A sad cycle where I think I made it worse, so I check with my fingers, then my fingers make a click sound or something inside my ear canal, or some water pops in my ear canal, then I think I made it even worse, so I check again etc
Probably the Worst Thing That Can Happen!
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Guys have I literally just caused a permanent spike from joint clicking in fingers whilst they're in my ears/noise of moisture popping in ear? It actually seems louder now
No way to know for sure without time. We'll help how we can but we can only do so much. We've already given advice and beyond that we just have well wishes.
I think the popping might be the sound of the water hitting the eardrum. I don't think that would be loud enough to make it permanent but again, try not to plug your ears. If you know they are wet especially don't do it.
Any progress on measuring the db levels of your rooms?
Many friends I've asked have experienced the same thing, where a wet ear canal causes a popping sound if they flex the ear. Just... I hope it hasn't made anything permanent because I've been doing the plugging thing alot and it's happened alot. But no it isn't water hitting the eardrum that's for sure, because it's normally if I plug my ears by pushing in on that flap of skin when that happens, which is on the outer canal. Opinions as to whether this could've done permanent things anyone?
Member- Aug 29, 2015
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- 2004
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Meniere's Disease
@JoshuaD2002,
Stop messing with your ears and poking it or bending skin.
See your doctor and arrange CBT.
love glynis
Stop messing with your ears and poking it or bending skin.
See your doctor and arrange CBT.
love glynis
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Alright but you never answered my question. Are you not able to measure the sound of your house with a smart phone sound meter app?
I just want to know how loud the radiator and boiler make thd rest of your house.
In the process of doing so. By the way, I am just hoping all these sounds like liquid popping and fingers clicking in my ear canal are all harmless and I'm just over worrying. I had to plug my ears for a different purpose half an hour ago, (some loud car alarm) and I can't seem to avoid some kind of noise being produced while my fingers are in there (joint clicking this time).
I hope this settles..
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I've honestly never experienced this. Has a doctor looked inside your ears since you got tinnitus? Perhaps you might feel safer with some outer ear protection like ear muffs.
Many times yes. I actually had an acoustic emissions in February which showed no cochlea damage at all, though this was shortly before tinnitus got bad. (But there's no reason it should have gotten bad since I didn't expose myself to loud sound).
Anyhow, I'm expecting not good things after I accidentally dropped a pen on my wooden desk while standing up. Woops. I guess these are the kind of things that are just going to happen sometimes..
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Yeah, see, I don't get this. That sounds so mundane and you are not the first person to worry about such things. But there are so many louder noises that happen pretty much daily unless you become a hermit and recluse so it's pretty much a non-issue.
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FREAKING OUT
So that pressure sensitive tone has decided to go really loud, no idea if this is to do with the pen? The morse code thing has gone haywire... I've just had a bad panic attack where I felt so lightheaded I nearly passed out... WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Surely the noises such as fingers in an ear canal or a drop of a pen would do such harm? I was in a near silent room (checking the tinnitus) when I dropped the pen, but still I had only been in the silent room for less than 30 seconds. What on earth is happening???
So that pressure sensitive tone has decided to go really loud, no idea if this is to do with the pen? The morse code thing has gone haywire... I've just had a bad panic attack where I felt so lightheaded I nearly passed out... WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Surely the noises such as fingers in an ear canal or a drop of a pen would do such harm? I was in a near silent room (checking the tinnitus) when I dropped the pen, but still I had only been in the silent room for less than 30 seconds. What on earth is happening???
@Red this isn't goodFREAKING OUT
So that pressure sensitive tone has decided to go really loud, no idea if this is to do with the pen? The morse code thing has gone haywire... I've just had a bad panic attack where I felt so lightheaded I nearly passed out... WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Surely the noises such as fingers in an ear canal or a drop of a pen would do such harm? I was in a near silent room (checking the tinnitus) when I dropped the pen, but still I had only been in the silent room for less than 30 seconds. What on earth is happening???
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- May 5, 2016
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- loud noise and very bad sickness
Accidents will always happen. Whether we are prepared or not. What is done is done. Try to move on and not re-live the moment. It is nerve wrecking when stuff like this happens, it really can be. I have had quite a few accidents, in the past few months. They have been loud and very scary. My latest issue I had was in the gym. I was in the bathroom and I was talking to a new friend. I had one ear plug in the bad ear (left ear) and I had my other ear wide open. We were talking and he starts using the automatic dryer in the bathroom. Most of the time I have both ears plugged, for that very reason.
