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Something similar happened to me with a truck horn (I was inside the car without earplugs). Did you checked your hearing at the ENT? How are you?

I go out and about with nothing but if i am going to a loud event or city i wear custom musician plugs...if i see an ambulance i jus cover my ears but sudden lil loud spurts of noise arent always bad...if you are going to beat hyperacusis i feel like its the only way you will get better and i...

For me that's not enough. Even with earplugs, earmuffs and my hands covering the earmuffs the sound seems to go through and hits me. A loud motorbike, or feedback from a big radio, is impossible to block. It is like the sound went through me, it's bone conduction I guess.

I just don't understand. My ears are crazy now thanks to being stuck next to that ambulance. Can anyone else offer anything?

...I won't expose myself to loud venues. Nor will I be gaslit by MDs waffling crap about misophonia. Never covered my ears unless a loud ambulance went past, and then used my hands. I took Gabapentin for a couple of days for back pain and it brought my tinnitus down considerably by about 30%...

...what we have is sound sensitivity to a certain frequency / sound. Yours is to metallic dishes like you say, and mine is to higher sounds because of that dumb ambulance ! I don't get any pain and loud sounds don't cause me problems either , but sounds like car breaks become distorted - not...

...you something relax . You can even be put under for a MRI if need. Please don't suffer no more and go get help or ring them out to you in a ambulance ... Please put yourself first now and know they can help you and put in place a action plan for you on the next steps...... Promise you will...

...and again now it's all the time day and night I cart sleep tied all the time I have had a drop attack single seizure in a shop come round in an ambulance plus 2brain scans have to have another brain scan in 1yr also I just got a hearing aid don't know how much more I can take its making me insane

...:wideyed: I get the main idea, that each time we double the distance we can divide the intensity by four. I knew that before that's why I don't get how an ambulance can be considered as loud as 124 db from as far as 20 m..Sure we have to hear them but we will even if it's at 90 at 20 m..I guess..

...weeks on Tinnitus talk -everything affects T - diet, exercising, lack of sleep, flying, working out, alcohol, smoking pot, car backfires, ambulance etc. I don't think there is such a thing as managing your Tinnitus. Tinnitus has a mind of it's own...in your head. It cannot be managed. You...

What initially triggered your tinnitus?

...and when I was close to them, I would start to get reverberations with my hearing aids. Which meant I was hearing the siren twice. So, unless you were right next to the ambulance for an extended period of time, I would doubt that you suffered any damage other than the immediate discomfort.

I have had the same thing happen to me at few occasions, for example an ambulance passing by close to me with it's loud siren. I always felt my tinnitus being louder afterwards, but I think it was due to stress. I was afraid it has caused me some damage and that made my tinnitus louder. But...

...at a distance of 1 meter and it was literally right in front of my face. They should be banned along with a dB restriction on police and ambulance sirens. How my ears ever recovered from that exposure I will never know but I am thankful every day that they did and will forever be careful...

Not usually. If a person has hyperacusis then sensitivity to those sounds can make the tinnitus increase causing a spike. The answer is not to wear earplugs outside as this will lower the loudness threshold of the auditory system making sensitivity to sound worse. More than likely it is stress...

Also, the hearing loss following noise exposure should be what people call threshold shift

...were jaw pain, headache and back pain. Because of the headaches and tmj I didn't know I was having a heart attack, luckily my husband called an ambulance. Good luck to you and tell all the women you care for that there are no chest pains most of the time if a woman is having a heart attack.

When one wears muffs, one can still hear people screaming, the ambulance, drivers honking their horn, etc. If one wears noise cancelling headphones + earplugs, one can hear the sounds above even better (as the headphones eliminate the hum of the engine). NC headphones + earplugs are as good as...

...to reoccur. I have tried to come off this drug and I didn’t experience any withdrawal effects; however my tinnitus is as loud as having an ambulance alarm full on next to my bed and I need Mirtazapine to be able to sleep some. Lucky those who can fall asleep with just Melatonin or...

