MatthewR

T usually spikes when your sick, especially if you are feverish. Hopefully it will go back to baseline once you are better. I know Covid can cause hearing loss but it's not a guarantee, so hopefully it will pass without any issue. Maybe try and get paxlovid, if it is isn't ototoxic - I've never checked.

Sorry to hear you caught COVID and that it worsened you. So often, people end up back here due to an illness, medication, or exposure, etc. worsening their condition. Hopefully, once you recover from COVID, your tinnitus will return to the previous baseline.

That’s what I’m hoping! Thanks everybody! I have hope I will return to baseline once this fever passes.. Covid is terrible

I also can relate to having good and bad days as far as hearing and T. Sometimes I’ll feel like it’s worse than other days, but for the most part I’m just grateful I’m not deaf and T is much lower. I’m good & you will be too I truly believe that

Hey @MatthewR, as far as I know you didn't get any treatments for hearing loss as well. When you say your hearing got better. What do you mean? Thanks.

No treatments. It literally got better. I remember the first 2 months I couldn’t hear high pitched noises with an audio I would use, now I can. I still can’t hear the way I once did but I adjusted and healed

The tinnitus is a bother, but my main concern is hearing loss. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Hearing aids help, but I’m scared to lose more hearing

@MatthewR hello. We have similar audiograms. Both of my ears are 25db at 8k hz. My hearing is terrible. It's muffled, i can't hear most of the things that i used to hear before, clarity of sounds are gone...

Is it getting better with you? How are you doing?

@2049v I’m about 8 months out from a severe acute acoustic trauma with gunshots. I used to hate my life so much, but I’m doing a lot better. Still have Tinnitus, and hearing loss, but it’s gotten better! Thank the lord

Over 7 months out from a seriously bad acute acoustic trauma with gunfire, and I can confidently say I am much better

I am sorry

I am sorry to. Life will get better for you. Keep your faith in God.

Exactly. No money in the world. I guess at some crazy amount of $$$ it becomes moral dilemma - can I make the world better for others and my family?

Frankly, fuck it. I am too selfish for that. And I am quite sure my family would better off with my old self, rather than $$$. So, yeah, I don't even want a 10 trillions of dollars. Shove it. I just want to get rid of T and H.

As my (former) therapist said, it makes you realize how RICH you are when you are healthy. I kinda knew, but you don't really until you experience this kind of misery.

@gameover 100% even at suboptimal health prior to T, it is still 100% better. What makes this difficult to manage is that other health issues usually can be managed through meds and goes back into remission or resolve your symptoms. T on the other hand doesn't really unless there is a miracle.

Regular forum posts (not profile posts) allow images. You can post it here: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/audiogram-and-other-hearing-test-results.7623/page-13

Or you can post on your own thread. Any post that isn't a profile post works.

Thank you. If you could give me your opinion on my audiogram that would be nice. I think my hearing is awful, maybe it’s mostly in my head? I hate my life man fk

Wow - I actually wish I could do that… your going to be okay if you stop blasting your ears. Try not to make things worse. What I would give.

Why do you say this if your life is ruined?

If you could go back, would you not want to take the Prednisone?

Because for most people it doesn’t work, and I am the type of person that is afraid of medicines

If your hearing comes back your T will likely fade. I hope something gets better for you. Hang in there.

I saw a post here on TT where someone had hearing loss from a Gunshot from a sniper rifle next to their head and recovered their hearing to what appears to be fully... They still had a little bit of T but it was not near what it was. So is it possible... yes...

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/both-my-hearing-loss-and-tinnitus-almost-cured-%E2%80%94-caused-by-223-sniper-rifle-fired-near-my-ear.41958/

@MatthewR The general consensus is that if you will have any significant improvement, it will be in the first month. That is why the window for steroids is so small.

Absolutely possible. I went deaf from an explosion when I was young. It was a gun that exploded. From the breech...right by my ear. Literally deaf and tinnitus as hearing came back. Whole process less than a week, all better. Probably youth. Doctor said tympanic membrane tightened to protect.

For the love of god @MatthewR wear earplugs.

He'll soon earn.

I go out and do the same. Ear plugs drive me insane. I do it knowing it will be the end of me.

Positive mindset > negative mindset. ALWAYS

There is no "law of attraction". That's pure nonsense. Positive mind can help, to a point.

@gameover That’s your outlook on it which is fine, but I’ll continue to believe in it and pursue every day despite all my pain and see how far I can go. I think a positive mind can help tremendously regardless of this extremely bothersome loud ringing in both ears of mine. I will succeed. I know I will.

❤️

I haven't used it. There's a thread on TT about it. My ENT suggested trying it. I didn't waste my time based on the thread on TT and study about it.

My ENT suggested it as well. I have a bottle sitting here but haven't mustered up the courage to try it. ENT told me that it helps some but others tell her is a waste of money. If I try it I will likely post something on my experience on TT

@MatthewR I took them when I first got Covid my doctor prescribed them. I think they helped then, I havnt taken since sept-oct.

Thank you for the positive comments. Turns out my hearing improved and T since my first test. Now doctors say it will plateau. That makes me sad, but they said my hearing is almost in normal range but I just feel like it’s not

@MatthewR That's a positive!

@MatthewR That is incredibly good news. Believe me

Good to hear. Seems for me I just need to stop caffeine by mid-morning, although I mostly stopped completely most days for now. I exercised most days through the summer, but it didn't seem to help. Still a problem for me.

Yeah actually last night was terrible. I just want to sleep good, but tinnitus interferes so much

MatthewR they say hearing aids can help with tinnitus also, but you need to get it set up by a professional.

I really don’t want to use hearing aids :/ I’m going to give this time and hope for the best

@MatthewR I had Covid twice in 2021 and 2022 and had tinnitus both times it was just a little ringing at night. It went away both times, but then came back in 2023.

I am sorry for what you are going through. I have had similar fears. If people truly love you they will not leave you ❤️ No one is invincible and we can all fall ill

God bless you Juliane ❤️✝️ thank you for your support. We all miss our old lives but it’s true that staying positive is our best option. Stay close to God

Getting good sleep is the first step, once you have found relief in sleep you will feel better. Have you tried masking? A fan was my go to and sometimes rain sounds on top when things were bad

I’m taking a non medical route

No one knows sadly. But if it is at 8KHZ hearing aids should help.

You're about a full month out since the incident, so any improvement will likely be slow and minimal at this point. But at least some of that loss could come back. Protect your ears. And you can adapt to it over time where it won't be as depressing.