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I have h, yet the sounds of a shower is the most soothing place of all. After a shower if I walk into a quiet room, my t seems far more stable, quite like my silence before onset, then slowly the static returns. Earplugs in a shower is taking it to the extreme imo, as far as I know when using...

@unlucky_eli Welcome to the forum. I am pleased to hear your tinnitus is improving as this can take a while after an ear infection. I would like to give you some advice. Whether you choose to take it is up to you but it is based on many years experience with tinnitus, and something tinnitus...

Hello @Ben Ng, I do not believe a tooth issue could really cause tinnitus, but feel free to contact me about your healing journey. I think Prednisone did very little for me as well. Most cases improve or fully resolve with time, at least according to four doctors I have consulted. Acoustic...

If it were to have an effect, you would have felt it right away. Wonderful! You might want to carry foam earplugs (3M 1100 are great) with you everywhere you go.

No Bill, I think I'm not being clear enough. The ringing is no longer constant. It comes after taking my meds and if you did get what I was saying (I apologize if so) the ringing is barely noticeable. With or without plugs.

Whenever someone reports that their tinnitus is gone, I ask them whether they can still hear it in a quiet room (to determine whether their tinnitus is actually 100% gone). Check out the search results below. When you click on each of the text links there, you will see my question. Scroll...

If you have a lot of sensitivity you will feel sound through the earplugs due to conduction. It is like talking with earplugs on, or chewing something crunchy with earplugs. Driving with earplugs is ok only if driving without them feels much worse, but it is not an ideal solution, specially if...

I notice now with my pulsing ear problem, if I lie my head on the pillow with my left side down on the pillow, it makes the throbbing sound lower in volume. I haven't tried ear plugs. I don't find wearing them comfortable. If the trick with the pillow didn't work then maybe I would try ear plugs.

Hello, I have had mild, high frequency tinnitus for about 8 months. I'm really confused by how I perceive it differently with two different kinds of noise cancelling devices. I have both in-ear and over-the-ear noise cancelling Bose headphones. When I use the over-the-ear one (QC-35) I hear my...

My apartment was very quiet. It was a .7 mile walk to the clinic. With earplugs no big deal. The clinic was not noisy. The injections, well, they werent too loud but the feeling and sound is, well, unreal.

When you say 'plugging ears' does this mean with fingers or earplugs? Certainly using fingers to plug ears adds a lot of extra noise due to hearing the blood pulsating through your fingers (a loud rumbling noise normally). I find that putting on earmuffs is the best way of isolating the...

A cough is not loud enough to damage your hearing. If you are experiencing a spike it is likely due to anxiety. Anxiety plays a very real role in increasing the perception of T. Wearing earplugs every day in quiet environments likely contributed to the cough sounding louder. Our brains can...

I'm looking at going here but 101 dB is crazy, that would crush my ears even for a second, let alone ~10 minutes. Was it this one? https://www.princetonradiology.com/quiet-mri/

Depends what you mean by gone. Tinnitus is not totally gone, and I can still hear it. It is faint in a quiet room on a good day, and louder with earplugs in. Some days it still gets louder, and often without any obvious reason or trigger. However, I would say it is mostly batter. I can often go...

Hi everyone, I wanted to give an update now 15 months post the acoustic trauma that started my journey with tinnitus and hyperacusis. I had hoped that one day I'd be able to share a "success story" and I think in some ways I can do that, though these conditions are much more nuanced than success...

@Forever hopeful, I gotta ask. If you do get your 3rd time lucky and you return to normal again, are you going to be more careful?

Honestly, no not particularly. At the time, I had just begun to reach the stage where I could walk around outside and not hear it, but inside in a quiet room I could hear a hiss. At the club with earplugs on MDMA, I could only hear the same hissing when outside in a relatively quiet area with...

@Adaś, we have a lot in common. We are both from Europe, a single family house, my own room, music, Walkman, type of music we like. Granted, it was a long time before I was in the position to buy a stereo with proper loudspeakers, so for years I was just going with a Boombox, being very envious...

This... story... sounds... like... clickbait... BUT IT’S NOT!!! It’s a hundred percent real and it starts on a crisp cold day in the fall of 2019. It was my first day attending a dormitory at a real, public overnight college in the United States. I moved into my dormitory and had expectations...

There are also special quiet computers. Or, use long cables to put the computer tower far away from where you write and have your screen (maybe even in another room).

This is very strange because, from what I recall, there wasn't too much noise there. But this is a very strange disease and setbacks occur when one doesn't expect. Please note that Clonazepam has a lot of side effects, you should take it under medical supervision, and sometimes hyperacusis gets...

