Comments on Profile Post by Strife_84

did you wear plugs at the mall?

@GSC no. I try to live normal life.

Yeah, I get that. But a lot of people are noisy.

Plugs might be good for now for things like malls or traffic. There's pro- and anti-plug camps on this board. I'm personally somewhere inbetween, but I think you need to test and learn at this stage.

I've read that pink noise can be used to heal hyperacusis (not sure if this is true or not). You can try to listen to pink noise for a few hours a day to see if this helps.

Did it go down?

I am sorry that happened to you. I stopped going to the mall a while ago.

hope u feel better :( im sorry

How loud was it at the mall you went to?

@Bill Bauer just a normal mall volume. I don't know the exact volume.

Did it feel to you like it was too loud (even though you knew that it was the same volume as it has always been, the volume used to be ok in the past)? Was there music there, or was it just the sound of many people talking?

@Bill Bauer I've had feeling lately that world is louder than before. It did not feel too loud, but louder than usual. I know that the sounds are at the same volume as before. I guess there were too many noises. Music, talking, etc. Noisy places :(

Normally, if something is loud enough to cause a major spike, it feels uncomfortable to be near it... It is too bad that your body doesn't seem to give you any warning...

@Bill Bauer dp you think many people talking could cause a temporary spike :/?

@Bill Bauer when i got home I noticed when I pressed under ears it felt like there was huge amount of pressure in there. Strange feeling.

If you feel pressure, perhaps your ENT could do something about it...
As for people talking, I remember seeing a number of posts where people shared getting serious spikes following attending a restaurant where there was no music, but there the background noise of people talking.

For one example, see
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/learn-from-others-mistakes.29437/
and search for the three quotes of posts by "eatmotacos" (so press control-F and search for "eatmotacos".

@Bill Bauer the teacher said turn around & talk to the person next to you, small class, 22 students, it was hard to hear the person next to me as it was loud :( i got out after about 2 minutes... what do you think :(

Did this happen the day before, or the day when you got a T spike at the mall? I can see one getting problems after being in a very loud class for over an hour, but it is difficult to imagine it causing any serious harm in just 2 minutes...

@Bill Bauer i sure hope it didnt cause me to permanently increase and its jus a spike, perhaps no sleep, anxiety and last night using ear plugs is what has t louder? I didnt use the earplugs for class... it was jus so loud tho, but im trying to remain hopeful and calm :(

Did the mall spike subside???