...car model and color and what time of day they drive by your home. While it's unlikely to damage your hearing in your home, driving with an excessively loud speaker can create an unsafe driving condition. The driver and others driving near him/her may be unable to hear police or ambulance sirens.

...12 years. Three years ago I had a bad day. I had loud tinnitus and I felt dizzy to the point I couldn’t get out of the bed. I called an ambulance for myself. Being 22 years old at the time, the ambulance guys dismissed me and claimed I probably just have the flu... They took me to the...

I am doing something similar. Plus taking away everything that messes with my central nervous system like alcohol, SSRI, coffee and Zopiclone (type of benzo). Also changed my diet quite drastically. I hope my body can adjust and start the healing process. I can also recommend hard stretches...

...of doing full auditory rest for a year or two like him and wearing musician custom-made earplugs with -25 dB attenuation when going in the streets to avoid setbacks from car honks, ambulance siren, motorbikes. And obviously gradually increase sound exposure at home and outside. Thanks, Gregg

...just then and seen me upset, I hate conflict and my heart is racing Don't know if this was a good idea. Il be honest yesterday i had an ambulance called out by the woman on an advice line i was talking to as she was concerned after i couldn't carry on the call I told them how i felt I...

Potassium channels do control heart function. However, the potassium channels that retigabine works on are not supposed to be the same ones that control heart function. It is unfortunate that you've had this side effect.

Based on my personal experience, spikes triggered by loud noise while wearing ear plugs go back down again. (Ear plugs are amazing for us with tinnitus. I never leave my home without them.)

...time here - everybody's holidaying and my tinnitus just had to get worse since the incidents. Out of curiosity I called the hospital's ambulance service dept. to ask how loud those sirens really are. They kept putting me through to different departments then but it appears that no one in the...

You SHOULD be panicking (if you don't have muffs nearby). If an ambulance with its siren blaring comes close to you, you might regret it for the rest of your life. It is ok to be scared of scary things. Still easier than living with debilitating T, right?!

...spike my left ear has just increased the volume of the hissing, it sounds really loud and the right ear has developed a new high pitch tone that is not static, it is like the sound of an ambulance siren. Besides all that, I have always had a background noise that sounds like the engine of a...

Aren't you too focused on it? If I hear a ambulance and I want it to hear it forever, I think I could, but I just forget about it and when I hear it in my head, I think: ''ooh, it's just inside my head'' and forget about it. Although, when I think about it, I am not sure if I will be able to...

@Tommi_boi - oh my, those unexpected noise are just the worst! They just ramp up your anxiety? Goodness! Was it an ambulance that caused the T or H? How awful! The thing was that I did have Pelter hearing protection on but it's obviously just been too much for my ears as I've now been left with...

Hell I wish I had no T. I use to be in the same boat sure no T and hypercasusis then T developed. ;-;

...but then I started getting anxious after a while and slowly sensitivity came back a little. My own sound sensitivity was cause by an ambulance, but like you I can tolerate most sounds except the high frequency ones like car brakes , sometimes those REALLY get to me. If I see an ambulance on...

...it sometimes, but it’s not as prevalent. This should all stabilize for you too. I thought I was never going to recover, but it happened. It should be the same case for many others too. Yup. My ears were picking up sounds from kilometers away it seemed (ambulance sirens for example). Weird stuff.

...me and was right along side me for about 3- 4 seconds. I couldn't say how far away The siren was from my ear, 2-3 metres maybe, but the ambulance itself was right next to me and the pavement for that period. I just came back from the urgent care centre, I was meant to see the ENT but they...

I have been reading in this thread about people on here getting exposed to sirens like from ambulance's, but I don't see anyone saying that they were ok, or recovered from a spike caused by it. I was in my car a few days ago ( I always wear ear plugs, and gun muffs over them when I'm out...

...though it is not there. I do have sensitivity to noise though, and my tinnitus is reactive. Hang in there. I know a guy who had it like an ambulance horn in his head. It is way better and he has habituated nicely. He is a musician and still plays bass and guitar live. Then there are the...

I always, always plug my ears when that happens out of fear.

