Recent content by D#8

I'm glad you've found the forum and have had ear tests and doctor's visits early, because it may mean you can get help, find out your prospects for recovery, and work out how much you may need to protect your ears from here onwards in order to minimise its ongoing effects. I was 7 when a cap gun...

It's certain frequencies at which the affected ear's hearing perception takes on a different, harsher tone and sometimes crackles, mainly when those frequencies are at louder volumes. It seems to happens less now than in the years following the cap gun incident. Were you wanting to compare my...

Is your friend on the forum? I'd be curious to compare notes because I had a cap gun fired in my ear when I was 7.

I found this forum because my tinnitus has suddenly become louder in the past two days for no apparent reason - after 39 quieter years (though slightly louder in the last 10 years and particularly this year). I was shaving in the bathroom and suddenly my left ear felt like it closed for a...