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I made the switch from headphones to bookshelf speakers a while ago. They have been pretty great for quiet listening and I feel like my ears have been thanking me. However, I have been wondering, since (for the most part) I have been having very few issues with my hyperacusis with using...

Recently, I have been playing a lot more games and have become a bit obsessed with a game called Elite Dangerous. However, I have noticed that after playing for a few hours, my tinnitus seems to get quite a bit worse for a while. I think it is linked to my PC having quite a bit of coil whine...

Yeah, I have to admit that it seems pretty insane to me that the government over here wants to ban it. It feels like they made a totally uneducated decision to ban most 'nootropic' type substances, even though some are prescribed in limited cases eg. Nootropil. They know many of them have a...

I tend to try to use ear plugs when going outside around traffic but the occlusion effect is a pain and i feel a bit self conscious about them. So I have been wondering whether it might be a good idea to use some vented in ear monitors to hopefully help to block out some noise and keep them...

For some background, ironically, I got VERY into headphones after getting tinnitus. It's been around 3 years and I had had 5 pairs throughout that time (2 of which I sold). It was something I really loved, it was kind of a hobby at that point. My initial thought was that I could keep my volume...

It sounds like you could be right. There is a possibility that the ENT didn't pick up inflammation. The last time I went, the doctor there was sure that my Eustachian tube dysfunction had gone away (it hadn't) so they are not always 100% correct. This may be a long shot, but if you have ear...

I was watching YouTube/generally chilling earlier and suddenly there was a really loud booming, much louder than fireworks are generally. It only lasted for a second or so but it seems like they had an accident managed to blow up all of their fireworks at once because it was so loud and there...

I wouldn't imagine it would be an issue. I'm pretty sure that sirens are around 110 dB from 1 m away and higher frequencies (earplugs are generally best at blocking out high frequencies). I'm not an expert but being 5 m away with earplugs would almost definitely put you below the threshold of...

Hi, I don't often use headphones for music listening, however I am wondering whether movies with headphones are okay. I am not sure, as unlike music, there is not constant sound but there is often more dynamic range in movies than music, so there is more likely to be sudden louder scenes...

Hi, I have put off taking any meds for my depression and generalized anxiety for the past couple of years because I have heard that pretty much all of them are ototoxic and it's just too much of a concern for me. However, looking into MAOIs, I haven't really found much to indicate that they...

It has kind of been all over the place if i'm honest but for the most part it has gotten better. It was initially caused by ETD but it was later worsened by acoustic trauma. I would say there have been setbacks but overall it has gotten better. There have been times where it is literally making...

I took beta blockers for around a year for generalized anxiety and stopped a few months after finishing exams because I felt like I could handle without them better at that point. I wouldn't say that it made tinnitus worse, but I did get temporary pulsatile tinnitus on a high dose of...

Unfortunately, I have only taken it 3 times so far because I don't really have access to any more of it so I'm pretty limited. I have been saving it for when I have an especially bad spike and it has seemed to help me a lot. I think the mood boost is probably a significant factor in this, but...

I had a really bad spike a few weeks ago from acoustic trauma and it took around 2 weeks for improvement but now it seems to have totally cleared up and is sometimes even lower than it was before the incident so have hope it will get better because I'm confident that it will! The other day I...