This time, I didn't and I carried on the conversation while he was using the dryer. That dryer was being used for about a minute, maybe a few seconds more. That dryer was about 99DB. It impacted my ears and gave me crazy spikes for a few days. I for sure thought that my hearing was made worst as well. I was calm through out the whole thing. I got home and I used sound therapy, used it for 3-4 days straight. I figured that If my hearing was worst, maybe i'd just get that hearing aid. It is, what it is. I see a problem, I go for a possible solution.
There is no cure for tinnitus, but many ways to live with it and live a life......
Control your emotions, relax and move forward.....
I need opinions on the pressure sensitive tinnitus in my right ear. Even in silence, if I am to simply even place my finger on my outer ear canal, it intensifies by about ten times. It's pressure sensitive. Even with no pressure applied it's quite bad. Had this before but it settles, but came back last night and it's quiet bad. Any ideas as to a cause? Could it be a middle ear pressure issue? Earwax? Any pressure intensifies it hugely; I don't think that would mean an actual damage issue...
WELP. Another accident. Went to play a video on my phone and I guess there's some glitch that sends the volume to full... So yeah some advertisement before a youtube video played at full volume for about 2 seconds as I reacted fast.
Luckily, the volume on my phone even on full really isn't that loud. (My phone on full volume is hard to hear at break time for example at school, something I discovered a while ago). Also, quiet lucky, I was holding in my left hand so my right ear was facing away. Well knowing my luck something is going to happen with my tinnitus and I'll freak out. I think I can hear that it's louder now?
Luckily, the volume on my phone even on full really isn't that loud. (My phone on full volume is hard to hear at break time for example at school, something I discovered a while ago). Also, quiet lucky, I was holding in my left hand so my right ear was facing away. Well knowing my luck something is going to happen with my tinnitus and I'll freak out. I think I can hear that it's louder now?
ok guys but worried about this one, should I be or is this not too bad of an incident?I reacted fast so it was short exposure but full volume, though my research suggests most phones on full aren't too loud. Opinions...?
well I quickly found a decibel test for the phone I have! (Galaxy s7), and the max output for music on full volume reached a max of about 95db. However, that microphone is next to the speaker AND my exposure was not exactly music like that, it was someone talking with quieter music in the background, and the speaker obviously not that close to my ear... so Probably a bit less than 95db is what I actually got through my ears.
@JoshuaD2002 I'm very new to this horrid tinnitus thing myself and suffer with extreme anxiety. I'm only just starting to get a handle on things if only a little bit.
You do seem very very anxious right now.
Do you think it would help to perhaps speak with your parents and maybe see about the best way to address your anxiety as once your anxiety settles the tinnitus will too (I've noticed this myself).
Also I am not saying this to scare you just to make you more aware really but my husband burst his ear drum a couple of years ago. It wasn't through any acoustic trauma etc it was because he kept putting his finger in and out of his ear as he could feel liquid in there which then creates pressure and burst his ear drum.
Please be more careful you really don't need to be putting your fingers in your ears at all. If anything I'd say that if you have to do that to check your tinnitus and can't really hear it otherwise treat it within moderation and as if it isn't there.
I really hope you feel better soon!
You do seem very very anxious right now.
Do you think it would help to perhaps speak with your parents and maybe see about the best way to address your anxiety as once your anxiety settles the tinnitus will too (I've noticed this myself).
Also I am not saying this to scare you just to make you more aware really but my husband burst his ear drum a couple of years ago. It wasn't through any acoustic trauma etc it was because he kept putting his finger in and out of his ear as he could feel liquid in there which then creates pressure and burst his ear drum.
Please be more careful you really don't need to be putting your fingers in your ears at all. If anything I'd say that if you have to do that to check your tinnitus and can't really hear it otherwise treat it within moderation and as if it isn't there.
I really hope you feel better soon!
Well woops I stepped on a plastic hanger and kinda snapped it. Wasn't too loud but still I was in a quiet room so seemed loud. Can't seem to stop getting worried about these sounds!!
I guess I'm just not supposed to recover.
Had a second school bell incident today. I didn't plug my ears.
Had a second school bell incident today. I didn't plug my ears.
Dude, I was 17 when I first got tinnitus. I went through 6th form with it.
My advice to you would be to get some decent earplugs as there is gonna come a time when you are going to bars and pubs etc; and to do something to control your anxiety.
