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Hi everyone, Six weeks ago, I took a flight while I was already sick with nasal congestion. Since that day, I have felt my ears blocked and have had constant tinnitus. Over time, it has been improving, and now I only hear a very low tinnitus. I went to my GP, who examined my ears and said they...

Sorry to hear about your worries and struggles. I can fully relate to your thoughts and questions. Honestly, I have experienced many ups and downs. Some phases are better, especially the ones filled with distraction, such as work and leisure. The most difficult times are at home in silence and...

Hi, sorry for the late reply. My distortions are bad, and I have not noticed any improvement. I cannot escape the tinnitus. I hear distortions and reactive tones over everyday sounds, and when I cover my ears to block them, I hear my regular tinnitus. I am not sure exactly what you mean by...

For a lot of people, including your case, I do not think this is true. Your story is that you simply observed a furnace running for a bit? That seems like a pretty mild trigger. If that caused you to develop tinnitus, I would say you were likely to get it sooner or later from some other acoustic...

Do you think reactive tinnitus often improves with time?

Did anyone notice the difference pronunciations of tinnitus?

What originally started your tinnitus? It looks like you have been on these boards for quite some time. Can you ask the barber to use scissors instead of clippers? I cannot imagine clippers being very good so close to your ears. Maybe it is time to consider a new hairstyle?

I hear you too. The other bad thing, at least for me, is the setbacks. Mistakes and accidents happen when you are exposed to another loud incident, and if there has been some subsiding, then you spike again. That recently happened to me. What I have been told, and what I have also experienced...

I’m trying… things settled down after that event, but the latest incidents involved a truck in an underground garage and then a dog barking loudly in an apartment I was in. I keep finding myself in situations where it gets loud. That’s just life, but there are probably times when I should err...

No, the improvement was noticeable within 30 days. However, the article does not specify how much time passed between the blast injury and the first injection. Obviously, that implies the dose was given within 30 days, but it almost certainly began sooner. If I were to guess, I would say it was...

Hi all, When my tinnitus worsened in 2019, it not only increased, but my right ear also began to “pulse.” It fluctuates from loud to louder, about every second. I never hear my heartbeat, though. Could this be a variation of pulsatile tinnitus? Does anyone else have this? My tinnitus is the...

Ah, that really sucks. I have not had this myself, but others have. I have heard of it going away for many people, so do not expect it to be permanent. I see you have had low-frequency tinnitus for many years. Are you used to it? I just developed it, and I am finding it really intrusive and...

I have had 28 years of nonstop high-pitched ringing. There is no hope. All I can do is ignore it as best I can. I hope you have better luck than I did.

Tinnitus is considered chronic, by most, after the six-month mark. But that does not mean you cannot overcome this. You ask many questions here that not even experts in the field can answer, especially all the “why” questions. Why me? Tinnitus is complex, and many individual factors come into...

So basically, no one actually gets better. They just learn to accept their new reality.

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I made the huge mistake of asking ChatGPT for recovery statistics. Never do that. I’m seven months in after acoustic trauma, and I KNOW I’ve improved, especially over the last two months. I KNOW there’s still plenty of time for me to keep getting better, possibly even to full resolution, or at...

Let me rephrase that a bit. Improvement by habituation is the most likely outcome, meaning your tinnitus will become pretty much non-bothersome again. That may very well happen down the road. The perceived volume can be turned down by your brain as it processes it. All the “whys and what ifs”...

3rd birthday with tinnitus… yay…

Improve a lot, as in the volume going down? I feel like I lost my entire life the moment I walked into that furnace room. There’s a clear before and after now, and I’ll be living with this sound for the rest of my life. I still can’t wrap my head around it.

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Sorry to hear about this. I know the place. It’s not easy to get back, but it is doable. Another good example is @Sonia554, related to what I mentioned before. Even though your hearing test is coming back fine, the auditory system is compromised in one way or another. So even if you improve a...

Well, it reached a point where I barely heard my tinnitus anymore, and my hyperacusis disappeared as well. But now my tinnitus has gotten worse again, because I went to a club with earplugs about four months ago. I was feeling so good that I thought I could handle it. I was wrong. Never again.

6 years is not very encouraging. That's a very long time.

It changed into a sort of hiss. Now I feel like my baseline tinnitus is much louder, but maybe that is just because of the stress I have been under lately. What a horrible experience. Fire alarms are necessary, but they should definitely have lower decibel levels. On top of that, there are far...

Thanks. A part of me thought the shout was not part of the damage, but sadly it only makes sense that it was. I am in a bit of a dilemma as well. I perform on stage, and this has me thinking that I may have to retire after my next show. Or should I quit now before the show and let them find...

I am writing this post again, as for some reason it either disappeared or did not get approved. This morning I woke up with a beeping sound, almost like Morse code or the sounds from an old arcade computer game. It disappeared for a couple of hours but then returned, and the cycle continues...

