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Will Dr. Shore's device prevent tinnitus from getting worse and stop spikes from happening? Or are we destined to wear hearing protection forever?

For the most part it spikes due to drastic weather changes or random medication. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping when in rains outside.

Is it normal for iphone speaker volume at 10-20% to cause spikes?

...tinnitus). I went to a tinnitus clinic, and they insisted on doing a new hearing test, even though I had one just 6 weeks ago. Now I have spikes in both ears and a new tone in one of them. It’s been 8 days, and nothing has changed. I’m so upset and angry. I think it came from the loudness...

Have you noticed any hearing loss along with this, or was it just a spike in your tinnitus and hyperacusis?

...function normally again, not to mention dealing with the tinnitus itself. I’ve been using earplugs much less over the past few days. I do get spikes, but I’m trying to ignore them for now. I’m hoping I can gradually get used to occasional noise around 90 dBA, especially since even my baby...

Dear All, Having tinnitus means having to cope with spikes, and avoiding that the spike gets permanent. My protocol: As soon as possible after onset, when you assess it is a spike (e.g. went to a restaurant, discotheque, fireworks, blast): Take 60 mg of Prednisolone / Methylprednisolone...

...trauma, which started about 10 months back. I often feel a dull ache in my ear canal, about an inch in. It usually corresponds with tinnitus spikes. It's unrelated to noise, so I don't think I have what folks call hyperacusis or noxacusis. Does anyone else have anything like this? Of...

Ended up in the ER today due to crazy HR spikes. Lots of loud noises there, tinnitus is spiked now, not sure what to do

One of the worst things about tinnitus is not being able to wear earplugs to sleep, but also not being able to use white noise due to spikes

...discussion. I'm not typically an anxious person, but a severe tinnitus spike can definitely make me anxious. I've experienced so many spikes that now I mostly just: Suppress it with Clonazepam. Ride it out. Hope for the best, since there's not much else to do. I like the idea of using a...

I kept them on my keychain in one of those small metal containers typically used for medication, so they were always within reach. I only used them while driving, visiting slightly noisy restaurants, or attending any other louder-than-average venues.

I get spikes 4-5 days out of the week.it is easy to blame sleep medication because it makes it seem worse. So do you take it anyway?

...you don’t use earplugs? Do you go for walks or visit grocery stores without them? I’m not sure if my tinnitus is reactive or not, but it spikes randomly. I’m also not sure if normal daily noise affects it. I was doing well for two weeks without any protection, but then I got a crazy spike...

...has always been unstable anyway. It is so frustrating. After four years of tinnitus, SBUTTs, scary inner ear sensations, TTTS, MEM, tinnitus spikes, and more, now this. I had experienced something similar before, at the onset of my tinnitus (idiopathic). It was a pure tone that would appear...

I’m in a similar situation where I hear another tone on top of my usual spike noise. It’s quite scary, to be honest. Still, I have hope that this will pass and eventually return to its initial baseline. At least, I’m hoping that’s the case. Don’t give up, man. Even though it’s frustrating, we...

Tinnitus for the most part is moderate. It spikes way too often for me to call it mild. I'm just enjoying life without worrying about it.

I’ve been fortunate that any spikes in my tinnitus have always been temporary (and it’s a looong list of triggers). Eventually, it returns to baseline, which is fine by me—as long as it doesn’t worsen permanently, I’m good. Of course, like all of us, there’s an underlying fear that it could...

...on but still struggling. I’ve been doing well, overall. I’ve been meaning to write a partial success story, but then I get hit by one of these spikes (for no reason) that throws me into dark thoughts again. But at least, these days, I am able to convince myself that I’ll be better in a day or...

Would you mind telling us what events caused these three spikes?

I've been using Dayvigo for a few years now, and it's the best sleep aid I've found so far. It hasn't had any negative impact on my tinnitus, and I don't experience long-term drowsiness the next day. If it could actually lower tinnitus—like Benadryl sometimes does—it would be even better and...

I’m certain that anxiety is a major factor in causing tinnitus spikes for me. So, focusing on reducing anxiety is key, though it can be challenging. I have some beliefs that might resonate with others—one being that my tinnitus worsens with excessive use of digital devices. Since my tinnitus...

...Moldex SparkPlugs have an advertised 35 dB SNR, which should further reduce the 83 dB to around 50 dB. For me, this ensures there will be no spikes. I set these earmuffs to maximum amplification so they function as audio compressors. This way, they amplify soft sounds and reduce loud noises...

...since your incident. That’s far too early to know if it’s permanent or what the future might look like, especially since most of your previous spikes have been very short. I first got tinnitus eight years ago, and it took me a few months to habituate fairly well. After two years, life was...

