Hello everyone!
I have collected and translated some noise induced success stories that I have found online on Swedish forums.
Hopefully it will bring some hope to someone out there!
“I got noise induced tinnitus when I was 16 and it was really loud. I could easily hear it over a normal conversation. The first year was hell, but it got progressively better. After two years it had decreased to a level that I had to stand in a completely quiet room and block my ears in order to hear it.
Now it is two years and nine months since I got it and it's almost completely gone except if I have exposed myself to loud noises, then it can come back for a few days. I was also very sensitive to sounds in the beginning, but that has also disappeared.
My advice to you is to be very careful with loud noises, but at the same time try to “train” your ears a bit to get used to sounds again. You can do this by listening to low music on the stereo (do not use earbuds). It was in this way that my tinnitus became better. Today I consider myself completely cured, but I usually use earplugs in nightclubs nowadays.”
“It took some years, but I felt that the sound diminished as time went on.” (noise-induced)
“I had tinnitus for six months. I got it after riding a roller coaster (the noise was really loud). However, it disappeared completely."
“I was at a concert last year. When the band played their last song the singer screamed incredibly loud and I was standing next to the speaker. When I came home and sat on the toilet I heard a loud beep in my right ear. Then it disappeared very slowly over a few months.”
“After a concert, I had ear pain, hissing and beeping in my ears for a few months. It was extremely annoying, but it slowly went away."
“Like Dasha I got tinnitus from clubbing, and it has almost disappeared. However, it took a couple of months until I wasn’t thinking about it anymore."
I also found these posts on a saxophone forum:
"Yes, my tinnitus has gone away! About 25 years ago, I had it all the time, perhaps due to playing in a big band with powerful trombones playing behind me. Changing to different bands helped but the biggest factor was to stay out of the direct blast of loud trumpets and trombones. Perhaps aging and retiring from a day job helped also."
"Yep, I had it. Stop playing super loud music nightly. Learn relaxation techniques so you don't grind your teeth (any stress in the area can reduce circulation). Take ginko. Had it diagnosed some years ago. Did the above. Now when I wake up I can actually hear silence."
"Used to have tinnitus, it went away after a year or so, and I don't take chances anymore with my hearing."
