Recent content by adrian rojas

Okay, guys, about two weeks ago, I started with a bad sore throat, which progressed to a loss of taste and smell. A few days later, my tinnitus spiked and flared up, reaching a level similar to when I first got tinnitus. After a few more days, I decided to visit my local ER. They found fluid in...

@Mike42, I don’t know if this helps, but I’m coming off some kind of illness. I took a home test for COVID, and it was negative, but I had lost my sense of taste and smell. It started with a sore throat and weakness on Friday. Then, around midday on Monday at work, my tinnitus suddenly ramped...

I was also worried because I work in the construction industry, and that day I was around clanking rebar for hours. I always wear my 3M foam earplugs, always in my ear with unilateral tinnitus. I remember that day clearly—my ear started hurting while the earplug was in, and that was when my...

Hey guys, I’ve been sick for the past five days. It first started with a sore throat, then I lost my sense of taste and smell. For the first three days, my tinnitus stayed at its usual low level. But now, it has ramped up pretty loud. I’m just wondering, has anyone else experienced this while...

Thank you, sir. Likewise, my friend.

I did, but back then I did not even know tinnitus was a thing. It was something me and my buddies did as part of a macho mindset, very dumb, yes, I agree. The upside is that I can still hear up to 20 kHz, so I have perfect hearing. Do I regret everything I did when it comes to shooting and...

Alright guys, today, April 13, 2025, marks one year since I got tinnitus from an incident where I fired 13 rounds from a 9mm without hearing protection. Before this happened, I had done a lot of shooting without ear protection. I went hunting, shot with friends, and celebrated New Year’s by...

No, but it did get better I’d say.

At this point, I really don’t have a choice. Like I said, I have to put food on the table for my family. I was just wondering if anyone here knows the math for NRR and whether I’m in the safe zone with double hearing protection. The jackhammer I was using peaked at around 120 decibels and ran...

Quick question, guys. I recently took a new job in construction, working with cement. Every other day, I have to use a jackhammer, which reaches peak decibels over 120. I have been using 3M foam earplugs with a 33 NRR along with 30 NRR earmuffs. From what I understand, the actual noise...

It does get better. Like you, I had a similar recovery. I still hunt and shoot occasionally. Always double up on hearing protection. I work in construction, so avoiding really loud noise is almost impossible. I am around steam lines, dump trucks, clanking rebar, and I run loud tools and...

Thank you so much for this. I have had tinnitus since April of last year due to acoustic trauma from a 9mm shot with no ear protection. For a while, I was doing great. Then, out of nowhere, it started coming back—all the stages of depression, the dark thoughts, the loudness. I guess you could...