Growing up, I've always had some form of anxiety and it wasn't until a few months back that I decided to see a therapist for it. I got diagnosed with moderate anxiety, but never went back to the therapist or went on medication for it because I believed that I could fix it/keep it under control...

Thanks for the replies. I’ve only recently started experiencing harsh, continuous spikes that seem to be accumulating. I’m 58 years old and have seen an audiologist. My ear health and hearing are considered normal for my age. I wasn’t the one hammering. The student was using a wooden mallet...

Might be a dumb question but I may be experiencing it at the moment. But how does anything but noise or some sort of damage to the inner ear cause a spike of tinnitus? I am now experiencing some tinnitus in my RIGHT ear for the first time ever (previously only had it in the left) after a spike...

...earplugs, even though the music won’t sound as good with them. Once you have tinnitus, you tend to be more sensitive to new noise trauma and spikes. For me, masking works best for rehabituation after spikes, so I recommend doing this as much as possible, even at night. By the way, I highly...

Hi everyone, With COVID-19 starting to wind down (I'm based in NY), my employer is requiring employees to come back to the office 2-3 days per week. I was always dreading this day because I was wondering how I would manage my tinnitus while commuting back and forth to the office. By way of...

How many times have you been forced to resort to taking prednisone after the onset of tinnitus? Do you try to use this glucocorticosteroid for every serious spike? How do you deal with prednisone during a short course, do you not have inflammations and chronic diseases from it? Did you feel a...

Does any one get micro spikes after loud short event? Let’s say a restaurant? Or could it be SBUTTs? Have sbutts lead to anything permanent?

(1) No matter what I do, my tinnitus spikes, so I’m starting to become convinced that maybe my spiked volume is my “natural” tinnitus

My tinnitus ALWAYS spikes/gets louder after putting in qtips, but if I don’t then my ears stay uncomfortably itchy

How does a spike usually evolve? I mean, from the loud noise exposure or the onset of spike, to the settling down, how does things usually evolve for you?

You may think you are well prepared. However, you should research real-life Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) values. They are often much lower than the NRR listed on the package.

Hello TT! I started school like 5 weeks ago, and the first 4 weeks we have different activities each day. A lot of these activities includes alcohol. I have moderate tinnitus, but I have visited the nightclub we have here 5 times these 4 weeks. I have used foam plugs and haven't noticed any...

I get my worst spikes when I make huge mistakes. The latest one was yesterday when I went into someone’s underground parking garage. I forgot my earmuffs, which I usually have with me, but this time I only had my foam earplugs. My friend was parking their car in a narrow spot, and I was warned...

...some faith that things will get better in time. I noticed that i’m having more good days, more energy and positivity, and that i’m having less spikes. Also the spikes seem to be less intrusive. However, i keep feeling horrible when i feel my tinnitus is going to flare up. Everytime it feels...

I have had T for about 3 years, and my sound never changed much in tone/loudness... In december I had to take 3 consecutive flights (about an hour and half each flight), and each time we were descending my ears had increasing troubles in pressurizing... By the time I got home in the evening my...

This doesn't seem like a spike. None of my past spikes were ever like this. I have a brand new loud tone in my non original T ear.

I try to watch my diet, knowing full well my tinnitus spikes from all the usual bad foods; salt, sugar, processed foods. I am wondering of the question on this thread; if we eat unhealthy and get spikes, are we risking worsening our tinnitus in the long term?

Been having one since Sunday morning, it is now Friday afternoon and I have been bedridden all week because of it. Been to the doctors twice, no actual reason for it apart from a virus. ???

So from what I understand it's common for a cold to cause a spike yes? and the spike should leave with the cold? I'd research through the threads but honestly I'm afraid of finding horror stories and lately I've been managing my anxiety quite well. The first two days of my cold had no effect on...

Hi all, Did a little test over the weekend. I traveled up to my brothers house by car on Friday which is a 2 hour trip. On long car journeys my T always increases and takes a while to settle down afterwards. I went up there without any ear protection (110 db in car). I put plugs in to come...

I've had T for a very long time (noise induced, but no tested hearing loss), now in my mid 20's and somehow my T has got worse (either from waking up to a wood saw being used outside my widow, a motorcycle that passed days later or the Omeprazole medication I stopped taking after a month; all...

Hi folks. I am getting crazy piercing tinnitus attacks during the night which is up to 5 x time louder than my usual level. I always wake up shocked and scared with the intensity of the sounds and physical sensations in the head/ear connected to the tinnitus. The weirdest sensation is a...

...hours later, or even the next day, I suffer from the noise exposure despite the protection. Even long and friendly conversations can cause spikes several hours later. I have about 20 percent hearing in the bad ear, and I experience ear fullness for short periods on most days. Early on, I...