@Kazue It is a good idea to wear earplugs when in a nosiy enviroment as a school, but I advise noise reducing earplugs and not foam type. I have written a lenghly post on the working NYC thread that you might find interesting to read about sound and using earplugs. Regarding your sleeping...

So let me get this straight. You are in a quite room, and your T gets louder IF you plug in your ears? And if you are in regular noise environment or worse, you get an spike unless you have plugs in your ears?

I used to have to have a fan on but now that I have been taking a medication that helps me on average (at least so far) deal with tinnitus better it can be rather quiet other than when the central air conditioner is running.

Hi, my name is Richard, and I’ve been an on and off lurker on this site for many years. I think it’s about time I shared my story. When I mention hyperacusis below, I am mostly referring to pain hyperacusis, also known as noxacusis. I think I may have had loudness hyperacusis too, where certain...

The issue with headsets is that you need to crank up the volume as its noisy around The solution : wear really good earplugs like the foam macks plugs deep into the ear canal - both ears - and then crank up the volume of the head set until you can barely hear enough Your ears will not hear the...

You said you had hyperacusis right? Noxacusis or just loudness? And how long did that take away to subside to a reasonable enough level that you weren't housebound? That's pretty much where I'm at right now.

I was doing better the past couple of weeks. Mainly up and down tinnitus during the day but couldn’t really hear it unless in a quiet room. At night it would calm down if I wasn’t watching TV. Sleep was getting better. Yesterday I felt bad, like the way I did on the day of the onset. Weak...

Last day of silence? No. I remember noticing, at some vague point in my mid-teens, that I could hear a seashell in my right ear whenever I was in a quiet room, and thought for a month or two -not knowing what "tinnitus" was (because education system's got that covered, right?)- that I had gone...

I have tinnitus. I think what you are speaking of is the kinda like the earplug effect ,maybe. Let's say you put earplugs in for about an hour and then take them out,there's a sensation the T is lower. I have done it and it works but this usually last for a short time. I understand you're...

Any idea what caused you to get the drone noise? Keep in mind that the background noise I put on at night is at VERY LOW volume on a MacBook that I put on the floor... I can barely hear the white noise, but even the low volume seems enough to keep the brain / ear busy and not start up the...

Looking back, mine was probably a 6-7 but because I was such a mess mentally, it made it seem like a 9-10. Now, I barely notice it unless I'm in a very quiet room and besides wearing earplugs in night clubs, my life is pretty much back to normal. Sometimes it bothers me but I realise it's...

I take about 0.5 mg of Clonazepam a day. I agree with the headphones; my right ear is definitely a little louder than usual but that one is just a tone that I can only hear in quiet rooms. My left ear is insane. I'm using the sound generators at the lowest volume possible, barely audible in a...

Answer is Yes, absolutely. Jkph75 and Foncky are right. Just from my point of view: As far as i can remember (even when I was kid) i had tinnitus when came into quiet place from a loud environment. Even when I've been exposed to "not too loud" noises, and for a short time, tinnitus was here when...

They were a necessity in my noisy college dorm room. I've now been using them for over a decade and can't shake the habit any more. :) Earplugs don't change the volume of the tinnitus. I hear it clearer, of course, but that's just because there's no external noise that would mask it. Also...

@Bill Bauer I really just need to get back to normal. :( I hate this. @Bill Bauer I just don’t know how this happened to me. I’m way too type A for this I’m barely hanging on here. I can’t get used to hearing this constant noise in my ears. It’s like horrifying to me that something like this...

I think it all depends on what is more important to you. Not saying your partying days are over, but with time and healing you will be able to live normally again. Just know your limits is what I like to say to myself lol

Hey everyone, Postcard version (hah)... a little over a month ago, my uncle was speaking with my dad over speaker phone and I heard him say he has tinnitus, explaining what it is and how terribly bothersome it is for him. It was RIGHT as I was exiting the door to enter my car. Needless to say...

This argumentation is not correct. People with healthy hair cells (no damage) do not experience hyperacusis even if they live in a completely quiet room for the most time of their lifes. We talk about people with T (damaged hair cells). These hair cells have become highly sensitive to further...

Yeah, basically it can be immediately inhibited by certain level of low sound, it requires different amount depending on how strong it is that day. You may not notice it on holiday at all for example due to outside sound or hotel A/C. Or people who live in NY definitely wouldn't even know if...

Hi @Benjaminbb. The first four months my tinnitus was horrible, it was always increasing in volume, and I cried every day. I heard my tinnitus almost everywhere, in the car watching TV, on the street, running, everywhere... In the 4th month it started getting lower and I started to get calmer...

