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Oh, just that it's better to lose the thrill of jacking up your stereo than gain the misery of increased tinnitus.
Protect Ears from Regular Sounds?
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Oh, just that it's better to lose the thrill of jacking up your stereo than gain the misery of increased tinnitus.
Emperor-Drax
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- Jun 14, 2018
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- 10/06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud bang on metal with a mallet
So I'll probably never get to listen to music or watch films with big sound again without the risk of breaking my newly acquired fragile head. Is this life worth living anymore?
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Emperor-Drax
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- Jun 14, 2018
- 332
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- 10/06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud bang on metal with a mallet
A big picture of an existence of looking over your shoulder and avoidance habits. Sounds like hell.
Member- Oct 14, 2016
- 1,270
- Tinnitus Since
- All my life, but got worse 2016
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Noise induced / Concert
I'm not really sure why loud sounds by stereo or loud music constitutes to life's "worth", T will teach you to have a little discipline, a little structure, and a lot of patience. These aren't bad qualities to have, and if anything they enrich your life, not take it away. Before T life was privileged and unbounded, after T life is still unlimited and full of possibilities albeit you need to be a little more creative, and a little more imaginative to do everything the way you've always wanted to do it.
Also, you sound very resigned...it is easy to give in to the "bad voice"...because it tends to mushroom, and then all these bad voices happen all at once and you totally forget that it really isn't as horrible as it really needs to be. If you're walking along and some truck comes by, you can just plug your ears with your finger. Quick fix. If you're at home and you need to use a blender, throw a pair of ear muffs on before you use. After a while it becomes 2nd nature.
Emperor-Drax
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- Jun 14, 2018
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- 10/06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud bang on metal with a mallet
When a significant part of your leisure is built around the bliss of audio immersion, and that's suddenly taken away from you, the next potentially 50 years you have left begin to look grim and uncertain.
- Oct 14, 2016
- 1,270
- Tinnitus Since
- All my life, but got worse 2016
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Noise induced / Concert
Maybe you can find a way to still do that but with a lower volume and be able to enjoy it that way? I don't know how i'd feel if sewing was taken away from me, but I do know that my 2nd love --which is wood working....is now impossible for me to partake in. Just using a sander makes me so nervous and I couldn't bring myself to do it any more. Instead I just build stuff in the Sims and that fulfills my builder tendencies. Life is worth living no matter what anyone says, you've been dead for 4.5 billion + years....now you're taking a 10 minute break...so what's the rush?
I am a father of four little kids, two times twins, (4, 4, 2 and 2 years old). They are LOUD. I recently had a worsening of my mild Tinnitus in April 2018 due to stress and totally freaked out. I was so miserable. I had anxiety, problems with sleeping and could not stand even the voices of my kids. I wore earplugs at home because the 2-year-old often suddenly scream when they are happy or sad...
I had months of trying to get through the day with work and the screaming kids at home.
Then I had a root canal procedure at the dentist in July which made things better. But I was still in fear of every sound. I told myself I cannot live in my own house if I cannot tolerate the "sound" of my kids. My wife also has Tinnitus and little hearing loss and always gets the screaming and crying "full blast" without complaining. And without worsening of her Tinnitus. So i decided to tolerate the screaming and crying and laughing of the kids without earplugs and without worrying because I was already miserable and couldn't imagine going on like I did.
And it worked. With a positive mindset I reduced the Hyperacusis within days to maybe 20%. The Tinnitus also reduced a bit.
Of course I read the posts of Bill Bauer and the other fighters for ear protection which I of course use in really loud environments, but to have the Tinnitus always in the first place of thinking and rule my day was not healthy for my mind and my ears. I believe the ears need stimulation (when there was no acoustic trauma right before).
The most important thing is not to live in constant fear. I had also often spasms of the tensor tympani which I could feel as movement in my ear followed by increased Tinnitus. This has also reduced directly after I changed my mindset to the sounds of my kids and the environment.
Mindset is so important. Don't overprotect. Don't fear everyday sounds when you did not have acoustic trauma right before.
All the best
I had months of trying to get through the day with work and the screaming kids at home.
Then I had a root canal procedure at the dentist in July which made things better. But I was still in fear of every sound. I told myself I cannot live in my own house if I cannot tolerate the "sound" of my kids. My wife also has Tinnitus and little hearing loss and always gets the screaming and crying "full blast" without complaining. And without worsening of her Tinnitus. So i decided to tolerate the screaming and crying and laughing of the kids without earplugs and without worrying because I was already miserable and couldn't imagine going on like I did.
And it worked. With a positive mindset I reduced the Hyperacusis within days to maybe 20%. The Tinnitus also reduced a bit.
Of course I read the posts of Bill Bauer and the other fighters for ear protection which I of course use in really loud environments, but to have the Tinnitus always in the first place of thinking and rule my day was not healthy for my mind and my ears. I believe the ears need stimulation (when there was no acoustic trauma right before).
The most important thing is not to live in constant fear. I had also often spasms of the tensor tympani which I could feel as movement in my ear followed by increased Tinnitus. This has also reduced directly after I changed my mindset to the sounds of my kids and the environment.
Mindset is so important. Don't overprotect. Don't fear everyday sounds when you did not have acoustic trauma right before.
All the best
Emperor-Drax
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- Jun 14, 2018
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- 10/06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud bang on metal with a mallet
Why don't you use a broom? You could clean your house in one hour rather than in 6 months
Or @Bill Bauer buy a manual carpet sweeper. They're not loud, lightweight and do an okay job with cleaning carpets.Why don't you use a broom? You could clean your house in one hour rather than in 6 months
Well, that was exactly my aproach the last couple of months.... my kids are a little older, 9 and 12.... but still can be very loud haha, especially when they have friends over. I didn't want to be the mom who constantly had to say they needed to be quiet, so I got myself together and put up with it. In the beginning it was hell.... but eventually it got better and now it's not a big deal anymore. I even think I might be able to slowly pick up my job again after the holiday. (I'm a teacher, kids 3-5 years old.....)
The tinnitus just got worse during this period.... that's the reason I'm thinking about earplugs. Difficult.....
Unfortunately, being with T (or plus H), we need to say GOOD BYE to many things to protect our ears.
Emperor-Drax
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- Jun 14, 2018
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- 10/06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud bang on metal with a mallet
- Feb 17, 2017
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- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
Unfortunately, I've got carpets in my home...
I have never heard of it before. I will look into it! Thank you.
- Oct 14, 2016
- 1,270
- Tinnitus Since
- All my life, but got worse 2016
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Noise induced / Concert
Thank you! I think my T got milder because I: live a life that is voided of excessively loud sounds, use plugs at the reasonable times, STOP thinking about T lol. The last part was the most important one, the less I think about it the less resources my body has to use to prevent me from stressing and the more it poured into fixing my T, over time my T just went down. I can't even hear my T anymore unless I focus really hard and "search" for it, even then i dont even know if my brain is just making up the sound or if i am really hearing it.Coffee_girl (I love your name!) do you think your T got milder because you use the earplugs?
Hello Anna,
Usually when I go out, per example for a walk into the city, I always take my earplugs with me (wax earplugs)...
I often use them, just in case there is a very loud noise coming from nowhere... I find it happens often (too much) in a city... Especially with trucks, buses, cars AND motorbikes...
After when I am at my work, I don't use them...
But still, the world is loud, often very loud for me... So I try to be always prepared in case of too much noise...
Without being worried all the time, not easy sometimes !
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