Sointu

I had noxacusis at first after acoustic trauma for months. Then my H has been more like loudness hyperacusis slowly when time has passed

I had to use earplugs when I left my home for a long time. I stopped doing that last summer/autumn..

Also not pushing myself too hard helped with noxacusis. It was important not to push my limits too much.

I'm only now realizing this is what I heard quite a while ago (before onset dysacusis) working delivery in a certain neighborhood when I walked past one of the houses there. Those things should be forbidden.

@HearingHell Sorry to hear you're also dealing with dysacusis, it's a hearing issue I never knew even existed until I got it but I guess that goes for everyone. I hope one day it'll just kind of disappear but after almost two years I don't know if that'll still happen lol.

@Tryn2BHopeful I havent done audiogram for 1,5 years. Going there soon. I have had 25 db-10 db losses in some frequencies in the past.

@HearingHell I am sorry to hear that. I have had audiogram that has been considered as normal hearing (going to get my hearing checked out after this latest 24/7 loud roaring) and still I have these awful distortions

Microsuction shattered my life.

I @cyberspace Sorry to hear that :( I am so angry I have struggled for months after that stupid procedure. I believe it caused some hearing loss

Sorry to hear that. I am only 1 year. My hope I will be any better is waning. Not with that amount of damage/loudness I have.

I'm sorry Sointu, my ENT insisted on doing microsuction too. I hope your spike goes down soon. :(

Usually impacted wax can be softened with ear drops, and then carefully removed manually with a curette. Anyhow, what's done is done. I've been there myself, and the situation can not be reversed. But your condition can get better, and for most this is a spike. Not permanent worsening. Try not to beat yourself up about it @Sointu , and let time heal you.

In the future I am definitely not making the same mistake ever again. Thanks @MindOverMatter for tips and @TheCapybara for your kind words!

Yep. Pulsating tinnitus left (thankfully) after earwax removal but ironic is that overall my tinnitus is worse than before removal. It would be amazing if ENTs had tools that wouldnt be so loud.

I say go for it. It's either find something else to do. Or put oll your energy into thinking about T. Do it safely but do it.

Yes I'm glad I have some quiet hobbies that interest me...I literally get so bored of listening to my baseline T that my brain finds something else more interesting to concentrate on... I think it helps that my T is moderate though and I no longer care about it (must be the fight/flight response to it gone). My reactive T/Sound distortions though are more difficult to deal with.

I still deal with fight/flight response because of my T. I feel myself so much dumber after I got tinnitus and I struggle a lot with concentration. I can do a lot of stuff but studying and writing etc feel the most challenging thing for me still at the moment. I try but it is a constant battle

Slowly my tolerance of sound improved within one to two years but at the same time I feel like I have started to feel more hearing issues with quality of sound. My ears still cant handle volumes such as parties and I get ear fatigue and even pain when pushing limits and my hearing fluctuates.

At the same time when my hyperacusis has improved my hearing feels worse, the quality and things sound quieter and less clear. I still have hyperacusis too but like I said it is easier but I cant tolerate sound levels that many people normally do tolerate (I avoid movies, bars, parties). I have especially issues adapting to different sound levels and ear fatigue. I still have reactive tinnitus too.

@TindalosKeeper And I feel like my hearing has started to feel worse at the same time when my hyperacusis has improved. Like I have gone from things sound super loud to things do not sound as clear anymore and even muffled and too quiet. But I still cant tolerate sound levels that some do.

Yey. =|

I wonder about me.

Hidden hearing loss you may have???

@Strawberryblonde It could be.

If your hearing is muffled, go to the doc, stat.

Sounds like they're taking the "slow" exit.

@Wrfortiscue Yep. I would like to live my life as normally as possible and have fun but I know I always need to pay the price if I go to loud places

@Jupiterman In some ways I have felt happier after doing stuff more again, I have avoided going to some places for 2 years after getting T. But I have to seriously think is it worth it still.

@Sointu I feel like we are alike to some degree. Any positive changes over the two years? My ears just seem to be getting worse.

:(

The distorted gmhearing just reminds me that I've fucked my hearing up! If that's wasn't there things would sound "normal" . :(

Yep. The distortions just make my hearing feel so messed up and I am afraid the distortions get even worse :(

I know it sucks Sointu, distortions are the worst. Hang in there okay?

Distorted hearing sucks. I cannot escape it even if I mask my T. I cannot forget it, I don't habituate to it. In the long run I feel like it has got worse. @TheCapybara I try to hang on, it is just so hard at the moment.

@Sointu I know, trust me. I've had it for a year now, and it takes a very long time to settle or heal and that's without setbacks. It reacts to less things now than it did before so I have some hope these high frequency distortions will go away for us one day.