Recent content by Tom_Tom

@kmiki - I'm not doing great unfortunately. I have a hissing/buzzing in my right ear and a more general ringing in my head. And it's loud - very loud. For some reason today it's spiked terribly so I'm just at work trying to get through the day. The electric shocks are still there to some...

Your tinnitus sounds very similar to mine. I have a hissing static in my right ear that fluctuates in intensity and a ringing in my left ear. About a month into getting tinnitus I also developed a chirping sound that is just like birds outside the house chirping to each other. Mine is...

Hi there, were you using foam earplugs? I’ve worn those a few times out of windy days and they do a pretty good job of cutting out all wind noise. However, I can imagine musicians ear plugs probably wouldn’t be as effective. The cinema and VR headset seem likely to at least potentially cause...

Thanks for the response Michael. I'll take a look at your threads.

I hear the sound being made in this video (minus the thumping that happens every few seconds). Not sure if this is what is meant by hissing? I also have a more 'traditional' eeeee tone in my left ear that I actually find less intrusive - possibly because it's just a constant sound rather than...

Hi Michael, I was wondering whether you think it is therefore necessary to wear earplugs when doing things like going out to busy restaurants? I'm fairly new to tinnitus (3 months) and am doing largely what @Rhea has been doing by trying to protect my ears during obviously noisy places but...

I think they are inferring that because regeneration is so far off, they are instead focusing on other interventions that might silence tinnitus rather than implying that their research is 20-30 years away (I hope at least...)

@Ngo13, sorry to hear about your struggles. We’re a similar age, and have been suffering for a similar length of time. Firstly, tinnitus is only really something people understand once they have it. Whilst you can expect some sympathy from family and your partner, unless they have intrusive...

Yeah I can feel mine. Mainly in my right ear. It feels like two tiny wires touching with electricity jumping between them. It hurts occasionally and sends electric shocks all down my neck and into my fingers from time to time. When it spikes, the feeling jumps to both ears. Strangely, when I...

Good to know - thanks for the response. I was wearing earplugs pretty much every time I drove my car or went out in public but have been tapering off doing that too now that I’m a couple of months in and seemed to be making my noise sensitivity worse.

Not sure I’m afraid. I’m no expert. Best of luck.

I haven’t used steroids. My tinnitus slowly crept in over the course of a week or so post-noise exposure so I missed the window of opportunity. I’m sure you’ll be fine. I’d love to be in a position that you are in whereby it’s only audible in the quiet. I hear mine over everything so count your...

Hi Jerad, I too have the electric shock. I haven't come across anyone else who has it before. For me, it's like 2 ends of a nerve aren't quite touching correctly and every second some electricity jumps between them and zaps my inner ear causing pain. Sometimes it also causes the muscles around...

@Samy - pleased to hear your spike went down eventually. It's interesting that your tinnitus became reactive rather than started out as reactive. I suppose that would suggest the reactivity isn't necessarily a direct result of a certain type of noise trauma and that, hopefully, it can resolve...

Hi CC_16, I would try not to worry too much about your tinnitus. I know it is easier said than done but if you can only hear it in quiet rooms then you likely have a very mild case. I have a couple of friends who have had very mild cases of tinnitus, and for them it went away. 1. He got it...