Recent content by Scruffiey

I’d be surprised. We were pretty far away from everyone else, it was quite quiet, and the hearing in my left ear is still pretty good. It also definitely felt like something was happening in my ear. I think I’ve decided it was a dropout episode, just not a full-blown one. I had something...

Over the weekend, I went out for a drink with a friend. We were tucked away in the back of a quiet pub garden. I had an earplug in my worse ear, the right one. The day went mostly fine, but at one point, while he was mid-sentence, I suddenly couldn’t understand a word he was saying unless I...

Oh Goody, my left ear has suddenly joined the party unprompted with the standard high pitched eee to join the cacophony on the right, now I can have hear it above everything tinnitus in stereo and pick which sound I want to be driven mad by.

“Annoying” is one word for it… It is actually quite funny — I just got back from a hospital appointment and had the exact same experience. They told me it was my Eustachian tubes, and I tried to explain that it definitely was not. They tested my tubes right then and there and said there was no...

Habituation is real, life is good again! Wait... no, my mistake, this is still dreadful, life ruining and daily torture. Although I have rediscovered drinking & smoking and that they have no effect on my tinnitus whatsoever so bring on a quicker end!

People who are already undergoing an operation on their ear make placebo control easier. Those with little usable hearing left also present less risk. It allows for better measurement of the treatment’s impact through the implant, rather than relying purely on patient reports. This is not meant...

Same reason all the other stuff is repeated... it probably worked for a subset of people, possibly due to the Meniere’s cohort, and since there is nothing else available, it keeps getting parroted. That is the same reason tinnitus is still broadly tied to anxiety and stress, even though that...

Yeah, they are a bit on the creaky side. I actually had better luck with some cheap ones from Amazon in that regard, but wearing glasses is still a problem. And not to mention, it is nearly impossible to avoid bumping into door frames and cupboards while wearing them. No, they are far from...

Do you think you may have overstrained your left ear by forcing it to overcompensate after blocking the right ear? Do you have any over-ear defenders you could wear for a while? I found that inserting things into the ear—even when there was no general soreness—often made things worse. I really...

Yes, I remember that from the beginning of my journey. I have healed somewhat for now, but I would never want to go through that again. I do not envy you. It took about eight months for me to reach a more normal state. Seriously, try using cotton wool and a very quiet TV with subtitles...

I'm six months in now. I've been doing weekly therapy, trying to engage in hobbies I used to love, going out and 'living life', albeit in earplugs, and trying to fake it until I make it, searching for the glimmers of good in my situation. And I just want it over, I don't enjoy anything, every...

Right, again, that is all well and good. I wish my audiologist had used your method and that in the future it will be standard, but they did not and it is not. All standard tinnitus rules apply to me unless we determine there is some actual difference in the origin of the hearing damage. I am...

Well, that was unexpected! Hooray for William R., whomever that may be.

As I said, I’m in nearly the exact same boat. Unfortunately, due to circumstances, I’m pretty much in the hermit category. But it does not sound like you need to go that route—just find some quieter extracurricular activities. I’m looking into joining an art group myself. There are also walking...