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I do Cowboy Action Shooting and USPSA, and I wear double hearing protection, which keeps me fine. I have had tinnitus for 25 years, and it got worse after the second COVID shot. I haven’t done Cowboy Action Shooting in a while because you have to use a shotgun, and that is loud. USPSA is just a...

It is kind of up and down at this point, but the trajectory seems to be a slow fade. Right now, I would say it is probably around a 3. It is enough to be noticeable, but a long way from where I was two months ago. I keep reminding myself of the progress I have made in the last month and a half...

Hi everyone, I know it has been a long time since I posted here. Let me first say that for those who listened to the warnings to stay away from Wim Hof and avoided it successfully, I am very happy and grateful. For anyone who has been injured by Wim Hof breathing, as many of us have, you have my...

No improvement. It is quite consistent as well as constant. The doctors say there is no remedy for tinnitus. My hearing is still pretty good, though, even with some age-related high-frequency loss.

I wanted to reach out to you because I feel I can trust your judgment and advice. There are many longtime tinnitus sufferers here with incredible insight, and I’m so grateful for all the comments I’ve received on my posts. Yours, in particular, really stayed with me and meant a lot during a...

Great news! Fading through habituation is real. If you are at a level of 1–2 out of 10 by now, that is very mild tinnitus, and it should become non-bothersome soon as it fades into the background. The way you described it earlier seemed quite a bit more intrusive. Mild tinnitus usually makes...

Was on a "real resturant" for the first time in my life after i got worse tinnitus..... Lord what a nightmare, like 90 people talking simutainlously and those sitting next to us shouting and being very noisy. Hard to hear what people around me were saying so would say it was 80-90 DB. Luckily i...

It's now been over 10 months and I don't have the feeling that anything has improved. No habituation in sight... This can't really be my life now.

@Luman, ummm… I think the world is entering a dangerous stage right now, and from various angles. You can pick and choose which one feels the most immediate or the most dangerous. Climate change? The hottest summer on record. I will never be a movie star now, Hollywood has burned out. Security...

Many thanks for taking the time and effort to explain things. It lifts our spirits to have a member who is on top of their game in auditory matters.

I think today may be the best day I have had yet. I really believe the fading is real. I will probably change my mind about that a million times today, but right now I feel pretty positive. I slept like a log last night. The temperatures are cooling off here, and I was so cozy in bed with the...

I am so sorry. That sounds beyond horrible. Has it improved at all over the years? What did your doctor say? Do you have any hearing loss?

The only thing that keeps me going is the hope that one day I can get better. Whether it happens after two years or three does not matter. That hope is the only thing that keeps me moving forward. The thought of living like this for the rest of my life because of three seconds of noise in my...

No worries, thanks for asking! We don't directly approach researchers with the offer of a grant, per se. Our strategy is to ensure that as many researchers as possible are aware of our grants program, so that hopefully we get many high-quality applications. We've conducted extensive research to...

I was at a rock concert in a front-left seat. The giant, school-bus-sized speakers, meant to send sound all the way to the back lawn seats, were not far from my left side. The long-forgotten opening band played their set at a nice, reasonable level. But the very first note the Allman Brothers...

Please tell me, what kind of hearing test blasts your ears with 12 kHz at 90 dB? Was it done by professionals? Here, tests go only up to 8 kHz, and never anywhere near 90 dB. The volume is about the same as normal speech. Yes, it takes a long time, but if you can live almost normally again...

President Donald Trump said Friday he didn't know "anything" about what the New York Times reported was a classified 2019 SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea in which unarmed North Korean civilians were killed during an aborted operation. So this means either that Trump's dementia is in full...

Hi! How are you doing now?

I have the same experience you do. When I first got tinnitus, it was really reactive, but mild except when I encountered noise, and my hyperacusis was much worse. I still have reactive tinnitus, and yes, I think the same thing happened to me. I tried using “nature” or “relax” sounds on my phone...

Still the same. From what I’ve read, it’s a pretty rare thing, but it may help some people.

I’m sorry if this has already been answered, but are you going to reach out to researchers to offer grants, or is Tinnitus Quest waiting to see who applies?

I am a God-fearing person, and repeating Psalm 23 helps me cope, especially the verse: “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil… and surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Keep hoping. God helps us survive and thrive through...

Google European loans to Ukraine with frozen Russian assets. This is a very clever strategy, compared to Biden's multi-billion-dollar taxpayer giveaways, with no diplomatic attempts to end the conflict. Kamala would likely have done it the same way as Biden.

Stay off those boards, or wherever you’re reading those stories, whether it’s here or somewhere else. You said it yourself: your mood doesn’t improve when you read them. I’d say it actually has the opposite effect. Make sure you’re getting enough auditory input during the day and not staying in...

That’s where I am, too. How could fifteen minutes in a furnace room change my life forever? Why didn’t I see the danger? Why didn’t I make a different choice? Why did I do this to myself? Did I ruin my whole life in fifteen minutes? The guilt, regret, and anger can feel overwhelming. But I try...

