MusicTeacher

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Thanks for asking! Learning to live with the T. Looking into an operation for the H though. Have a new assignment at work because of the ears, but I’m alive. Lol hope you’re well!

Still alive! H is rough but T is just part of me now. Hope you’re well. : )

Funny you ask- as of this week, I'm no longer conducting band rehearsals. It's just too loud and def the cause of my T and H spike. I'm now teaching small group lessons for most of my day. More manageable. Always with ear plugs. Hoping things calm down in the next few months. The T and H have won for now.

That's great to hear. So is it musicians earplugs you use, the ones that reduce the sound level while still maintaining clarity?

I have the molded plugs and earasers. The molded ones are good for lots of playing- hard to talk with though. The earasers are easier to teach with. I forget they are in sometimes.

Same here. From almost gone to boom. :P

Same here...

It really is a cruel joke. Had about a month of just low white noise (in quiet spaces). Now it sounds like a party in there all day long. ‍♂️

What happened?

Ears got very loud after my last flight. Seems to be fading now. But thanks for asking!

I played guitar for the first time in nearly a year the other day. Some of the strings sounded so harsh when I picked them... It's a damn shame considering I play classical guitar and all my music involves picking. Hurts my ears just thinking about it. However, life is impermanent. Things change. Just gotta make some very hard adjustments.

I’m hoping this isn’t forever. I thought I was passed the H a couple times, but I wasn’t. Looking forward to better days. Hoping you get to enjoy guitar again ..

yeah i feel exactly the same, i have plenty of studio equipment cos i am/was electronic music producer, and a audio engineer. I just dont want to ever let go of them and they were so expensive too. so i get that, 100%

sounds like ETD

So sorry @MusicTeacher. I've been experiencing the same thing lately but am trying to reframe those new, quieter sounds by telling myself that they're just being created by my head. Seems to work to a point... just wish it would work for the loud and intrusive sounds. Hang in there.

I have three different methods. Sometimes I go to a very quiet space- accept the sounds, and eventually they start to become secondary to my breath. I’ve noticed I can control the volume of different pitches as well. Sometimes I go to the beach- the wind and waves pretty much bury my tinnitus .

Lastly, if I can’t deal with the sound, I put in my hearing aids with some white noise to offset everything in my head.
Since I’ve started meditation (and living healthier) my low tones are 90% gone and the shaking I’ve felt in my chest is much less. All good stuff.

The normal pitches are still there but I’m staying hopeful they will fade.

My days are also like this. Seems common place with T. Hope it settles soon.

Tinnitus can be a gauge of stress levels, diet, muscular things like that.

Mine started off as one relentless sound. Then it was gone about 50 percent of my days. Now I have 3-4 different tone, but all but the first one is so quiet I can only hear it with earplugs. Except from the most recent low hum sound, no idea how that one will pan out.

This new sound makes me realize how accepting I am of the original sound... I'm not very bothered by it after 1,5 years. I was suicidal for about a year after it started, but that had a lot to do with me not being able to work as a music producer or create music anymore.

I’m in the same boat with the music. I started with crazy full head noise that settled in one ear, then both ears, then head as well, mostly back to the ears now. My tones are not so silent, but hoping they fade.

d? disease?

Should’ve been more clear. The note D. It changed this morning to a g... then back to D.

Hate this

Nope. The sound is relentless. I know it so well. Mine has decided it's going to be such a high pitch today, that my whole head is vibrating!