Tinnitus 30% Lower After Getting Fleeting Tinnitus Five Times Today — A Sign of Something?

[markjetz]

Hello. My journey with tinnitus started about 3 months ago. I'm 19 years old and I got it from an ear infection. Ever since then it has been fluctuating in frequency, loudness, and getting different sounds.

Yesterday and today I have gotten fleeting tinnitus about 5 times, and my tinnitus seems to be about 30% lower.

Does this mean something is going on within the ears? I was initially afraid of SSHL due to muffled hearing but I don't have it anymore.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Yesterday and today I have gotten fleeting tinnitus about 5 times

Those are NOT spikes. Spikes last hours-months. That's "fleeting tinnitus".
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/search/1933873/?q=fleeting&o=relevance
Whereas spikes might indicate that you might have further damaged your ears, fleeting tinnitus is more mysterious. Healthy people get fleeting tinnitus too, but of course this happens a lot less often compared to how often tinnitus sufferers experience it. I like to believe that fleeting tinnitus is my body trying to heal itself by recalibrating. In any case, fleeting tinnitus seems harmless, except for the panic it might cause when one is worried that it will never go away. Just tell yourself that it is fleeting tinnitus, and that you will worry only if it is still there after three minutes.

it has been fluctuating in frequency, loudness, and getting different sounds.

It is a very good sign that it isn't relentlessly at the same level.

It looks like eventually your T will be gone. It shouldn't take longer than 1-2 years for this to happen.

 

[GSC]

Fleeting Tinnitus always makes my tinnitus lower. I consider it a good thing...

 

[Joshua12345]

Hey @markjetz do you still have fleeting tinnitus? Also is your usual tinnitus any better or worse?