Spike After Playing Piano — Permanent or Temporary?

[Allan1967]

Did you take the lymecycline before the spike? I'm wondering if that is the cause or if it made it worse.

Before.

 

[Sam Bridge]

Before.

If you google that drug and tinnitus you get a lot of results, do you think that is the culprit and not the piano?

 

[Allan1967]

If you google that drug and tinnitus you get a lot of results, do you think that is the culprit and not the piano?

I've had Lymecycline before without any issues. Most likely the piano.

 

[Jack Straw]

I've had Lymecycline before without any issues. Most likely the piano.

People can take medication for a long time and never have an issue, until they do. Perhaps it was a combination of meds and piano? Piano at less than 80 dB for 30 min seems unlikely to cause hearing damage, but anything is possible I guess.

 

[Mister Muso]

Temporary for me, but I really miss playing the piano the way I used to play it. 80dB seems quite loud - I've measured mine at mid-70s but perhaps I'm holding back because of my T. I hardly play it now and when I do it's just quiet tunes. It can spike my T but just for that day, as it settles down overnight. But I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll never be able to perform Bohemian Rhapsody the way it's supposed to be played, even with earplugs :-(

 

[GregCA]

But I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll never be able to perform Bohemian Rhapsody the way it's supposed to be played, even with earplugs :-(

You can play it on an e-piano with headphones.

 

[Mister Muso]

You can play it on an e-piano with headphones.

Or through a small speaker, yeah. But not in front of people on a real piano.

I know we've all got things we have lost. It's still raw for me at the moment.

 

[Mister Muso]

So I've found that I can play one short piece, a quiet one, on my acoustic piano, with no adverse effects. I use earplugs and earmuffs though, so it only gives me limited enjoyment, but my wife enjoys hearing me play her favourite pieces. Last night though I played the same piece a second time, and this morning the crickets and cicadas are back in my head again. Not any louder than before, but they'd been getting quieter over the past week or so but they are back up to the level they were at a week ago. I guess I mustn't rush my recovery then. I'll take a break for two weeks then go back to just one quiet song at a time.