Comments on Profile Post by Arseny

Have you done an audiogram, an audiogram above 8khz, speech in noise?

@dpdx yes, it shows a flat line up to 16 kHz at 10 db in both ears...
I have slight speech in noise issues however online tests give me around 80-85% recognition. Can't find a local test at the clinic.

You prob damaged your inner hair cells. Speech in noise is a test that determines the function of inner hair cells. My DPOAE have damage in one ear, but both ears have mid hearing loss in noisy areas.

I passed all these tests, I have -5db @16k in right ear and 15db @ 16k left ear and have server T

Speech in noise issues with perfect audiogram are a sign of hidden hearing loss. In that case, the damage is not in the hair cells, and it is located in the neurons connecting to them. It supposed to be a different kind of damage. Same prognosis though.

@dpdx I think I saw in one of your posts that you used headphones at pretty loud volume. I used them before too... Dirt bikes every summer... Constant noise exposure leads to cochlear synaptopathy. My tests don't show any damage to hair cells. I believe that in my case 80-90% of tinnitus comes from damage to nerve connections. It just can't be THAT loud from acoustic trauma.

@dpdx I spoke with few people who got tinnitus from concerts and had classic dips at 4-6 kHz and their tinnitus is 50% of mine...
New doctors think that I had ssnhl in my left ear and then just got worse from noise. I had a sharp drop at 8 kHz in left ear only. It's all fine now, but tinnitus is merciless.

@dpdx @Eric N @InfiniteLoop
I think that this temporary loss just triggered my brain to hear tinnitus and it's so bad, because my ear were constantly exposed to "safe" noise before... Dirt bikes are the worst offenders.