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Sorry to hear about your struggles. You should see a specialist as soon as possible. You mentioned that it all started after a head injury. I assume you’ve had an MRI of your head and possibly your neck? What other symptoms have you experienced since then?

I’m sorry for what you’re going through. I wish I had some clear advice to give you, but I don’t. The main thing I can suggest is to limit the sounds you hear as much as possible. It seems like you’re already doing that, so the rest might just take time to see if you improve. It can take a...

I’ve been researching about AI and it gives me hope about the next couple years AGI will be life changing for millions.

I understand the desperation, but I don’t want to oversell this. It does something for me soothing-wise, but I don’t want to give the impression that it is a game-changing kind of thing. It is just a modestly effective soothing tool that does seem to allow a little bit of a masking sensation via...

It's getting louder (80-90 dB), there are more and more sounds, hearing loss, painful hypersensitivity, distortion, pressure on one side of the head, red ears. No one understands, everyone wants something from me and doesn't see the problem. Society doesn't realize how damaging ear damage can be...

I have this. Do you still have it, too, @JaFo14?

It seems I’ve become an extreme case almost overnight. What do I do? Every sound hurts. Accidentally bumping my earmuffs, or even touching a bag while wearing double protection, can trigger pain, burning, or aching.

Oh, awesome, thank you @annV!

I started taking 400 IU of Vitamin D in October 2024, following my GP’s advice after blood tests showed low levels. In December, I began noticing a low, rumbling tinnitus in my left ear. Recently, I came across several people in online forums mentioning that Vitamin D supplements had caused or...

It looks to be open access, viewable here: Minimally invasive surgery for hyperacusis-enhanced round and oval window reinforcement procedure

I haven’t dined in a restaurant for years because of my tinnitus and hyperacusis. I reached out to a local restaurant by email, explaining my condition, and they kindly offered a private, quiet room for my wife and me to enjoy a meal without background music. The six-course dinner was served...

Burning ears, sensations in face and skull, headaches 24/7 now.

Does anyone have access to the full study? "Minimally invasive surgery for hyperacusis-enhanced round and oval window reinforcement procedure". This was published in American Journal of Otolaryngology, Volume 46, Issue 3, May-June 2025. Thank you!

It didn't help me.

Hey! I wonder what you hearing loss is? Mild / Moderate / Severe / Profound? You seem similar in age to me as well I'm 27. It sucks we have to live like this.

Welcome to the forum. It seems you have suffered barotrauma during flight. This can happen when the ears are unable to balance the changes in barometric pressure. It usually subsides once the ears have settled and recovered from the trauma. Try to stay calm and hopeful that your recovery will...

Thanks for your advice. It sounds simple, yet it works. I started to audibly say it did not bother me. While it did not decrease the awful sound, it did make me feel like it was normal, almost as if this is the way all humans hear sound, with a humming in the background. It felt as if I was...

almost 6 years of this

Thank you, I appreciate the support. Hopefully, whatever the NAC did to my tinnitus will fade with time, and even more hopefully, my tinnitus will go away entirely. This past month has been extremely difficult and depressing, but life must go on, and we have to keep enduring. The hope of it...

A month ago, I believe I developed noxacusis, about two months after a head injury. I now have severe loudness and pain hyperacusis, along with tinnitus. At first, I brushed it off as a strange and temporary symptom of the injury. However, during the past week, things have escalated. When even...

It’s been a while since I used it on my skin near my ear or drank it in a diluted form. It must not have worked too well, or I would still be using DMSO.

I actually want to die I miss life when my hearing was normal.

How are you doing, @Yu.3?

It sure did, and it didn’t take very long!

Welcome to the forum. Don’t despair or let yourself become too depressed. Things will improve. Either the intensity of your ringing will subside, or your brain will slowly adapt to it. This will happen gradually but surely. Your tinnitus is still very new, and you are young. Recovery to a...

Did it ever return to baseline?

A miracle happened to me after one year of suffering. After that, it became more bearable. In the third year, I wrote my success story, “From Darkness to Light…” where I shared some helpful strategies. Time and the right strategies will bring healing. I never thought it was possible when I was...

I have been looking at this today and wondering what people’s thoughts are. If we take the premise that it has been shown to reach deep brain areas (caudate and MGB) with millimeter-level specificity, I would want to know how it could be used for long-term suppression of the symptoms it is...

NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial

Honestly, it should be considered malpractice for doctors to tell someone with new-onset tinnitus that it is permanent. In the vast majority of cases, that is not true. I do not know why this continues to be the standard line. The truth is that tinnitus caused by a one-time acoustic event has a...

Hey! Did you do more sessions, and what were the results?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to give such detailed feedback. I think I’m going to try it if I can. My main concern is customs since I’m not in the US. I can relate to you about not being able to find any masking sound for my worst tinnitus tone. Some of my sounds get drowned out by other...

Distilled water is available by the gallon in most grocery stores. I got a gallon from Jewel-Osco and also saw it at Meijer. If it is a pure cotton ball, it shouldn’t be a problem. I saw an old 60 Minutes segment from around 1979 to 1982 where a doctor used a large cotton batten to apply DMSO...

Yes, in a previous post I mentioned that I asked my doctor, and they said pain specialists and anesthesiologists can offer this treatment.

Hopefully we can get something soon. To be honest, I wonder if other countries, such as those in Asia like China, are also trying to cure hearing loss.

how old are you mate

They tried to stop Trump with nonsensical criminal and civil charges and lawsuits, and failed. Attempts were made on his life, which failed. In 2024, an unqualified and unpopular VP was selected, not chosen by the people of the Democratic party, to run against him, and this also failed. In the...

Well, you know something, @Michael Leigh, loud, intrusive, and debilitating tinnitus does not have listening to loud music as its only cause, and hearing aids do not always mask the sound effectively. I have a high-frequency hearing loss triggered by a viral infection. It is loud, intrusive, and...

It is not necessarily going to get better, and it may even get worse.

I was dumb enough to watch Mad Max in 4K Blu-ray in my enclosed home theater using my Nakamichi Dragon with four 12” subwoofers at 50% volume. The result was that by the end of this 117 dBA peak-generating movie (132 dBC), my hearing was muffled in my left ear, and I could hear a faint ringing...

Has anyone looked into how we can get this? I reached out to Xiaolan Qian, the author, but haven’t received a response.

Dear all, a few days ago I was “attacked” by a slamming door. It was extremely loud and caused a spike. Of course, I panicked and started searching online to find out how loud a slamming door can be. I came across the article below about the acoustic reflex, which I thought would be worth...

Trump's concept for a health insurance plan for America: 2025 Result: Shutdown the government and make health insurance more expensive for everyone, not just for the ACA users. Note: The Democrats are not demanding coverage for illegal aliens; it will remain illegal, and they want to keep the...

Hi @katekat, you can try a small experiment like I did. Play some music at around 35–40 dB, then put your fingers in your ears, followed by earplugs, and finally earmuffs if you have them. You will notice the difference. In my case, I could barely hear the music with my fingers in my ears or...

I stick my fingers in my ears. It works well for me during an acoustic emergency.

Splendid idea! I can foresee immense savings if, instead of holding a presidential election, they simply flipped a coin. Heads, Trump wins. Tails, the Democratic challenger wins. The United States and the world would be spared all the noise of primaries, backbiting, scams, and all the related...

If it is already being tested in the spinal cord with no serious side effects, then I truly hope they can move forward with testing it for hearing loss. It seems to be a Canadian company as well.