- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
Tell Me the Truth... Is a Cure Realistic?
- Thread starter TheDanishGirl
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TuneOut
Member
- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
That is wonderful to read. Your cause was earwax and Eustachian tube dysfunction, correct? That's very different from acoustic trauma or viral hearing loss.
- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
Are we sure it is different? All of these causes involve damage to the ear and misfiring of neurons...
MemberThat's just one of the ways T is generated (especially when the cause generates hearing loss). There are other ways depending on the etiology.
I think too much wax blocking your ear drum is very different from the myelin protecting your auditory nerve being damaged by a virus. Wax can be removed and hopefully give the ear a chance to recover.
- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
If it took Five Months for his T to be gone, it wasn't just wax that was causing his problems. Otherwise, his T would be gone a couple of days (if not right away) after the removal of wax. His inner ear was damaged and it took his body five months to repair itself.
@Tinker Bell did you have a chance to see the post below? What did you think?
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tell-me-the-truth-is-a-cure-realistic.22564/page-5#post-259665
TuneOut
Member
I went last night. On a hill with a great view of the fireworks (aka explosives.) I wore earplugs but it was too loud. I could feel the reverberations. Ears, particularly the right one, are ringing louder. Big mistake. If there's a next time I'm staying far away from the show.
Once the initial physical problem was resolved, I would think it could definitely take a few months for the ear to heal after excessive ear wax and Eustachian tube problems.
With many causes of hearing loss, the initial cause cannot be fixed thus the ears really do not have the chance to start the repair process. It's not possible to repair hair cells on the cochlea. If you could, I suspect it would take a few months for hearing to recover.
I just checked those links. Thanks for the info on the two year stats! No help for me, but maybe it can give others some hope.
As for the TT examples, for every one of those I'm sure we could find examples of people with tinnitus who did not see a spike while wearing ear protection. I think I've even read mentions from other TT members.
Like any support forum, we tend to hear the worst case scenarios more often. Not everyone starts a thread to announce all the sounds they've been exposed to that didn't cause a spike.
I'm sorry to hear that. I went with my kids tonight. We stayed in the car and were pretty far away. No ear protection, could barely hear it. My neighborhood fireworks are louder.
I think earmuffs might be the way to go. I swear I read someone did that, but too tired to track down the thread.
TuneOut
Member
That's cool. I went last year but was in the car, without plugs, and it was fine. I was farther away, too. I just want to be a normal person sometimes. Too many times, though, I've tried to rationalize a sound exposure and ended up regretting it. Still trying to find a balance here.
I completely understand! I was sad that we did not do our normal Fourth of July routine. I felt like I was letting my kids down, that they'd be disappointed but . . . they loved it! They thought it was awesome sitting in the back of our SUV in their PJs. They loved it, especially when we got lost and I drove down some crazy, spooky road.
They will likely remember this July 4th better than every other one where we did the exact same thing.
Oh, and I also loved not getting bit up by mosquitoes.
- Feb 17, 2017
- 10,400
- Tinnitus Since
- February, 2017
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Acoustic Trauma
I believe I read somewhere that only one third of smokers experience any health consequences of smoking. The rest are fine. My guess is that more than a third of us would be hurt by loud noises even if we wear ear protection.
And yet many people (70%?) with T due to acoustic trauma experience spontaneous recovery
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/spontaneous-recovery-stats-over-70-recover-3-studies.21441/
TuneOut
Member
We were in a cemetery on a hill last night. It would have been amazing but all I could think of was my ears. All we can do is try to accept it and move on. Next year I'll find the perfect safe spot. I already have an idea.
TuneOut
Member
Is it a pretty gradual fading? What are your day to to sound exposure levels? Do you protect your ears alot?
Using foam earplugs will close of the majority of the external sound and everything will be muffled. Not a pleasant experience. Foam earplugs are mostly for use in noisy environments such as a place of work or when using noisy power tools and machinery. Noise reducing earplugs are available in different levels of attenuation and will reduce external sounds but won't impair sound quality and therefore won't be muffled.
Michael
@Bill Bauer Why do think it's likely that she'll spontaneously recover within a year or 2? I ask because at this point I've given up on spontaneously recovering. It was my understanding that if it hasn't gone away in 6 months you're almost certainly stuck with it unless there's something you can treat causing it.
If your tinnitus was caused by loud noise exposure @Nick07 It is most likely your tinnitus will recover quite significantly within a year perhaps a little longer. Providing you do not use headphones even at low volume, you keep away from loud noise - when attending places were music is likely to be loud use noise-reducing earplugs that have filters and try not to stay there too long. Use a sound machine at night by your bedside for sound enrichment. If you do all these things then I believe you will make a lot of improvement. Click on the link below and read my articles: Tinnitus A Personal View and Hyperacusis, As I see It.
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-a-personal-view.18668/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/hyperacusis-as-i-see-it.19174/
Zenyatta
Member
- Jun 4, 2017
- 118
- Tinnitus Since
- 2012/2017(spike)
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Unknown/Ear-tooth infection
Damn, I thought only americans could believe this kind of thing. Not that I think they are more naive, but ermm.. I don't know, like they have their countercultures and that one would be part of it.
@Michael Leigh Why no earphones even at low volumes? At work that is the only way I can watch training videos as I sit in a cube farm.
jjflyman
Member
I think your are getting a skewed opinion of T. Yes there are people here who have suffered for years, but the overwhelming majority actually do recover. They simply post here until they are better and move on. Even the authors of this site say the majority of people recover over time. I'll bet most members have never read this page from the authors of this site:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/panic/
jjflyman
Member
Yes, it is a very gradual fading. Only measurable in months. I am retired now, so I can control how much noise I'm exposed to, and I keep it to a minimum. I do protect my ears a lot, even when going to loud restaurants I sometimes wear high fidelity ear plugs that are clear.
@Carlyi and I and many others keep an open mind on this topic. I advise people not to dismiss it so easily. We are taught (conditioned) from children that things are a certain way. Open your eyes the truth is in front of you....
Hi @Flamingo1,
Please read my post: Headphones And Tinnitus, by clicking on the link: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/headphones-and-tinnitus.12062/
All the best
Michael
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