Recent content by David Ashley

My dilemma is that the only way I will get an undisturbed night of solid, healthy sleep is by using earplugs. I've used the foam ones in the past, but I don't trust foam ones anymore - terrified to use them, because the morning I woke up with the tinnitus, and my whole life changed permanently...

It’s frustrating because I go in there and explain that I am in an incredible amount of pain, spiritually, and they just don’t act like they want to try and solve the problem. All I ever wanted was to find out the root cause of this, it was never quite determined. Whether it was job-related were...

I'm convinced it was "barotrauma caused by suction during removal". It's the only thing that makes sense. So I would imagine it's just a matter of being more careful while using silicone earplugs. I've certainly worn them many many times without incident, and after my tinnitus was already bad.

I think it's better today...

I think the same thing happened to me this morning. I just can't help but think it's the silicone earplugs. When my tinnitus first occurred a few years ago, it was a morning after I had been wearing foam earplugs and I had slept on them funny. When I woke up there was a distinct soreness in...