No, my T is loud all the time, but when it's quiet (i.e. ears plugged) it gets much louder and fills my head, same thing would happen in an anechoic chamber. It also reacts to loud noise and I just recently developed a new tone from moderately loud noise exposure while I had earplugs in.

Hello, Background: I am a 27-year-old male with a good career and a beautiful wife. I don't use headphones often and usually don't listen to music at high volumes. I used to wear my AirPods to sleep while listening to podcasts at a very moderate volume. I am moderately overweight and have high...

I wouldn't say my hum is only on or off - there are definitely times when it's worse/better when measured in the same room. I thought it fluctuated for most people but I may be wrong about that? I'm also not sure why earplugs help (and only silicone ones that sit outside the ear canal, it...

Just my 2 cents, but you have caught it early it seems and you can make sure to take all the correct roads from here to avoid future misery. This is very good. Just make sure to do the right things. So this might sound boring to someone who is 13, but you may have to avoid certain situations in...

That makes sense. I recently got a Shark vacuum refurbished for $60, and it's the quietest one I've ever had -- I still tend to use at least dubs 12db filters, but it's quiet enough that I doubt I need them. It helps that our house is solid wood beam construction (relatively poor sound...

The thing about my T is that in a quiet room I can struggle too hear it at all yet standing in a windy car park outside I can hear it fizzing away. I try too keep away from noise over 85db or so, noise doesn't hurt my ears but it would make my ears ring louder for a period after but then it...

The best earplugs/muffs only cut noise by 30db , a noisy street which is about 75 - 85db still gives you 45-55 db which is plenty enough to give the hair cells some exercise. Unless you wear plugs at home when its quiet there is no way to cut sound completely. The concept that you need...

From what you said, I understand that you can only hear your t when you put your earplugs in? Unfortunately, I don't need earplugs.........:(

I get a short spike each time after physical excercise, a bit worse if i have foam ear plugs in, less with musician ear plugs. Normally resolves in a couple hours. Cardio spikes it less, weightlifting in the gym a bit more. Especially with foam earplugs.

It is good that you have mild tinnitus so try to keep it that way, and keep away from loud sounds. I advise you not to sleep in a totally "quiet" room. Even though your tinnitus is mild at the moment and hopefully it stays that way. Sleeping in a quiet room is really not a good idea please...

The weird thing is it doesnt feel louder when I'm focussing on it in a quiet room. Its the same loud dog whistle it has always been. I can just hear it alot easier and quicker now, so I can even hear it over other loud noises. Also I'm going on a vacation to spain with my friends for 8 days...

Various, classical/pop/hip-hop/alternative etc Not that big but i could stand opposite from the piano. Yes i feel that the sound is not quieter. And yes after class a particular part of my tinnitus is spiked. But i think that this is not from the music. I think it's from the exercise. I run a...

Hi guys. I'm really really hoping someone could provided some clarity on this. I've had tinnitus in my right ear for about two months following a middle ear operation where two middle ear bones were removed. When I am in a quiet room my tinnitus is really low however if I go for a walk or...

Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Argiris, I am from Greece, I am 33 years old, and I work as a software engineer. I would like to share my story with tinnitus. On 22/12/24, I woke up with massive ear ringing. At first, I didn't pay much attention and went back to sleep. Over the...

I feel this way increasingly more and more. Going to an interview was painful because it's a quiet room and this damn ringing makes it hard to focus on the conversation. I went to a funeral the other day and that was very uncomfortable as well. It's quiet so the ringing is loud then the...

Hi there! I'm 22, and I've been diagnosed with hyperacusis for almost a week. I have a history of problems with my ears, my Eustachian tubes were trash, and I constantly got middle ear infections. I had ear tubes at a young age and that seemed to fix the job almost permanently. I had a few...

I want to use earbuds and listen to music and my podcasts. I want to not be scared of any noise that I don't expect, even if deep down I know it's probably harmless. I want to be able to ride the bus without earplugs. I want to be able to see a movie, to go to a restaurant, to go shopping, to...

After always wearing earplugs in rock bands, I didn’t once, for a 30 minute set. At least two hard cymbal hits had me recoil in pain. Finished the gig with earplugs. The next morning I had tinnitus... which for anyone the first time around it seemed severe. After 2-3 years I never thought...

My advice is to avoid sounds that trigger lingering pain. I’ve dealt with every level of hyperacusis and noxacusis. I’ve never experienced worsening from noises that caused discomfort or pain that only lasted a second. Every worsening I’ve had is from lingering pain. There’s no way to gauge by...