...but she didn't realise that she was infectious. My oxygen levels dropped this morning to 90-92, so my wife rang 111 and they sent an ambulance. They made me sit up and down over and over again to see if they dropped any further, but they didn't. They measured my sats at 94 and said it was...

Take this with a grain of salt, but I think you will be just fine.

you have mega mild tinnitus. if ambient noise masks it you will habituate to the noise in a couple weeks. try cognitive therapy if you continue to fixate on it. you find ways to unfixate it. be happy your tinnitus is mild! many of our tinnitus is louder than the ambulance siren

last time when in took 300mg,and 2 h later 200 so it was not 500 it was maybe 450, my heart almost stopped, ambulance came measure irregular heart beats, speed ups and fall down of pressure and i was almost catatonic for 1,5h

...the cops are not on the lookout for people breaking that particular traffic law. I know that I can still hear cars using their horn, the ambulance, and even people shouting, so I don't think that wearing NC headphones would compromise the driver's safety. Wearing earplugs would provide a lot...

Which AD is it?

...I try to avoid riding my bicycle near traffic, and always wear foam earplugs... You still will be able to hear loud sound through the earplugs and you ears will have some protection. Anyway, it's always best not to be close to noise. Those incidents (ambulance, loud motorbikes etc) happen...

...fully habituate and your hyperacusis (auditory system) is cured of oversensitivity. Beeps and other sporadic sounds, including police and ambulance sirens will be of no more concern, as you won't give them importance and will cause you no harm. It is fear and anxiety that a lot of people...

I had this after an accident involving an ambulance siren . After this I began to become sensitive to high pitched noises. I believe that's what you have maybe a little worse. At the start of this any car brake would just cause fluttering sensations in my head. Thankfully I am in a better...

What are loud places. I dont go to cafes, bars, restaurants, etc and I still get spikes and damage, from ambulance, police sirens, fire alarms, and other stupid loud unexpected noise...god damn it, it so hard to live with this. I am disabled 27 year old.

Yeah, it is tricky to survive with bad hyperacusis.

...I think you just need to relax a little more about it (easier said than done I know!) I have sound sensitivity from sound trauma (an ambulance siren) but given time and learning to relax around sound it has improved considerably. If your extra worried, then perhaps even consider musicians...

I know how you feel. It is easy to get anxious about many sounds. The ones that worry me the most are Ambulance sirens, fire alarms, bus brakes, fireworks, car airbags and now to add to the list: baloons popping. Since reading that article which said baloons can pop around 168db, I don't feel...

yeah, sirens are very loud. In general the world is getting noisier.. gardening! Ughh There are all kinds of new loud machinery, and now everyone seems to need them.

The key is trying to be exposed to sound in normal environments - not only music at home - without getting hearing damage. That may be easier in some countries than in others. For instance, it is not the same walking on the street, around traffic in Helsinki or in New Delhi.

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Apparently many people here are helped by ear light therapy for H. It doesn't work at all for T though.

...at the gas station last week. I could tell he had custom exhaust to make his bike louder. When he took off his helmet he had ear plugs in. What an idiot. I hate ambulance and fire trucks too. I drive around with ear muffs in my passenger seat just in case I hear one coming from the...

I've had this happen before, but with music. Look up "musical ear syndrome". I assume the same can happen with other noises. Freaked me out pretty good but it went away thankfully.

Hi all, My tinnitus has been very nice recently until yesterday. An ambulance came past with sirens blaring, about 30 feet away. Since then, my ears have been really loud and I've had H which is not something I'm used to. IS this likely a spike? I'm worried as I have to fly soon too, any...

...I said I can't wait that long.... I'm in crisis mode. (diff size pupils, headaches, dizzy, H....) I'll be going to the ER. I'm going to rest a bit and see if that'll help the dizzy subside until tomorrow. I'm so dang tired!! I have no ride at the moment anyway. I'd have to call an...

...Always insert foam ear plugs properly before you leave your home. Sooner or later, you might suffer additional damage to your hearing due to ambulance sirens, fire alarms, car alarms, popping balloons, fireworks, or something else. The only strategy that really works is to always protect...