Noise Induced Tinnitus vs. Mechanical Induced Tinnitus — General Prognosis?

Hey guys,

I've seen this question brought up a few times but never really any conclusive answers due to the ambiguity of this condition.

If you've read my intro, I believe my chronic tinnitus started when I used too much pressure with an ear syringe labelled as 'safe' about 3 months ago, as evidenced by high pitched sensorineural hearing loss.

I just wondered about the general prognosis of this compared to noise induced tinnitus. Are they similar? Does the fact that I somewhat forced the outcome mean I'm not genetically susceptible to it worsening? It's quite a weird unlikely cause so all I have to compare it to is noise induced cases, which all generally seem permanent.

Am I really screwed for life by a flimsy deceitful piece of plastic?

 

Noise induced tends to improve if it isn't from long-term exposure from what I believe. I'm not sure about self-syringing though, or syringing. Every case I've read on that doesn't tend to like completely fade when it is 'mechanical-induced.'

 

I think what can help one to accurately forecast what will likely happen in the future, is not the cause, but whether you have been experiencing any fading during the first three months or so after the onset.

 

Yes it seems like that would be a good indicator. I'm not really sure what counts as 'fading' though. I've had days where its quieter, but never a quiet day, its generally constant in quiet spaces.

Not sure if the louder moments are just caused by particular foods or smoking, although never experienced any direct increase instantly by the latter.

Is fading defined as exponentially getting quieter or just occasional decreases and increases in volume?

 

No one, no expert knows whether noise-induced tinnitus and non-noise-induced tinnitus are the same or something completely different?

Is your tinnitus bilateral?

Can it be influenced somatically?

 

Fading is when the number of days when it is a little quieter keeps increasing over time. In other words, were those days as frequent two months ago as they are these days?

Fading can take many forms - change in volume, pitch, number of good days. Normally it refers to the change in volume. This change seems to be slowing down over time. One way to model this would be the volume falling by a constant percentage each month.

 

@paganismos reported that her ear-syringing-induced tinnitus is only present when she lies her head on the pillow.

→ Success Story! One Year and Four Months Later Everything Is Back to Normal

This gives me some hope.