Recent content by Yu.3

Now I am 42 years old. When it started in 2005, it was probably caused by headphones. Every spike I have had in the past 20 years was caused by headphones. I will never use them again in my life, but probably it is too late now. I think it is not that uncommon to develop tinnitus from loud music...

If someone has intrusive tinnitus at a level of nine out of ten, and over time it decreases to around two out of ten to the point that they forget about it most of the time, that is an improvement. With a soft tinnitus it is possible to live a completely normal life, as if one does not have...

Actually, I've had tinnitus since 2005, but until 2024 it wasn't a problem for me. It was very mild — I only noticed it in silence and it didn't bother me at all. In May 2024, after a small, sudden, unexpected sound (like a firecracker) during a Twitch stream, hell began. Although, to be honest...

In fact, I believe hearing loss plays only a marginal role in tinnitus. It seems more about how the brain reacts to it. I think people who improve over time do so because, in some way, the brain, being an organ that is constantly changing, manages to adapt. Tinnitus feels more like a short...

In my house, it’s hard to completely mask my tinnitus. If I’m having a bad day, there’s really nothing I can do. Only when I go outside, with all the sounds of people, cars, and so on, can I mask it more. In my case, I probably have a little bit of damage from that stupid sound. But I also...

Reading posts like this is good for the heart. Still, I am always a little scared when I have to hear certain sounds, like at the dentist. Over the last 16 months, I have avoided most sounds. You could say I have spent about 90% of my time in silence. But of course, sometimes you are forced to...

The only thing that keeps me going is the hope that one day I can get better. Whether it happens after two years or three does not matter. That hope is the only thing that keeps me moving forward. The thought of living like this for the rest of my life because of three seconds of noise in my...

At this point, it has been 16 months, and I never imagined that a three-second sound in my AirPods could change my life like this. Every day I wake up not knowing what the day will be like. Around 40 percent of the month my tinnitus is tolerable, but about 60 percent of the time it is more...

I hope it becomes more manageable with time and that I can forget about it more often. I do not expect it to stop completely, only to lower in volume a little and for my habituation to improve.

What is certain in my case is that sleep seems to have a big effect on my tinnitus. I still cannot figure out the logic behind it, as it feels completely random, though maybe it is not. After every time I sleep, my tinnitus basically resets, and it can go from totally manageable to completely...

Honestly, when I'm having good days, I get hopeful—like, "Okay, maybe I am getting better." But then a bad day comes along and it's like all those good days never even happened. Like today—it's rough, even though I just had four good days back-to-back. I'm not really expecting to be totally...

Hi everyone, It has been 15 months since I developed tinnitus from acoustic trauma while using AirPods. It is a high-pitched noise in my head with two or three different tones. My hearing tests are fine, but I suspect I have lost some ultra-high frequencies in my left ear. Sometimes I notice a...

Your tinnitus sounds similar to mine. I also have a high-pitched noise that is very sharp and annoying, possibly around 11 kHz. When I go through a stretch of bad days, like right now—this is my third difficult day in a row—I tend to forget the good ones. Earlier this month, I actually had a...

What kind of tinnitus did you have? What were the sounds like? I’m 14 months in, and honestly, I haven’t noticed any major changes so far, but I’m hoping things will get better with time. I’m the same age as you. Right now, it’s just a mix of good days and bad days — pretty much fifty-fifty...

I also use earplugs on many occasions, but I'm afraid this habit makes my ears more sensitive to sounds.