and on conference calls, cringing in pain, backing away as much as possible, leaving the room on fake toilet breaks. People sneezing or coughing was horrible too, sounding too loud, painful and causing me ear fullness and cramping of middle ear muscles. The worst.

 

[Yuuls]

If things sound louder, then you probably have some loudness hyperacusis as well. I remember my turning signals sounded uncomfortably loud, but now they don't.

The sound distortion could be some dysacusis, which I haven't had, so not familiar with.

You do need to be patient with all of this. It can take a long time to see any improvements for any of these issues.

You could always go and see an audiologist, but just be careful to avoid louder hearing tests. Tell them you think that in addition to tinnitus that you have TTTS, loudness hyperacusis and maybe dysacusis.

Not sure what you are talking about. TTTS isn't painful. Hyperacusis can be painful even if it is the loudness type - that is what is pure hell. I know all about being in meetings and on conference calls, cringing in pain, backing away as much as possible, leaving the room on fake toilet breaks. People sneezing or coughing was horrible too, sounding too loud, painful and causing me ear fullness and cramping of middle ear muscles. The worst.

I saw an Audiologist at the end of November and they did nothing to help me.

I just want to be back to living my normal life. I'm missing out on my best years due to this. I still can't believe this is actually happening.

 

[Gman]

I saw an Audiologist at the end of November and they did nothing to help me.

I just want to be back to living my normal life. I'm missing out on my best years due to this. I still can't believe this is actually happening.

There are other audiologists. Maybe there's a better one out there.
But to be honest, I only saw one as they were the only one where I was living during the worst of it. They were nice but hopeless and made things worse for me, so I never bothered seeing another.
Ear stuff takes time, patience and diligence/luck about avoiding loud noises and places, whilst not falling down the rabbit hole of suffering with phonophobia/misophonia/over protecting/over analysing every sound. It's that easy.

 

[Tweedleman]

I saw an Audiologist at the end of November and they did nothing to help me.

I just want to be back to living my normal life. I'm missing out on my best years due to this. I still can't believe this is actually happening.

same here. 2 months ago I was happy as a clam.