It gives me a lot of hope to hear you say that. Stories like yours are why I joined this forum. Your exposure was so much worse than mine, but you still improved within the year. This is exactly what I need to hear. It shows me that healing is still very possible. I honestly didn’t think my...

Looks like the farmers got what they voted for. Bootstrap time. Reminds me of a famous quote: "fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... You can't get fooled again!"

Hey @Jambo, how are you doing now? Did the tinnitus worsening from the steroid injection get better?

Show me the data! And I say that with some embarrassment, as I learned today that Trump is lambasting the Europeans—for what? For buying cheap Russian oil. No surprise there. My guess is it is probably the Hungarians or the Slovakians, since they are often eager to please Putin regardless of...

I am guessing that the noise you were exposed to was on the lower end of the scale when it comes to damaging sounds, and that your prospects for near full recovery are very good. In 1992, I was exposed to a huge explosion in the room where I was working. It caused the sudden onset of very severe...

This is not true. Trump has never said anything like that about Republican voters. It began circulating on the internet in 2015. People Magazine has said that they have no record of this quote.

I really needed to hear this. Thank you.

ajc, can I chat with you in private please ?

At this point, it has been 16 months, and I never imagined that a three-second sound in my AirPods could change my life like this. Every day I wake up not knowing what the day will be like. Around 40 percent of the month my tinnitus is tolerable, but about 60 percent of the time it is more...

I have a loud, annoying low-frequency hum around 100–200 Hz in my left ear. It started about four months ago after a systemic infection that affected my ears. I likely have some damage from this. The infection caused high-frequency loss, and although I also had measurable low-frequency drops...

Hi @scotty03874, I hope your tinnitus has improved. I also had a slap to the ear from a wave while surfing. I experienced aural fullness and tinnitus immediately afterward. The fullness went away after about four months. No one mentioned a PLF to me at the time, but some 18 months later, after...

August Update (05/09/2025) A short update, as not too much has been happening. I have moved out of my parents’ home now that university is finished, and I feel optimistic about what life in my new flat will bring. It is noisier with neighbors and general background sounds, so it has been harder...

Hi folks! Just a little update about my situation. I have been taking only 7.5 mg of Mirtazapine to sleep for a week now. Before that, I was taking up to 45 mg (the maximum dose) and then gradually reduced it to the minimum dose. I can clearly see a difference. My sleep is not as catastrophic...

5th day on Sertraline. I hope that I will not regret this...

what do you mean the cycle never ends

That is awful. I’m so sorry that happened to you. If I had read some of these stories about hearing tests making tinnitus worse, I don’t think I ever would have gone through with one. The same goes for ear irrigation. Now I find myself wondering if I delayed my own healing by having both of...

This was a new interview with the CEO of the company. He seems like a nice guy who genuinely wants to help. He said that results for Phase 2 should be available by next year and that they are already in clinical trials for cochlear implantation. He also mentioned that if they had the funds, he...

I noticed that NervGen’s pipeline page currently shows nothing related to hearing loss. Could we assume that if their current trial on treating spinal cord injury with NVG-291 goes well, there will likely be efforts to investigate the same drug for other uses?

Having a weird spike for a couple of days now. Been exposed to one scream pretty close to me, one door getting shut HARD by the wind because a window was open and hammering in a couple of nails fixing my roof (of course with dualprotection). Think it will be subsiding i a couple of weeks but a...

I'm not disturbed at all that Trump is getting a roasting in the European press. They supported a total idiot, Kamala Harris, because it would have been to their advantage, at the expense of America and the American people, if she had won. The population of the E.U. is larger than that of the...

lol, @Furetto and @Joeseph Stope, sorry for my tart responses. My PhD research is in vaccine design, so I’m very familiar with that field and loosely familiar with biotech in general. Joeseph, some people doubt that intratympanic (IT) injections will result in effective drugs for hearing loss...

I miss my old life going out without any problems seeing world clearer hearing much better. I will never forgive that doctor and myself never ever.

Given your current mental state, judging from what you write, that is definitely the correct decision for now. My advice would be to seek professional help sooner rather than later. Are there any counselors in your area who specialize in tinnitus, hyperacusis, CBT, or similar approaches?

Hi @Nick47, have you also experienced this type of intermittent beeping tinnitus? I have had it since the beginning, going on five months now, although mine is only unilateral. If so, did yours stabilize after a while? I have accepted that I likely have tinnitus that is not going anywhere, but...

Hi, I have this too in my left ear and have had it for the last five months. I am also seeking advice and understanding. Commenting in hopes that this gives the post a boost.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/09/03/trumps-persistent-idiocy-has-hugely-diminished-americas-standing-in-world-affairs/ Trump's persistent idiocy has hugely diminished America's standing in world affairs US president confuses anxiety and obsequiousness he produces in other world...

Bowled over by your scholarship in this specialized area of medicine. I recall one post from @Nick47, not so far back, I believe from this year, where he mentioned that some form of delivery method, specifically injection, had fallen into disrepute. Was it the intra-tympanic delivery or the...