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@Steph1710 where do you swim? I am jealous! Also, what's the protocol for ears and swimming? Are plugs needed?

@ Jebbis, I thought I'd chime in. Prior to Covid, I swam in our neighborhood pools and then at the indoor pool in the winter at the club in my neighborhood. Once the pandemic started, we rented pools in our area through an app called Swimply. Now we are back at our neighborhood pools. I usually wear foam earplugs the entire time.

@Jebbis I swim in our local 25 metre pool, in a lake near me, and the sea because I live near the coast. I usually only front crawl, as it is easier on the ears compared to ducking your head down underwater doing breaststroke. I used to wear plugs but now don’t bother, and usually don’t have any issues, however I’ve developed an ear infection this week - that shit painful :(

So glad for you!

Yay, yes. As simple as it is it's tremendous in healing mentally and physically

Sounds pretty sweet! :)

You look like a Disney princess!

Aww thanks! You're my new best friend!

Oh bother...glad I graduated a few years ago...I wouldn't do too well at a ceremony nowadays, especially a Texas style one!

Yay! I hope your tolerance to sound remains and continues to improve, and look at you, supermom, for being so ready to jump into it all. Inspiring!

Thank you! I try, I hope he remembers the fun times.

For what it's worth, I've never heard of anyone getting a spike (atleast not a permanent one.) From Thunder.

Maybe TinnitusTalk will get more members?

I know, 5 hours of blaring music. Happy it's been raining for the last hour and they had to bring the speakers in :-(.

@Ken219 I know it's mean, but I think to myself don't get angry you know it will catch up with them eventually.

Same! Interesting how people get this after concerts & it goes away and for us we never had it, but now it’s “permanent”

Same. Always had earplugs in as well, not a single sound at all. But a string of unfortunate accidents all within 2 weeks and I'm in a multi tonal reactive mess

I never wore earplugs at concerts. My thought was, if this was at a dangerous level they would tell us. :-D

I am also curious how you feel about this

@Diesel @Jebbis I was thinking it was good because my previous T was cicadas and I never gave it a second thought, it was so very low that it never bothered me or changed in any way. I was not on a T forum previously so I didn't know it could change.

@DieseI @Jebbis I think it would have stayed that way if I had not had an acoustic trauma. I was thinking it was a good change earlier today but it's kind of gone to an airplane engine sound, which I call static. I feel like I had lost some ground in April when I started getting vertigo, increased T and H.

@twa I'd say I at that point im 80% in good shape at 6mo when I take proper care. However, I have learned that the hyperacusis "ceiling" is still there if I'm not careful, and the recovery can start all over again from getting overconfident. So, just because you start feeling improvement, doesn't mean you still should be prepared to protect/avoid if things seem loud.

@Diesel thank you for the info. Setbacks are rough. It's good to know that there's a need to remain cautious. I'll keep carrying my Westones when I'm out and the foam ones for walking outside and when the kiddo is loud. I was hoping that once recovered everything would be ok, but nothing with the ears seem that easy. It's just nice to have a little reprieve from the last 7 months!

@Diesel what types of sounds caused your setbacks with hyperacusis?

Thank you Marin. I appreciate your kind words. I'm working on feeling better. Hope you are doing well. :-)

I’m on a tiny upswing so I hope it’s a trend and not just a fluctuation. Time will tell. Thank you!

I know you had worked so hard to get the improvements of made, and I’m sure you can get back there. You’ll be in my thoughts!

Thank you Marin, so nice of you to think of me. I'm so very happy to hear you are doing better!

@Sayeed how are you? Haven't seen you on the forum in a while. Hope you are doing ok. T~

Sorry I've been away. I've been dealing with some other issues. But I plan been active on here again. I miss the community

@Sayeed glad you're doing ok. T~

@Steph1710 - Same here in Denmark. Its unbelivably cold for the season. And normally we get about 250ish sun hours in may, but so far I think its ranging in the 40s something.

Same here, 12 C. I'm not complaining, because I'm not very fond of the heat, but the ran might just stop now, it's been raining cats and dogs for 2 weeks with some occasional sunshine. But on the plus side, I saw a pretty rainbow.

We had 10 days of rain before this latest streak of 4 days. I've been at home with dizziness also. The lack of sunshine added to my frustration and sadness about my vestibular issues.

Thank you. No, I've never had dizziness or vertigo in my life. I've even been on two cruises in the last three years with rocky waters and no dizziness at all. I'm on another forum, with a slew of people who have also had vertigo and dizziness after the vaccine. He is a wonderful person, I pray that I can spend more time with him.

I do think the triple pane windows help. I need to have two more replaced in the same room. I haven't noticed hearing trucks while sleeping.

The triple pane windows were only supposed to add an additional 20% reduction in sound. I think the reduction has been much higher. In the areas of my house that have double pane windows I can hear trucks with loud mufflers and the bass from car radios passing by much more clearly.

@Robster I know what you mean. I can't see taking the risk.

@kuromi thanks so much! So glad to hear you are having quieter days! Great news!

even with high quality noise cancelling head phones would it still be a risk? also i heard during covid you could rent out a whole small theater for like $100.

You will go back again with them, don't lose hope

Thats so nice. I wonder if he maybe has had colleagues go through acoustic trauma in the past; i can only imagine the sounds they have to deal with on the daily!

He's probably heard a few sirens in his time :P

It was nice and compassionate. I've told my family and extended family about hyperacusis. They continue to slam car doors, talk loudly near my ears, throw dishes in the sink and slam the refrigerator door. I remind them and the response is, well it wasn't on purpose.

My best wishes go out to you. I hope your good days start becoming more frequent and I hope you give yourself the space to cry when you need to.

Aww @twa *hugs* If I lived near to you, I would come round, and we could have a good cry together. I’m not surprised after everything your poor body has been through recently, that you need to cry. Sending all my love to you. You’re a strong woman Twa, but we all need to be weak at times. <3

@Jebbis thanks so much. I pray I start having more good days too. This is hard.

@Steph1710 thank you. That would be nice. We could talk in a normal, but quiet voice and eat a low salt anti-inflammatory lunch. I appreciate all the love :-). How's the dizziness?

Oh man! At least I have 3 seasons left. I've been home for 4 weeks and I'm running out of good shows to watch.

The Crown is really good.

@Sentinel I liked The Crown too! Watched all the seasons out on Netflix.

Wonderful!

That's great! Make sure to stay safe, twa!