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But it kind of seems like reactive tinnitus with hyperacusis or am I hallucinating on the hyperacusis part? It sounds like there are songs and different musical instruments playing in my ears. And I get some new sound every 2 or 3 days. Loud noises make it worse. Even a fan on low setting...

I think there is some anxiety at play here too because when I’m calm and relaxed, my it seems to get softer. The fact is that my ears needed time to heal and not doing that, it made things worse. So on top of the hyperacusis, anxiety does seem to play a role. I think I need to be in a quiet...

An update: I turned the fan off because it was making my musical tone problem louder each day. Now the musical tones have come down a bit in volume but are still there. However, now I’m getting rumbling noises and sound distortions when other things in the house make noise. And sometimes when...

The reason I bring up anxiety is because in the past I had major anxiety and got hyperacusis around that time, and then the hyperacusis disappeared for a number of years. This time, the last days of February, I had major anxiety and got hyperacusis again. What is different about this time is...

What is reactive tinnitus? Can you explain? And why do the musical tone, an old arcade game and a musical instrument sound in my brain seem louder when I'm next to a fan? When the fan is off or on a low setting, I can still hear it a bit, but it is softer.

Not sure what reactive tinnitus is. I had problems with hyperacusis in the past, making things appear louder and creating strange noises when I'm next to a fan. It disappeared, but now it is back this month really bad. Not really ear pain. It's just that I want my ears to be quiet around things...

I had hyperacusis in the past but it disappeared. Now, after using earbuds for a month, I have really bad hyperacusis. It started this month with some high and low pitched sounds but now it alternates between an AM/FM radio station, musical tone, an old arcade game and a musical instrument...