Recent content by Mike TerMaaten

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    Is Hitting Earmuff Cups Dangerous to Hearing/Tinnitus?

    What a cool question LOL. I've done this quite a few times. If your tinnitus is driven by the state you're in and you're the high strung easily agitated personality type, then temporarily you can hear a change your tinnitus. But if you're suggesting that it could worsen your hearing...
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    Benfotiamine for Tinnitus?

    Benfotiamine has been great for me.
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    If Music Is Loud, It Gets Stuck in My Head

    Maximum protection are those Peltor X5A earmuffs. But you'll look funny. I own quite a few pair. I wouldn't go to the concert. Nor would I work at a Best Buy.
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    Low-Pitched Humming / Droning / Rumbling Tinnitus — Mostly Triggered by Low-Pitched Sounds

    I have a hum in the right ear that I've been working very hard to have go away. Since February 2021. The reason it's the right ear is because of motorcycles and dirt bikes. The muffler is always on the right side. My hum goes away every night. It used to return in the morning. Now it stays...
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    Noise (Shop-Vac in a Crawl Space) Induced Severe Tinnitus — Barely Hanging On

    You're the type of person I think about everyday. So you had to use a Shop-Vac again because of your job? 10 minutes is an Incredibly long time... What's your age?
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    Listened to Loud Music for Years, Used Earbuds for a Year — Struck with (Worsening) Tinnitus

    Using a cell phone will also perpetuate/aggravate your injured/damaged ears. If you live in a house that's small, with terrible acoustics, and someone is always playing something through speakers in the house, your ears won't stop ringing / reacting either. There's many more things too. Those...
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    Increase in Tinnitus Severity and What Feels Like Hyperacusis — Sleepless Nights

    Get the stuff called CALM. It's a Magnesium supplement. Take a generous amount. Take 2x L-Theanine, whereas usually only 1 is taken in the evening. Sleepy time tea. Use 2 bags. Try Source Naturals GABA CALM & Coenzymated vitamin B1. Lemon Balm. And a Benadryl right before bed. I'm doing...
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    Kitchen Tips for Hyperacusis

    The tone / hum that I've been battling with since February 2021 came from my aunt's kitchen. Those are Peltor X5A earmuffs. That's what I use, and have owned about 10 pairs over the years. We have the kitchen refrigerator on a switch. And the refrigerator gets turned off daily. My tone...
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    Personality Changed After Tinnitus and Hearing Loss — Depressed, Isolated, Grieving

    CDNThailand, thanks for bumping this Thread. Was interesting to read these posts. Can't imagine not being able to enjoy these things. I do this every. single. day. Parks and reading at night.
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    How Loud Do High Powered Backpack Leaf Blowers Get Up Close at the NON-Operator's Ear?

    It all depends on how PRE-FATIGUED your ears are to THIS TYPE of damage-level sound. If you're young, and your ears have had a nice and quiet life, then you can probably survive/tolerate this experience. It also depends on your genetics, and how 'strong' your hearing nerve is. Getting...
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    Anyone Looking to Move in Los Angeles? A Likeminded Housemate Might Be Nice

    Ludvik, your age and gender would be helpful information.
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    Mann.... Was very impressed with what you take. I take NAC and L Theanine also. Then also...

    Mann.... Was very impressed with what you take. I take NAC and L Theanine also. Then also Magnesium at night. really appreciate what you said you take in the morning.
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    My Tinnitus Is Cured! Here's What Worked in My Case

    I have found this to be VERY true. I took Nutritional Yeast about 2 weeks ago, after watching a Dr. Berg video on YouTube about the stuff. Evidently, Nutritional Yeast contains Glutamic Acid. My ears let me know Very Quickly that they DID NOT approve of the Nutritional Yeast. My ears...
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    Tinnitus from Shooting Guns?

    Pretty sure that explosions, bombs and heavy artillery and guns are about the absolute worst you can do for your hearing. Under your Post, Tinnitus Talk shows FIVE threads that are ' similar ' . And they all say tinnitus from shooting. I can give you some helpful advice. Take NAC. The...