HeavyMantra

Yeah no, I had a good run but this new tone is just destroying any chance of happiness it seems.

Follow up: the sound was WAY louder than 70 dB. More like 100 dB. 3 week insanse spike that slowly abated. Still, it probably caused a permanent worsening of some sort.

I think that this has to do with allergies/ETD for me. Starting to see a pattern.

And this is still a possibility.

Now I know I got the tone pretty much exactly when I got Covid19. Pretty sure that's the cause. Note that I was largely asymptomatic and did not have any mucus or other respiratory symptoms.

Confused, I looked out of my huge window. The blast wave (from ground level, I was 9 stories up) imploded the window seconds later and showered me with glass. I think this + the extremely loud sub bass tinnitus attacks is why I have mild PTSD. I was also on p s y ch e delics at them time. I wonder if this was one of many events that gave me tinnitus.

The owner of an establishment hired people to bomb it for insurance claims, but nobody was charged. My GF was one inch from losing her eye because she fainted face first into a glass door. At least she has a badass scar below her eyebrow

I want to be able to attend family gatherings and not sit quietly in a sofa with mah plugs

I haven't had really bad hyperacusis like many of you here. I can only imagine how that would be like. My hyperacusis has improved a bit but not fully, I still can't reallt tolerate music for instance. But from what I've read hyperacusis is actually treatable in many cases.

Thank you for giving me some hope today.

Aaand sometimes it also gets worse.

Ended up in a psych ward the last time that happened. It was truly suicidal level tinnitus. If it ends up being that loud permanently I see no reason to press on. Scared and confused. Giving up music at low volume even though I suspect this sound is TTTS or blood flow related. Giving up everything that could have caused this sound. Only focused on surviving for the sake of my partner.

Hang on in there mate. Let's stay optimistic that regenerative drugs will help us and soon. You are one of the good guys!!

I have mild PTSD from these extreme attacks. I wake up terrified and with panic when there are bassy low sounds around me when I sleep. A neighbour playing music, a distant truck..

Wearing them together increases the protection of the one with the highest protection (of the two) by 5 dB. 5dB is a lot.

I had exchanged personal messages with 4 people who got a permanent increase in their T as a result of having an MRI done. But keep in mind that people from all over the world use this forum...

Bill, do you know if they used protection? I'm also wondering if it's just the noise, or if it's something else with the MRI technology that causes issues.

One or two people posted here that not only they used protection, but they also looked for a hospital with an MRI machine that is being marketed as being quiet. They still got a spike. However, in those cases I don't know whether the spike ended up being permanent. Having said this, plenty of people with T get an MRI and are ok afterwards.

Thanks to the both of you

I am only referring to Noise induced tinnitus and my belief is the unchanged:
New sounds develop for 3 reasons. The first, is further exposure to loud noise. 2nd, If a person is sensitive to moderate or low level sound and a spike occurs or new sound develops, the usual reason their hyperacusis has not been treated. 3rd cause is stress.

I think stress could be the reason. I developed the new sound during a time where my PTSD got triggered by some events at night. I got PTSD from having my apartment bombed many years ago..

For how long did you have this new sound?

A bit more than a month. The only other new sound I have gotten before is still here 1 year later

It might go away, but it can take a while. Do you know why you got this new sound?

In my experience (open MRI and closed MRI for jaw surgery), the open one is more quiet than the other one. However, keep in mind that the open MRI is less accurate.

Sorry to hear of your discomfort. Is it possible to have a talk with your GP/family doctor? Perhaps get a referral to ENT or Audiology?

Sorry to hear this buddy :( T is f*#king awful. Everything makes mine spike. Even though mine was quiet today, it still got me down, especially when I went to put music on in my car and remembered I couldn't.. *hugs*

I know those feelings. Those thoughts.
I wish someone would figure out the major whys of this.

I think I expressed myself unclearly. I have a new sound that's internal, but it sounds just like many other sounds in our apartment that are external. I can't really tell when it's footsteps above, when it's distant machinery, or when it's internal. And it's often quiet when I cover my ears which makes it even more confusing.

I think people call this "reactive tinnitus" because it layers itself on top of other sounds, and is almost not audible in silence

@HeavyMantra you have literally described my Tinnitus! I can't tell what is T and what are external sounds and like you said, it's almost not audible in silence.

I think I know what you're talking about. It's not as infruriating as my usual T.