Screwed Up at a Concert — Recommendations for My Early Stage of Tinnitus?

[Sevv]

I have a zero tolerance policy for noise. It applies for anything a normal person would find uncomfortable, and a bit more (not trying to overprotect either). I dont go into discos anyway, and I can easily give up cinema and concert visits. Did that anyway just once or twice a year. Fuck that shit with their unneccessary high volumes.

 

[Yuri_ol]

Just wanted to give an update. I haven't been too much on this site now because it makes it more difficult to habituate. I'm trying not to dwell to much on my T...

Anyway, I started having clear signs of improvements starting from last Thursday. Since then, my T has fluctuated anywhere from barely noticeable in a silent room to a 2/10 (normally its around 0,5-1/10). I'm pretty sure though that there's been a continual improvement each day. My H and reactivity of my T are also basically gone, so it now gets properly overshadowed by other noises. The sound of my T is usually still the static TV hiss, though much more gentle. When it's really low, it is a low-frequency washing (like a very distant river). I hope it will continue this trend, then it's probably gone in a week or two...

thank for your post. It helps me to understand that your and my T is appear the same.
The human body have alike (same) reaction for loud sound in identical conditions?
Today is 84 days for my T. Now it like (not loud like on video but looks the same)

 

[Rohit Saluja]

Stay strong!! Life is still livable. I am 18 months in.

 

[Don Tinny]

Still I see my tinnitus as positive experience in some ways, as it showed me how fragile we are and how strong other people are that live with much more disabling conditions.

Keep in mind that the condition is already established in your body. You should be super careful, it can be highly debilitating.

 

[Sevv]

thank for your post. It helps me to understand that your and my T is appear the same.
The human body have alike (same) reaction for loud sound in identical conditions?
Today is 84 days for my T. Now it like (not loud like on video but looks the same)

Mine is more like high pitched white noise with occasional low intensity ringing. Currently it's a bit above average, at around 2/10. Was very quite through the day though, was almost forgetting about it.

Stay strong!! Life is still livable. I am 18 months in.

Thanks! I do believe that. I am fortunate that my T is pretty mild. My only fear is that I might screw up or have bad luck and it get's worse. However I also believe that we will have some form of cure in 5 years, so there's always hope to hear silence again, even if it doesn't go away on its own.

 

[Sevv]

Um, I have a question. I was thinking about HBOT today and just tried whether I could do the Valsalva maneuver without problems. My left ear, which is tinnitus-free (though has short-termed ringing about once a day), does it relatively normal (not as normal though as I remember it, there seemes something to be blocking it a bit). My right ear doesn't do any pressure equalisation (is that the term?) when the left one does. Is that normal, or an indication of ETD? I didn't try to use extra force for my right ear, don't wanna mess up anything.
I probably have to clear this situation first before I can even consider HBOT (not so sure though, my T is mild which means that I'm not so sure if I should take the risk of barotrauma, especially since my ears did hurt when I was in a diving course).

 

[PortalNaut]

paging @Lane re hbot, if you have any input.

 

[Sevv]

Ok, yet an other update. I went for another hearing test today, this time with a testing also in the 8kHertz-16kHertz. Turns out my hearing is almost pristine . I also heard 15-16kHertz so clearly that there must be some hyperacusis there (not something I noticed during the day, as these frequencies arent often heard in daily life).
That would lead me to the following possibility:
I have hidden hearing loss, that is sufficient to cause tinnitus. I find it a bit difficult to believe that my hair cells are doing this well while my nerve got damaged so easily; it is also rather uncommon: a study claimed that only 10% of tinnitus sufferers have normal audiograms and concluced that in these cases hidden hearing loss must be the cause. However it is the only logical explanation (it makes sense besides the low probability) besides coincidental psychological perpetuation of a noise induced T. It would also make sense since the hissing I experience is extremely high, so high that I sometimes perceive it; it also seems the same frequency of my H.

Also: If I said now that I don't experience fading I would consider it a lie. Even my hissing feels much more gentle today (might also be that not the volume decreases but it is so high in frequency that I can't perceive it anymore).

Does anybody know whether intratympanal steroid injections or HBOT would help repairing damaged nerves?

 

[JohnAdams]

Sue the venue and or the band.

 

[Ivkopivko]

Hey bud. I think we should discuss a little further as every time I'm reading your thread I can relate to your symptomps, progress and similar patterns. My hiss is also high - something like 12,5 kHz and I have tone in right ear that I'm unable to describe.

My audiogram (unfortunately only up to 8kHz) went just fine (mostly 5dB, 10dB max around 6kHz) such as yours. I'm considering to seek for test from 8kHz above, but I didn't find such an ENT or audiometry equipped with this device yet. If I'm trying one of many tone generator across the web or YTB, I can hear everything up to 16-16,5 kHz with no noticeable drops or attenuation while getting there = considering myself as a person without hearing loss, or with hidden hearing loss.

Regarding to HBOT, I would love to tell you something like go, you have to do it. Yesterday I finished 2nd dive, today is a public holiday and continuing in the morning. I'll do 10-15, will decide later. So far I didn't experience any changes or anything worthy to share. It's really time consuming - 10-15 minutes to get the pressure high, then 3x 30 minutes inhalation of oxygen with about 10 minutes breaks and the same to get back to atmosferic pressure. If you're able to do valsalva you'll be just fine. I would say there is nothing better to try in our case.

Keep us (me) posted about your progress, always nice to read something positive there!