Spike From "Nearby" Concert?

frischky

Member
Author
Feb 24, 2015
71
Tinnitus Since
06/2004
Cause of Tinnitus
Acoustic Trauma
So here I am enjoying a little rest in Asia (coinciding with Chinese New Year, although I am not Chinese)...

Decided to meet a friend at the mall and have dinner, but as she had her dog we had to sit outside. Now about 400 feet down the terrace of the outdoor mall was a small concert that was echoing down our way.

We could converse at more or less a regular level, though had to raise our voice a bit towards the end. I thought well, it must be a safe level as conversation was at a regular level. But I think I was wrong.

T has spiked majorly and did have a slightly muffled ear the next day.... that has subsided but T is still raging and my ears still feel "sore" 3 days later.

So I'm going through the usual beating myself up for being senseless... if I didn't have a muffled ear the next day, I would have just chalked the T spike to anxiety, but I'm fearful now I did more damage to my ears.

Am I over-reacting or do you think my fears are justified?
 
You are over-reacting. :) T goes up and down sometimes without any causes and it's so easy for our brain and mind to look for causality.
 
Thanks for the reply.

My T does have it's ups and downs... however, as far as I can recall it has never been "up" this high nor accompanied by the muffled ear the day after the noise exposure.

Worst of all is I probably have to fly out tomorrow... albeit it will be to a beach, so maybe it might be more beneficial than harmful!
 
Buy cheap sonometer - it will calm your anxiety in future and will reassure you where you can feel entirely safe instead of gussing game you go through now.
 

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