Recent content by Paul201

Sitting anywhere except the back, if I remember correctly, could be asking for trouble. I remember before I had tinnitus, watching some movies where I even noted the loudness of certain scenes. They were definitely loud enough to cause bad spikes at the very least. In the back row, I think it...

Very good and detailed post. Seven linked alarms is impressive. I dislike smoke alarms, and I only have two. As soon as I hear that small peep that signals a battery needs replacing, I put on my ear defenders and take care of it. If you had your ear defenders nearby and used them but still...

You will not really know where you will end up with this for about a year. You may experience a very good improvement, but even a fairly decent improvement will still be fine. Your brain will adjust to the new situation, and you will begin to tune out any remaining noise automatically. You will...

It sounds like you might be a case where steroids help, but you need to take them as soon as possible, as far as I know. I did not take them myself, so I can’t say for sure, but others who did might chime in. I’m not sure if there are any downsides to taking them, aside from feeling a bit unwell...

This is a tough one, but you will recover. My advice is to stop overprotecting your ears. Everyday sounds will not damage your hearing or prevent healing. At some point in the future, you will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about. It might feel unreal right now, but you need to...

How annoying it must be to go to someone who is supposed to be helping you with your ears, but instead makes you worse with the tests they do. I went to an ENT once about my ears and he wanted to microsuction my ears. I ran out of the place as fast as I could and will not be going back to any...

Yeah those constructing sites can be loud and annoying for ear problems. I recently went by one and it gave me a spike. I went back to check with sound meter because that's what I do sometimes and it was 80 decibels across the road but that was with those big foundation drill equipment that...

I know a few people with tinnitus and nobody has got rid of it and no doctor has ever told me it can go away. Yet people do say it has gone away for them so it must be possible, but I think it's not the norm. If it gets to the stage where you only hear it when it's fairly quiet, you are doing...

im wondering if its something to do with construction, its a noisy job even with ear protection, thats what i would be wondering if i was in your position

your T is only 3 months old, you are right to be very cautious with it, if we believe all the info your improvement if u mind it occurs within a year. Mine came mostly within the first 3 months but i did notice an improvement up to a yr, but smaller as time went by, after that, well spikes...

Even without ear plug's i would say a temp spike at worst for most people I'm almost totally sick and tired of monitoring spikes and adapting behaviour as a result of them until they recede. I get spiked all the time, today, angle grinder caught with shopping trolley couldnt even plug ears...

If only that were the case with my ears! wax never comes out on it's own and even with oil it just delays the inevitable blockage's. when i do find a solution that seems to work well, it may be ear toxic, even putting in drops every second week with oil has not stopped my left ear from filling...

I just used waxsol and u got me worried with this statement! I did some googling and came up with two totally contrasting studies! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23092833/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22101097/ https://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bilat/ototoxic_drops.htm So...

I stick foam plugs in the shower and with a hair dryer and hoover, just because I feel I am in some sort of "healing" phase and am being cautious, even tho they say the inner ear doesn't heal, but something happens in there to quite a few people with t reductions in volume and even the odd one...

I think a lot of people with mild t have at some point experienced louder t (spikes, t at onset etc) and thank the lucky stars a lot for the reduction in volume. After the t has reduced I do think you can become complacent and forget how bad louder t really is though. I can still hear my t...