Recent content by HighleyTall

Oh, awesome, thank you @annV!

I haven’t dined in a restaurant for years because of my tinnitus and hyperacusis. I reached out to a local restaurant by email, explaining my condition, and they kindly offered a private, quiet room for my wife and me to enjoy a meal without background music. The six-course dinner was served...

Burning ears, sensations in face and skull, headaches 24/7 now.

Does anyone have access to the full study? "Minimally invasive surgery for hyperacusis-enhanced round and oval window reinforcement procedure". This was published in American Journal of Otolaryngology, Volume 46, Issue 3, May-June 2025. Thank you!

It didn't help me.

You're still young and have a good chance of recovery. Just make sure to protect your ears in the future when exposing them to loud noise. I'm curious, if I understand correctly, you didn't have tinnitus or hyperacusis before the shooting accident? Did they develop immediately after the...

Sound and electrical stimulus devices are not going to cure tinnitus or hyperacusis. However, for the first time in 20 years, I believe they are close to discovering the exact cause. If they succeed, it will likely take another 5 to 10 years to develop medications or gene therapy. Unless a...

Soon, they will discover that tinnitus and hyperacusis share the same cause: Imagine the OHCs as little amplifiers in your cochlea. Normally, they boost quiet sounds so you hear better. The MOC pathway acts like a sound engineer, keeping the volume in check. But if hearing loss happens (like in...

Interesting. This could explain mild hyperacusis in elderly individuals who don’t experience tinnitus. However, in my opinion, hearing loss due to noise trauma is a completely different issue.

Did he experience acoustic trauma or not? My father gradually became deaf while working as a carpenter, but he never experienced tinnitus or hyperacusis. I, however, did experience acoustic trauma. If the hypermobility of outer hair cells (OHCs) begins after trauma—similar to an increase in...

GROK (not a doctor, and neither am I):

Outer hair cells (OHCs) are more prone to damage than inner hair cells (IHCs). Since OHCs function as amplifiers and help filter sound, this may be why you’re experiencing these issues. I firmly believe that anyone with tinnitus also has some form of hyperacusis, though many people don’t notice...

The licorice component in YKS (Glycyrrhiza) can cause pseudoaldosteronism, leading to low potassium and high blood pressure. Since I take medication for blood pressure, I’ll need to monitor it closely.

Overexpression of prestin could increase outer hair cell (OHC) electromotility beyond normal levels, over-amplifying mechanical vibrations on the basilar membrane. This might overwhelm inner hair cells (IHCs) and the auditory nerve with excessive input, leading to spontaneous or aberrant neural...

Again, this is a cochlear issue—likely a sensory imbalance between inner hair cells (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs), causing the brain to overreact. This could explain Pulec’s high success rate in his carefully selected cases. Tinnitus and hyperacusis likely go hand in hand. “Prestin...