The sounds you have mentioned in this thread are simply nothing to worry about. When wearing earplugs, sometimes my inner ears feel 'wet' either from sweat or maybe wax, and I get the clicking sounds you mentioned when you had oil in your ears.
You are gonna be exposed to that bell again - so either get some plugs or take measures to not be exposed to it. I would plugs my ears when it went off at school.
The majority of your problem right now is anxiety. The hissing may never go. For many of us it has never left, so the only thing you can try and control is your reaction to it. I am by no means perfect at this. I got smashed in the back of the ear by a football yesterday and have bad ringing today and diminished hearing. I have to try and continue to move forward because there is simply no other option.
You, too, can move forward. Get the earplugs and speak to someone about your anxiety.
My advice to you would be to get some decent earplugs as there is gonna come a time when you are going to bars and pubs etc; and to do something to control your anxiety.
The sounds you have mentioned in this thread are simply nothing to worry about. When wearing earplugs, sometimes my inner ears feel 'wet' either from sweat or maybe wax, and I get the clicking sounds you mentioned when you had oil in your ears.
You are gonna be exposed to that bell again - so either get some plugs or take measures to not be exposed to it. I would plugs my ears when it went off at school.
The majority of your problem right now is anxiety. The hissing may never go. For many of us it has never left, so the only thing you can try and control is your reaction to it. I am by no means perfect at this. I got smashed in the back of the ear by a football yesterday and have bad ringing today and diminished hearing. I have to try and continue to move forward because there is simply no other option.
You, too, can move forward. Get the earplugs and speak to someone about your anxiety.
Hi. In my opinion, the cause of my tinnitus really shouldn't be noise exposure. I've always been very responsible when and if I ever used earphones or headphones (I've never been a user of headphones). It doesn't make sense.
I believe the static hissing is noise sensitivity, which could be migraine or the way I process sound - I do have a processing issue on the right side.
Then there's this pressure sensitive tinnitus. (Even in silence, If i place my finger in my ear it will get 10 times louder. I don't get how or why this should be nerve damage related. Middle ear of wax maybe? But contradicting this, since the bell, this tinnitus is quite a bit louder
This bell anyway... Fortunately I was about 4 metres away rather than 40 centimetres and it wasn't painful. I didn't feel any significant changes like fullness of muffledness. Surely the school would remove it, if it was a huge problem. People are exposed to that all the time. It's just really loud. Hopefully this hasn't had a permanent effect...
But wow, the same thing happened like 2 weeks ago... bad ear was facing it. The tinnitus is louder.
That bell is loud when your close. Not painful but loud. Thing is I could hear my friend in front saying sarcastically "thanks for that". Like I heard him quietly say it over the bell... I'm unsure whether my tinnitus has worsened because of the bell or notHi. In my opinion, the cause of my tinnitus really shouldn't be noise exposure. I've always been very responsible when and if I ever used earphones or headphones (I've never been a user of headphones). It doesn't make sense.
I believe the static hissing is noise sensitivity, which could be migraine or the way I process sound - I do have a processing issue on the right side.
Then there's this pressure sensitive tinnitus. (Even in silence, If i place my finger in my ear it will get 10 times louder. I don't get how or why this should be nerve damage related. Middle ear of wax maybe? But contradicting this, since the bell, this tinnitus is quite a bit louder
This bell anyway... Fortunately I was about 4 metres away rather than 40 centimetres and it wasn't painful. I didn't feel any significant changes like fullness of muffledness. Surely the school would remove it, if it was a huge problem. People are exposed to that all the time. It's just really loud. Hopefully this hasn't had a permanent effect...
But wow, the same thing happened like 2 weeks ago... bad ear was facing it. The tinnitus is louder.
Well everybody. This new school bell incident has ruined everything. The tinnitus is worse and I can see it being permanent.
You don't think the bell did stuff?
Also this pressure sensitive tinnitus... causes? scared because at 15 I really shouldn't be getting bad tinnitus especially when I've had a generally good history staying away from loud noises.
Should note... 3-4 weeks ago was hit in the ear at some force with a football. High frequencies seem quieter in the ear it hit I've noticed, but I don't know if this was the football? No ear fullness or dizziness or muffled hearing happened after...
but this pressure sensitive thing. Had it before but settled. Back again badly. Even in silence, putting an earplug in will intensify it, so clearly that pressure is having an effect. Could wax do this? Or middle ear?
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