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Hi... Reading your post I am interested to know how you went from isolation to healing. I am currently really struggling.. I have catastrophic reactive tinnitus and hyperacusis and am wearing ear protection all day in the house. I am too scared to try sound therapy as some say it can make this...

Hi @Tika, I believe that Pure Tone Audiometry will be part of your full hearing evaluation. It is the first test that is done. To confirm its results, OAE is done next. Also, usually tympanometry is done. As it comes to finding the frequency of your tinnitus, you may try to listen to music...

tired of waking in a panic every single morning

Hi @Paulie87, I base most of my research on literature that I often source from PubMed. Cross-checking one unreliable source with another, such as ChatGPT versus Grok, is not the right approach. Doctors, unfortunately, do not know either. Regarding headphone use, I can confirm the following. I...

Hi @stephenz, it's a well-known fact, not just in tinnitus, but in many diseases. I agree there always seems to be a bit of an internet blackout when it comes to some parts of the world, and we do not see the full extent of what is going on.

Being intimate with anyone with a pulse feels so natural to him and to other men who did not feel loved or experience intimacy as children. For some, even having a warm penis in their mouth or anywhere else can feel comforting and fill the void in their hearts. It is time for you to accept this...

Anyone else have nausea and vertigo with Tinnitus?

I believe we are more prone to damage and setbacks around noise when we are tense and in a state of fight or flight. I have noticed this pattern in myself. Reactive tinnitus can absolutely settle with time. Only time will tell. However, I would definitely recommend proper counselling or CBT to...

I just emailed the company to ask when they plan to start clinical trials and whether they will be open to people outside China. If anyone is interested, their email address is on their website if you want to ask.

As far as treating the symptoms is concerned, I feel more optimistic about the attempts to imitate the relief that cochlear implants can provide. They aim to remove the trigger, which is the absence of input. In this case, the trigger would still be present in full force, while the drug is...

I have looked through Chinese forums for tinnitus sufferers, and I can say with confidence that no TCM treatment has been proven to treat tinnitus. Period. The TCM side of medicine in China is a very frustrating situation. Some parts of it do work, but instead of developing those parts through...

Could you elaborate on why animal models translate poorly to humans? I remember reading about Harvard Medical School’s research into regrowing hair cells in mice through gene therapy. The reason it worked in mice but will not work in humans for now is that the technique is very invasive, if not...

He seems to like it...

I am staying away in future. However, I still do not understand how, with hearing protection and no increase in tinnitus right after the concert, it suddenly became so much worse four to five days later. This happened after I stressed myself out reading stories on here. I went to a physio...

@Kam75, how are things with you? How's the tinnitus? How's your sleep? I re-read my earlier posts here, and I think what I wrote about sleep and the link is spot-on. Stage 1 (N1) is the lightest stage of sleep and occurs as a person first falls asleep (1 to 7 minutes). Stage 2 (N2) is where...

Agreed. And in the end, it doesn't really matter what term is used when talking about reactive tinnitus, and whether it is this or that. "Treatments" (not meds) available today, such as CBT, would be the same, no matter what you call it, or whether it is a subset of hyperacusis or not, @Paulie87.

This more or less sums it up. Reversing damage and "healing" anything in the auditory pathway beyond the eardrum is a monumentally more complex and difficult task, though, and the next best thing is treating the symptoms. That's the million-dollar question, isn't it?

I completely agree. I think it is mainly that many people are suffering and have suffered for a long time. They just want the tinnitus gone and are frustrated with the timeframe. The reality is that progress happens slowly, but we should be grateful for the people who are working on it. It is...

The dip at 3 kHz that I believe you are referring to is actually from my otoacoustic emission result. It is obtained by playing sound into my ear and listening for a kind of echo. It has nothing to do with whether I tell them I hear the sound or not. My actual pure tone threshold at 3 kHz is...

Hey @Robster, do you still take Mirtazapine to this day? I would say my mental health is pretty much on the floor after nearly four months of tinnitus. I have read so many posts about the connection between antidepressants and worsening this awful affliction, but I am at a point where dark...

Karbamazepina, Okskarbazepina, Gabapentyna, Pregabalina, Lamotrygina, Baklofen, Klomipramina. Are these medications effective for stabbing pain in the middle ear caused by sounds, as well as for worsening tinnitus?

Hi @Paulie87, I have read your story. You have noise-induced tinnitus and possibly low-level Ménière’s disease. After having hyperacusis many years ago, you are now always susceptible to these setbacks. Your setbacks come from prolonged loud noise. I am in a setback now, and in 2024 I had one...

In reference to those Salvation Army bell ringers that stand outside stores during the holiday season:

About a year ago the landlord served notice, and I ended up in the old folks’ home. I am pretty much the baby of the old folks’ home if you get my drift. I am sprightly, I enjoy life as much as I can, and I walk for an hour by the river most days. But it has a fire alarm. Getting exposed to...

