GCS

Time will tell, man. I think hissing has to improve.

Yeah, you gotta try and chill a little. We know it’s distressing as fuck, but all this focusing on it and beating yourself up about it, isn’t going to help. Try and distract yourself as much as you can. Yes I know it’s hard. But try.

most here would kill to have hissing.
Yes you'll improve in some fashion.

@Steph1710 but I asked about moderate T. Not very very mild

@GCS I was more trying to emphasise the fact that many people, regardless of how loud it is, have T.

@GCS the hard part is that we have very little information about loudness, types and duration of tinnitus. I think the hardest part of all that we experience with the auditory system is not knowing. I would say among people who have tinnitus, it is common.

@Steph1710 don't really remember anymore. Probably some EDMs because I loved that BASS.

@GCS well at least you damaged your ears to something you enjoy. Could have been worse - could have been some shit kind of music. And we all love the bass. I still listen to that bass, and my ears ring ring ring because of it!

Wish I had hissing lol

We are all different.

We all cope in different ways. Don’t beat yourself up for not dealing with it like he does. X

Time is what it took for me to be able to concentrate on other things.

Can your tinnitus be at least partially masked? I bought a bluetooth speaker and I play crickets at low volume. It worked fine so far.

@buttercake my T is masked by low/medium volume music. I'm going to buy a db meter to know how much noise is needed to mask my T.

@GCS Don't beat yourself up. When we've abused our ears, it doesn't take much to cause tinnitus. I was exposed to an 80dB compressor for 15 minutes, nothing out of the ordinary, but it was the straw that broke the camels back. It is a harsh reality, but we have to move forward.

My problem was caused by an exposure that lasted a Fraction of a SECOND.

Mine was seconds as well when I was attempting to mask a tinnitus that would have gone away anyway

You can’t blame yourself. It’s not healthy. Plus, you deserve better. X

It’s a step we all need to take. No point in blaming ourselves for something we didn’t know about.

I had this tinnitus, and it came out and it was just static after 4 months.
Tomorrow I'm going to take a 90db exam and maybe I'll destroy all my progress.

nah... tv doesn't mask it, I can still hear it clearly.

You'll get over that feeling of guilt @GCS. It happens to the best of us. The thing is that tinnitus will generally fade as time passes by. Just keep the faith;)

@GCS you will overcome the guilt. I beat myself up about stuff for a long time. I had all the “what ifs”. You’ll learn to let go eventually, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now. X

Agree with Vassili - please cherish the fact that your hearing is fine! :) Hissing is likely to become quieter or go away completely, provided you don't experience any other acoustic traumas.

Take solace in knowing many people have done alot worse than this and walked away fine. Just bad luck and not your fault per say. Just as you have prob gotten away with things unbeknownst to you, that others have woken up too and thought WTF.

I would prefer mine not to change from the start, because it was so much better.
One thing I learned is that what we have is bad, but it can be worse.

I had my first small positive changes only after 8 months. Felt truly better after a year and still continue to improve even after 20 months. 2.5 months is nothing in tinnitus world, unfortunately.

Yep puretone sucks

I would say its the same volume as the ring which goes up and down. For me when I had (or get) tonal flickering ringing it was maddening and all the time just distracting. Obviously I don't like the hiss sound but I find my mind is prob 90% less drawn to it that the ringing. I have found the ringing has turned into a hiss almost with 10% of tone in it somewhere.

Yes, hissing is orders of magnitude easier to bear than ringing. It means you haven't hurt your ears as much as many others on this forum. Within a year or two your T ought to fade.

Hissing or airplane engine noise to me sounds much better than the ringing. When I go days with the ringing, I become irritable.

Protect your ears from all of the noises that don't feel right, and eventually you will get to the "can hear it only in quiet rooms" stage.

What is the possibility of getting there even after 2 and a half months of no change?

@GCS There's a lot of testimonies of people beginning to improve after several months, so you could very well improve if you're careful. But even if it doesn't improve, and you're left with hissing that's very stable, you'll most certainly adapt to the noise and live a very fulfilling and productive life; I can assure you that.