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Hi @Kiro. Welcome, and I'm sorry you are dealing with this.
You are in the "shit luck" category. Yes, snowboarding or skiing are somewhat risky sports, but this kind of injury could happen to anyone, just slipping on a sidewalk and hitting your head. Or in a car crash. Many of us here are with...
Yes, I can 100% relate to this.
You have been through an "acoustic trauma", due to your previous fragile ears.
This has happened to me as well - pretty much feeling exactly the same way you described it in the quote. There is also a great component of stress and anxiety mixed into this, which...
...of noise. I feel a very moderate amount of pressure in the center of my head and always have a headache, none of which is related to any headtrauma, congestion or sinus.
My depression and anxiety is worse than ever. I am suicidal. I am at my wits end. I have very little support. Its not...
For many people (including myself), the head movement affects a lot the tinnitus volume, this is called somatic tinnitus. Mine increases by rotating the head to left/right and moving my jaw in front.
My hyperacusis and tinnitus are from acoustic trauma also.
A neurologist I saw (the most helpful of them all) talked about central sensitization but didn’t mention thalamic dysrhythmia. I’ll read about it.
Interestingly, you mention TMJ & neck issues because an ongoing problem of mine is the right side of my head, neck, and down to my hip. Are...
Thank you for replying.
I am about five months into dealing with tinnitus following gunshot acoustic trauma to one ear. Initially, I had very mild hyperacusis, which faded after about a month. The aural fullness has improved by around 80 percent over the past four months. I also have mild...
Welcome to the forum @jazzcatt.
Headtrauma is a well known cause for causing tinnitus. If there is not enough response to you, you can try to post it to the main support forum or just search the forums with 'head trauma'. There have been much discussion on this in the past as in below link. So...
Thank you for your reply, @Nettles. It sounds like you’re going through something very similar. I’ve experienced the same issue with songs—it felt like I had an MP3 playing in my ears for a few minutes. I’ve stopped listening to music because I’m afraid it will stick in my brain.
The phrase...
Any insights you've found in your time with this?
My tinnitus has only two levels: on or off. If my environment is even 1 decibel below my masking threshold, the tinnitus goes full blast, but once it hits this threshold, it completely turns off.
Not all of my tinnitus is like this; it is just...
T from headtrauma is indeed a league of it's own. It's totally different than noise induced tinnitus. Post concussion Tinnitus can last any where from weeks, months or even some cases years.
Most doctors are now just beginning to understand headtrauma and Tinnitus.
Here's a good read...
So this acoustic trauma happened over a year ago and your spike is still subsiding? That gives me some hope as I'm 2.5 months into a spike and I haven't seen any improvement.
I remember stretching my neck before swimming and noticing I could "hear" a high-pitched tone as I twisted my head around. This was exactly three weeks prior to my onset, eight years ago. I thought it had to be really tough to deal with the condition and just three weeks later... BAM! Maybe I...
Suicide rates in the military are alarmingly high. I believe tinnitus is the #1 disability claim among veterans. Sadly, not everyone in the military is able to survive this struggle.
Hello, everyone!
I joined these boards about a month ago and made an introductory post about a week after an event that I had believed to cause my tinnitus. I had initially believed my tinnitus to have been caused by an acoustic trauma. To sum it up, I went to see the movie Dunkirk in standard...
It would be interesting to know whether the hyperacusis that causes the tensor tympani muscle to vibrate and hurt on sound input after a history of sound shock/trauma is equivalent to inner ear pain hyperacusis.
Norena also mentions inflammation/contraction of the nerves innervating the tensor...
Hang in there brother, if there was no associated noise trauma, these spikes usually settle down, and even with noise trauma it could also settle down.
Hi everyone,
I decided to join this forum because, about four days ago, I had a run-in with a loud noise that caused a significant increase in the ringing in both of my ears. I've had tinnitus from acoustic trauma since I was around 14—I'm 18 now—so I know I need to take any noise exposure...
Since this thread has surfaced again, and after reading all comments once again, my heart goes out to all who have experienced trauma.
"The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma" — Judith Herman...
I wish I could, but my life has turned into a kind of hell I never thought possible. I performed a TFI test and scored 90/100. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone score that high before.
My tinnitus has gotten progressively worse over the past week. It’s so loud that I hear it clearly on my left...
