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    Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better?

    I’ve had the same thoughts. I think about all the gang shootouts we see on the news, or the teachers who saved their classes during school shootings, or rap videos, or even you as a Marine and other military veterans. If just one gunshot can cause permanent damage, then there must be millions of...
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    Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better?

    Nine-Month Update I'm writing this down to keep track. Nine months have passed since the day my life was nearly changed in just 30 seconds. Has there been any improvement since the six-month mark? Overall, the non-tinnitus symptoms have improved a little more. I believe the tinnitus has also...
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    Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better?

    Six-Month Update I'm writing this down just to keep track. Six months have passed since the day my life was nearly ruined in 30 seconds. Has there been any improvement? Overall, the non-tinnitus symptoms have improved since the trauma, but the tinnitus itself has gotten worse. Hyperacusis I...
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    Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better?

    Thank you so much for giving me a little hope. At one point, I told my boss, who is also a good friend, that it might almost be easier to have breast cancer because at least there is a definitive recovery process for that. Are you sure about recovery? All I see online are stories of people who...
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    Four Months After Firearm-Induced Acoustic Shock Tinnitus: Am I Having a Spike? Will It Get Better?

    Hello, I am a single woman in my mid-50s with very little history of noise exposure. Life was great, but things changed last August 6. I took a lesson at an indoor firing range while wearing earmuff hearing protection, but I did not know I should double up with earplugs. During the lesson...