Hissing today in my ear(s) and head is not good.

I have no clue what that is, so probably not. I have had no hearing evaluation at all since the incident. I have never had a hearing test in my life, so when July comes it will be my first. I am sure they will do that test too. My doctor said they will do every type of hearing test to fully...

Treating tinnitus is fine by me.

That looks fake. Trump said that only the American flag was allowed at federal buildings in the U.S.

Indeed—it's right to next to it in a QWERTY lay-out. Moreover, it's consistently spelled correctly afterwards.

I would assume it could work if they found a formula that is effective and safe for humans. Treating the underlying cause would be better, but having something that treats the symptoms would be the next best thing.

Yes, sort of. They are related in one way or another. I do not get sudden discomfort or pain from loud noise either, only if I have had a flare in tense jaw or TMD issues. About concerts and similar events, unfortunately I can only tell you one thing: stay away. It is a gamble with very high...

my right ear exploded since 3 -4 days after my sickness it was lowest since 14 months now right ear cuts everything 15 khz very loud it has to go away again. please :(

Dear @Tika, I am very sorry that you have to go through this. I did OAE tests three times over the last two years after getting tinnitus from a loud bar. As the person conducting the tests explained, an OAE result comes out negative for a given frequency when there is a hearing loss of around 25...

That is just a typo by the webmaster. The letter U is close to the letter I on the keyboard.

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Yeah. I made my situation worse 6 months ago. There has been some improvement, but definitely worse. Will write post about it later.

Like the title says, Germany is planning to invest 500 million euros over the next 10 years for CFS. The first thing I want to say is that I am extremely happy for these people. CFS is a terrible condition, and I am glad they are getting the help they need. The second thing I want to say is that...

I am praying for you that it will. I had a tube put in my right ear in August, and it turned out I also had a Staph infection in that ear. I have been taking ear drops and Bactrim for 2 months. The strange thing is that I hear popping and cracking noises in that ear if I bend down, burp, drink...

Hi, did you have any luck with the Octagonal Atlas chiropractor?

Ah, sorry, my mistake. It is interesting that you have a dip at around 3 kHz, even though it is still within the normal hearing pass range. That is the same thing I get when they play high tones at the same frequency as my tinnitus. You hear the tone, but you cannot distinguish it from the...

Was calling Trump the gay candidate remotely plausible? Trump does not hang the Pride flag at the White House like Biden did.

Has a consensus been reached on whether hyperacusis and reactive tinnitus are actually related? I get zero pain or discomfort from loud noise, but my tinnitus reacts like crazy and often competes or changes to a higher, louder pitch with fan type noises, such as the ones from the air purifiers...

Thank you kindly for your reply, @Scruffiey. I really appreciate your honesty and valuable advice about this. It is great to have friends like you, and during the tough times it does not feel so lonely when you know you have brothers out there fighting the same fight with you. Thank you. Today...

I’m not sure about this one, since they spelled tinnitus wrong, but it’s still great to see more and more research and attempts to cure this disease.

This is more out of curiosity. If you read my post, you can see that I got bleach on my eardrum, which caused a burn but not a hole, and I was exposed to the noise of a table wood saw during healing while wearing headphones that didn’t block sound. I’ve had tinnitus ever since. December is month...

No worries, you will see that it works just fine. I have been using this method for eight years. If it still feels too loud, you can try light musician earplugs under the headband so you avoid the strong occlusion effect that foam earplugs create. Italy has some great places to ski and I cannot...

It is cool that there are biotech companies that continue to try. However, as far as I understand it, the drug does not aim to heal the underlying cause, which is the damage to the inner ear, but instead to compensate for it by calming the neurons that react because the damaged inner ear is...

Are you any better, Kerry? I feel so miserable 😞

My test result is attached in my opening post. I have perfectly normal hearing in both ears. Recently I have started to think that mine is neurological. The medication they put me on immediately after the surgery gave me severe hyperacusis for one night, and it disappeared the next day. The...

If i don't believe this happened to me and i am constantly saying its not real am i lunatic? Or am i having hard time accepting this is my real life from now on

It's strange how easily things can change, for better or worse. Yesterday morning started off okay, worked through pain that got better in the afternoon, but then things spiraled in the evening and progressed into today. I'm so tired of being hurt. I still cannot believe that this is my reality.

Life is so unfair since 14 months and i don't think its real i just turned 30. I was harmed by a clueless doctor now she lives her life and i am having panic attacks nearly everyday. I am in pain, i am on the verge of giving up i have no emotions since 14 months. Never laughed truly. I don't...

Their pipeline also includes Neu-003, a drug that targets epilepsy. Interesting considering our (limited) understanding of how "tinnutus" and epilepsy potentially overlap, as far as underlying neurological mechanisms go (Kv7/retigabine anyone?). They report data from a GPIAS (Gap-Prepulse...