It took a month or two to resolve. It comes back occasionally if I am very stressed. I recently had a head cold and it came back then, but resolved when my congestion cleared up.
I wondered about hydrops in the past, especially closer to the acoustic trauma because my ears would have a "wet"...
Welcome to the forum. It seems that headtrauma or head injury has been cited as a cause for tinnitus. If there is not enough response here in the Introduction area, you can try to post about it on the main support forum. You can also try to do a search on 'head trauma' on all prior discussions...
@Shelbylynn yeah it’s crazy. I’m starting to notice ear trauma can cause pain just around anywhere in the head, neck, jaw etc. I get pain near my temple and jaw/ear area. I think you’re at a point where you just need to play it cool and don’t blast your ears lol. Heed the warning
Hi Josh,
Do you still have T. Please provide an update on your T caused by Trauma. I can relate to you since my T also started 50 days after headtrauma.
Hello Everyone!
My name is Kriszti, I'm 31 and I'm from Eastern Europe. Here is my tinnitus (?) story an I have some questions at the end.
In 2016, my left ear rang for 2 weeks, went to audiology, ended up with an Eustach tube problem, but the ringing stopped. At the beginning of 2017, it made...
My first session starts on 4th September. I also thought about blood flow, because I can actually hear blood flow in there and it does feel heavy, like I can feel blood moving around. A strange sensation. It's quite bad :(
But this wouldn't cause a long term issue?
Was that rattlesnake's tail sound, all over the top of your head, due to hearing loss? I have that two, sometimes three days a week. It's very hard to deal with. It started as a spike, and then has kept coming back.
Mine started from a very bad mechanical trauma to the middle ear muscles. It is...
...and to offer my condolences for your loss. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one.
I know that tinnitus can be caused by many things: HeadTrauma, Hearing Loss, Ototoxic Medicine, etc..
Am I, and by extension, other members of this forum, more likely to suffer tinnitus spikes from these...
Days like today, in my head. Like an electrical wire has been jammed in it. It's not particularly loud all the time, but reacts to everything. Other days it's extremely quiet and tonal and I don't even notice it
Basically a day of what I had before this second acoustic trauma in January (mild)...
...Have you had abnormal bleeding? Has your doctor checked your hemoglobin levels?
It's interesting that you say the MRI tech noted headtrauma. That can be a potential cause of tinnitus. However, it doesn't quite make sense to get a "whoosh" from headtrauma.
There are websites for...
http://www.quietridehelmets.com/
Standard helmets are designed to protect against headtrauma, and not noise protection. I would recommend to combine earplugs, with a helmet designed to reduce noise as well, if/when you decide to ride again.
For some reason I didn't read this post.
I certainly have forward head posture, static hissing and sporadically clogged ears. Also - I work on a MacBook 8 hours per day. I should probably connect an external screen so I look a bit "higher" than just down at my MacBook the whole time.
Usual...
In my opinion, if you truly have the makings of real improvement with treatment with a few patients, you’d have no problem asking them to share their “progress” so far on video or even through written testimony. Doesn’t have to be full success, just something to show incoming patients. So I...
Thanks for your reply. I’ve decided not to go ahead with getting grommets. There’s definitely both an ear-related and psychiatric component to all of this. Fortunately, my best mate is a psychiatrist, and he's helped me with some medication for sleep. On three occasions now, the tinnitus has...
Hi All,
I'm now 11 weeks into my struggle with tinnitus, hyperacusis (pain mostly) and TTTS.
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My tinnitus seems to have settled slightly or I'm just getting used to it? I can only really hear it in quiet rooms so I'm lucky in that respect (I know others have it much worse). I used to...
Thank you, @Michael Leigh.
May I ask why you decided to see an ENT for the first time after your symptoms had cleared up rather than at the onset when you also sought help from an herbalist? By the way, your hyperacusis thread is very informative. I also believe that exposing your ears to...
Hi! I’m so sorry you’ve been going through this for 15 months. I’m just starting month 8 and I really hope it clears up soon. The first six months were hellish, but the last two months I’ve been making steady progress.
Can I ask what you’ve tried in terms of treatment? Are you using sound...
100% stress can be the trigger that causes tinnitus. There are papers on this and in particular to women who endure extreme mental trauma for long period getting tinnitus. I also have reactive tinnitus and constant ear crackles. Stress over long periods raises cortisol. Your brain cells become...