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Louder than the drill yes but still wasn’t uncomfortable for me personally. It’s only loud when they put it in your mouth which again is only like 5-10 seconds every now and then, similar to the drilling. She took it out when it wasn’t needed in there.

Mine was at the back wisdom tooth on the left hand side on the top. So probably as close to the ear as possible. The drill is not too loud, I promise. I thought it would be worse but it wasn’t too bad at all. The vibrations are kinda bad but still not awful or uncomfortable for me personally...

I do actually. Just not as bad as when I first had it. When I first had it, I could barely endure a normal conversation. Nowadays only certain noises trigger pain like dogs barking etc but I’d say it’s ranged in severity from a 1 to a 3/10. For example, after my MRI a few months it triggered it...

Just got back. The dentist drilling is not loud imo, not loud enough to cause a spike. The vibrations however are bothersome and you can feel and hear them in your head and in your ears. He used a very thick drill and it was upper back wisdom tooth so the vibrations were very close to my ear...

I just tried my electric toothbrush in my mouth with and without my noise-cancelling headphones on and it does appear to sound a lot louder in my head with the noise-cancelling headphones... might just be my model of headphones but it does seem to be some kind of occlusion effect happening, so...

Thank you. That’s really reassuring. They want to do all 3 fillings in one long session. Do you think I should avoid that as not to be exposed for that long or it’s really not that bad?

I’m due to have some dental fillings later on this evening. Many posts have been made on this subject, with the main advice being don’t wear earplugs or earmuffs to avoid the occlusion effect, and get the dentist to drill 10 second on 10 second off. However, has anyone ever worn...

Currently going through the process of trying to get a head MRI in the UK and trying to avoid exactly this. Which hospital was your MRI at and do you remember the make of the MRI unit? Was it in a mobile unit or inside the hospital? Hope it’s gotten easier for you.

Back on here after a couple of years. I need a head MRI done (unavoidable unfortunately) and am looking to get the quietest experience possible in the UK. I’ve read a lot of horror stories about MRI making people’s tinnitus worse and @Ed209’s story was really shocking. In the UK we don’t...

I know I will try a festival again one day for sure, you can pick how far away you stand from the speakers etc, I think it could be fairly safe. A nightclub I highly doubt I’d do again.

Probably around the 1-1.5 year mark.

Thanks for the reply. I do worry about how some of the things I’m doing can make it worse for sure. That’s why I’ve avoid nightclubs completely but still try and do everything else... the past weekend I spent hours in loud bars and walking round the streets of London with sirens going past...

Just time. I avoided clubs and festivals etc but I still went to bars and pubs with earplugs, the gym, on airplanes etc. Just don’t be stupid and hopefully with time it resolves itself.