Four years? To habituate, or did your tinnitus resolve?

For a long time, I have had low-frequency tinnitus that sounds like a truck engine in the distance. However, just this morning a new kind of tinnitus developed alongside it, something I have never experienced before. It is a faint Morse code–like beep. It disappears for about five minutes, then...

It took me about 4 years to feel “normal” again, and 6 years until I didn’t even think about it anymore. Then I messed up once by going into a club with earplugs, and I was almost back at the beginning. Just give it time. You’ll take steps forward and backward, but always remember the good...

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I am very sorry to hear that. No one should ever carry this burden. When was your onset, and why? I also have an update to share. Unfortunately, my mental state has continued to deteriorate. I was having increasingly dark thoughts, so I went to see the doctor again to be on the safe side. He...

School started today. We had an info event in the auditorium and clapping and cheering of people made my ears feel worse again.

I don’t know what the initial cause was back in 2004, but most likely it was an accumulation over time that was finally triggered by stress or something else happening during that period. There was no particular incident. The worsening in late 2019 was due to high sound exposure. It has...

Hey, I know exactly how you feel. The spike is terrifying, especially when it stays loud and unmaskable for days. I can only hope it will subside. Tinnitus is such an asshole. But I know that thinking about it makes it worse, so I guess our only option is to wait it out and hope for the best.

@Sydnears, I've made significant progress in understanding my tinnitus. I may have had an underlying ear infection, or possibly C1 to C3 cervical spine degeneration. However, I think the main triggering factor for me is neck strain. Specifically, I believe strain of the sternocleidomastoid...

Yeah, I get it. I had that a lot too. Now I’ve accepted that it’s not going away, so I might as well live my life again. It’s hard to say because my tinnitus is not constant. I have five or six different tones, and they all come and go. The volume also changes, sometimes it’s very loud, and...

Your tinnitus story sounds a lot like mine, and like many others. We somehow learn to habituate over the years, even though there are bumps along the way. It’s only been two weeks since your incident. That’s far too early to know if it’s permanent or what the future might look like, especially...

Daniel, your description fits mine exactly. I had a systemic infection four months ago that managed to affect my ears. I suspect mine is nerve damage related to a specific area of low frequencies. I’m slightly hoping it might be vascular, since I have a genetic condition that makes me prone to...

Man, that sucks. I’m also going through a severe spike right now. I wonder if it’s the cumulative effect of those dental drilling sessions. I didn’t use earplugs during them because of what I’d heard about bone conduction. I don’t think I had a spike at the time, but several months later it...

What caused your tinnitus the first time, and what led to the worsening? I had very mild, low tinnitus before this that I rarely noticed, and even when I did, it never bothered me. It was always, “Oh, there’s my tinnitus,” and as soon as I started doing something else, I’d forget all about it...

Thanks, everyone. I ended up biting the bullet and cancelling the trip, even though I really didn’t want to. I’m devastated, but my tinnitus is just too unpredictable right now, and the mental health facilities in Bali, where I was headed, are nowhere near the level of what we have in Australia...

There are different philosophies about earplugs. I’m sure constant use contributes to sensitivity, but I see the risk of noise accidents as a bigger problem. Sooner or later, they always seem to happen.

But there was no placebo in that study.

I’m trying so hard to be patient, and I’m sure my feelings are shared by many on these boards. I keep remembering the “before” times when tinnitus wasn’t a concern and dreaming of the day it either goes away or becomes so negligible that it’s unnoticeable. I’m hoping my recent improvements are...

I woke up at 5 am just now. My head really hurts and it’s never been this loud before I’m so panicky :( I can’t think of anything else but it’s so so so loud and I feel like I’m back t square one. I’m so scared.

Funny how, while our empathy for others increases with tinnitus, their empathy for us actually DECREASES. They often think we’re making a fool of them when we talk about the invisible things that are happening to us.

How are you doing now? I’m sorry you haven’t received any replies. I spiked in early July after being caught outside when the monthly tornado siren test started. The tower was only about 100 feet away from me, but the spike came down after about two weeks, and my overall tinnitus level is lower...

The thing is, it does feel lonely at times, but if you start opening up to people about it, you’ll discover how common it really is—especially after the kind of situation you mentioned. I think it’s important to understand that it’s usually not just one single thing that caused it. What you...

I’ve been told that delayed onset tinnitus can actually be a good sign. It suggests that your auditory system was irritated and sent into overdrive, but it doesn’t necessarily mean permanent damage. I experienced the same delayed onset after spending 15 minutes in a furnace room. It steadily got...

Thanks for the reply, @MindOverMatter. I’ve definitely discovered that reading the worst stories can trigger a panic attack when I otherwise would have been fine. I’ve been relying on ChatGPT to curate recovery stories for me so I can avoid reading the worst-case scenarios. The only thing is, I...

It can, and it does, get better. However, it can also get worse if you’re not careful to protect your ears in loud environments.