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    Tinnitus Goes Away After Months for Hockey Player

    5 shots into the ear and the T went away. I am thinking about trying something similar myself. Anybody else had success with injections into the ear?
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    Tinnitus Goes Away After Months for Hockey Player

    Good Read: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/bryce-salvador-devils-retirement/ According to the all-star he got 5 shots in his ear and the ringing went away. What kind of shots into his ear did he get?
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    Tinnitus from a Fall?

    Yes I have bad 'T in my right ear from a bad fall where i landed on my right side and hit the right side of my head it is very difficult to deal with. where did you fall and where did your body make impact?
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    New, from Sunny Florida

    how long after your head hit the concrete did the tinnitus come on? so sorry to hear about your accident. Is tinnitus in the brain, in the ear, in the neck or some place else i surely don't know. however it is disturbing, extremely so. indeed.
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    Tinnitus After Concussion

    Hi Jenlo. Sorry about your accident. Were you put on any meds following your head injury? What frequencies do you have moderate hearing loss? I also had a concussion 16 month ago. Post Concussion Syndrome is the absolute worst.
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    Maybe a New Way to Diagnose Tinnitus for People Without Hearing Loss

    I think there are various forms of Tinnitus. One Neurological and perhaps the other inner ear. It could in fact be "Brain Damage" of a sort that we all suffering from.
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    Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, or Reactive Tinnitus?

    Same here. i'm unable to even sleep with an air conditioner on because my tinnitus goes through the roof. this also includes sound sound enrichment, television, and white noise.
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    Help with Sleep (Air Conditioner/Fan?)

    As it's getting hot and my unit unfortunately does not have central air I was wondering if anyone has advice for sleeping with sound sensitive tinnitus? My T unfortunately increases in volume to fans, air conditions, white noise, etc. It's a challenging one to say the least. For any other...
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    Anyone Get Tinnitus From Accident/Fall/Concussion?

    Head trauma tinnitus i think is unique compared to noise induced tinnitus. my tinnitus was much worse initially than it is today. still annoying, very annoying to say the least. with the amount of concussions in hockey and football i wonder how many pro athletes get tinnitus?
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    Head Trauma to Existing Tinnitus?

    T from head trauma is indeed a league of it's own. It's totally different than noise induced tinnitus. Post concussion Tinnitus can last any where from weeks, months or even some cases years. Most doctors are now just beginning to understand head trauma and Tinnitus. Here's a good read...
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    How to Know if You Have Permanent Tinnitus

    What sort of ototoxic medications were you taking?
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    Do You Consider Your Tinnitus a Disability?

    It has a significant impact on many of us. That said, do you consider your Tinnitus a sort of disability?
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    It Is Just Mind-Blowing That Science Has Yet to Cure Tinnitus

    Tinnitus is damage to your hair cells in the inner or outer ear. In my opinion, and with the amount who suffer permanent T (in the millions) it is truly mind blowing that doctors and scientists cannot resolve a treatment to rejuvenate the inner ear nerve hair cells. Years and years without any...
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    Only 10-12M of 350M Americans Have Chronic Tinnitus

    50 M Americans experience Tinnitus on rare occasion, however 10-12M or 2-3% of the population have permanent chronic tinnitus. http://www.ata.org/sites/ata.org/files/pdf/ATA%20Facts%20About%20Tinnitus.pdf Interesting!
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    Reactive Tinnitus Is Real

    Is reactive tinnitus a term for hypercusis without ear pain? my tinnitus flares up when i turn on white noise or the television.