Recent content by MandoChuck

Maybe I was being too specific. How about: Are you from the Mid-Atlantic region (MD / VA / DC / Penn / DE)? Where do you go for treatment? Thanks! Chuck

Hi everyone, I'm so glad I found this forum. It's comforting and definitely gives perspective to read others' experiences. I've had tinnitus and related hearing problems for 24 years now. The hardest part for me has been that I seem to have a much lower threshold for further damage from loud...

Be sure you compare the various earplugs available, and try them out before the concert. They vary a lot in how much sound they attenuate. Not sure how things are done in Portugal, but in the U.S. at least, they have a decibel rating from OSHA printed on the package, which is a good start, but...

I'm in the MD / suburban DC area, and I'm hoping to find a specialist that would help me rule out any ongoing physical causes of my tinnitus and related hearing issues. If you know of someone who is knowledgeable about things that cause or exacerbate hearing issues (tinnitus, especially...