Hello Ali, I went to an AC/DC concert in mid-Sept which I wasn't even planning on attending (since I've seen them 3x before).
My drunk ass decided to cup my hands over my ears to hear Angus Young's guitar solos better. -- I remember a burning sensation in my inner ears but was too drunk to care or even consider that I could be damaging my ears.
I'm at a steady 6 (out of 10) and try to limit the masking since they say it is best to do so in the first few months when your body is trying to recover from a one time event like a loud concert.
I just went downtown (Chicago) with my wife and had lunch, etc. -- Literally, for 4 hours I had zero T because of the background noises. -- It was awesome. -- How did you get it and how do you cope?
I had worked for 6 hours at noisy place between around 90-110db
And I'd felt fullness in my ears and then it passed 2-3 days later but my ear ringing stayed there . everything passed after 10 days
and one day I noticed its there but I feel my t at night or so quiet room anymore
Yes Ali. There are 2 guys who are almost 100% cured and continue to check in on me. -- I'm sure there are many more, however, they don't come to the forum anymore since they don't need the support.
80 to 90% of noise induced sufferers fully recover in the first 12 months if their T is caused from a one-time event and they don't expose themselves to extremely loud situations while they are recovering.
(1 of 3) As much as I wish this 80-90% stat was true, I believe it's either made up, or extremely skewed because it accounts for the many people recover within one week. If you still have your T after a month or two, the chances of it miraculously going away are very slim.
(2 of 3) Not impossible, no, but very very slim. I've been to two ENT's (one that has T himself) who see hundreds of cases a year, and they both said the same thing. I remember @Markku, who created this site and knows a ton about T, saying that if it's still there after a few weeks, it probably is there to stay.
(3 of 3) If it's there after a couple of months, you'll likely hear it forever. That being said, I think it's better to accept and learn to live with it. If it does go away, that's just an added bonus! I am in the same "one concert" situation as you. I've come to accept that the 80-90% statistic people have thrown around is absolutely unfounded and nonsense. Not trying to be a downer, just realistic!
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