What Made Your Tinnitus Louder?

[JurgenG]

Red haired girl thought it was loud too.

Indeed, they popped one next to her.
Should've stayed way back in hindsight..

 

[Foncky]

Sorry you had to be there...

I don't know the volume. Don't focus on that, it won't help you.

And don't forget that sometimes when you're surprised, things like that can sound way louder than they really are.

 

[devonlee]

The volume of my tinnitus ranges a lot. I find it progresses in volume throughout the day. My level of exhaustion is a huge factor. The amount of noise I'm exposed to in a day can make a big difference. Most days my tinnitus can go mostly unnoticed until the afternoon. Today is a bad day. I find it particularly bad when I am at work always. I work as a nurse so I'm exposed to all sorts of beeping machines in a day.

 

[racerfish]

Antibiotics caused mine to significantly increase in intensity and also gave gave me mild hyperacusis. Subsequent noise exposure made it even worse.

 

[JurgenG]

Antibiotics caused mine to significantly increase in intensity and also gave gave me mild hyperacusis. Subsequent noise exposure made it even worse.

Can you tell what kind of noise exposure?

 

[racerfish]

G

Can you tell what kind of noise exposure?

Headphones and clubbing. A loud bar I think is what broke the camels back.

 

[JurgenG]

G

Headphones and clubbing. A loud bar I think is what broke the camels back.

You didn't wear any protection than?

 

[racerfish]

You didn't wear any protection than?

Back then I was stupid and didn't know better.

 

[Lex]

I suspect it's because the spiral ganglion cells are weakened and begin to die off in the days/weeks following the noise trauma. I think this is what happened with my noise trauma (nerve damage).

Not just days and weeks. Apparently it can be months and years according to this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812055/

 

[JurgenG]

Not just days and weeks. Apparently it can be months and years according to this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812055/

But I guess this damage kan be prevented by stocking up on Magnesium and large amounts of anti-oxidants, no? And trying to stay out of noise as much as possible.

Wish I knew all these things beforehand. But than again, don't we all..

 

[JurgenG]

Does anyone know if you can "feel" your Vagus Nerve?
I just had a sharp earpain for a couple of seconds, and some pain in my neck right where the Vagus Nerve is located.
I think.

 

[Sebastians]

(I was just holding my camera, trying to get away from the damn blast, that's why it's all over the place btw)

Sure, just zooming in on her legs ;-)

 

[Lex]

But I guess this damage kan be prevented by stocking up on Magnesium and large amounts of anti-oxidants, no? And trying to stay out of noise as much as possible.

Wish I knew all these things beforehand. But than again, don't we all..

I was under the impression that the delayed damage as a result of the initial damage is inevitable because there was no mention on how it can be prevented.

But I guess there's no harm in staying healthy. The human body is weird, sometimes it heals itself when no one expects it to.

 

[Alue]

I was under the impression that the delayed damage as a result of the initial damage is inevitable because there was no mention on how it can be prevented.

But I guess there's no harm in staying healthy. The human body is weird, sometimes it heals itself when no one expects to.

That is what the NMDA receptor antagonist AM101 and other drugs targeting 'acute tinnitus' seek to stop. So far the results haven't been stellar.