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For my second ever post, I would like to pose a question. I've had noise-induced tinnitus for 5 months. I usually hear it if I'm in a quiet room, but not so much if I'm "out and about." Last night I went to a movie, and I wore 14 db noise reduction musician's earplugs (EarPeace HD). The...

I know that feeling... :( Please try to say calm, the spike is probably only temporary as you have not subjected your ears to anything damaging. And as far as your social life... I don't think all hope is lost in your case! Earplugs take some getting used to, but it can be done. Even the foam...

I got home to find my husband had someone here, so I went to my room for as much peace and quiet as I could find. Husband tends to be noisy, and doesn't know it, never sees it even if you mention it to him... and this was before H. Husband let the dog bark and bark and bark... I'm hearing it...

During my first 2 months the sounds would be unrelenting and I could hear a variety of pitches. Mostly tonal but i had so many tones mixing together... Approaching my 3rd month and most of the tones have gone away. Volume has also lowered to the point I only notice spikes while im busy, and can...

@amandine It was a closed mri that I had done, my head inside the tube. I did not have a contrast dye injected so i cannot comment on that. The machine itself was fairly noisy, I was only in there for 10-15 minutes. I had foam earplugs in with headphones playing soft music over my ears...

I've been surprised by the number of people I talk to who say they have tinnitus. When they say "I can only hear it in a quiet room", my first instinct used to be to want to to grab them by the throat and say "No you don't have f***ing tinnitus, you have no idea what it is to go through what I...

Thanks for the info. I'm into electronic music making / synthesis myself, so this gives me hope I'll eventually be able to return to my gear at low volumes if/when my hyperacusis calms down.

I have sound and noise sensitivity and there are things other people tolerate fine that are "non damaging" which I find physically painful but my overall noise tolerance is okay. If I am gonna really absolutely bang on a guitar (even an acoustic), I will wear earplugs (and maybe provide some to...

Hi @VickiD. I am sorry to know of the discomfort that you are going through at the moment caused by a spike that has resulted in you hearing persistent hissing. I cannot say for certain when things will return to normal for you but usually spikes reduce with time. However, this depends on what...

Thank you for getting back to me, my tinnitus is mild as I don't hear it outside at all, I can sleep without masking it and I only hear it in a quiet room, I don't have hyperacusis, and my tinnitus is very likely caused by a bad cold. The cinema will be 82 dB loud. It does spike , but not very...

I think your fear is a reasonable one. The main way I succeeded in habituating to my tinnitus was by limiting any loud noise exposure as much as possible. Avoid noisy situations where possible, have a pair or earplugs ready and maybe also a noise measurement device. None of us are exactly the...

@fishbone thank you so much. I hope both of your parents to be in a better place. Keeping an eye on you from above. Being your guardian angels. When you feel lonely feel free to talk. I hope you have good friends there to support you. I truly wish all the best and no more sorrows. Trying hard...

Haha. It's weird that I haven't received a notification from Tinnitus Talk about your comment, but thanks for tagging me along though @Ben Winders. Low frequency tinnitus is the worst, isn't it? My low drone acts basically the same as yours. It often appears when I'm in a quiet room or when...

Hi everyone, I attended a wedding a few days ago, got really drunk and have scared myself though exposing myself to a loud wedding band for a short time (with earplugs). Both ears are now ringing more loudly than usual. I wore moulded silicone earplugs the entire time, but the wedding band was...

Thank you so much for this article, it gives me hope. I've had noise enduced Tinnitus for about 3 months now and all the horror stories online have made me very paranoid. Likek people who've had it for 20+ years and there's no cure, not to mention the suicidal cases. I'm on 35 and mine happend...

Hi. I am new to this forum. I have noise induced tinnitus since since I went to a bar/club in San Francisco where it was so loud I probably did not even hear when ringing started until I left. After a few weeks/months it got better but I have a little permanent hissing in my head or little high...

That new tone was over a year ago (October 2017). I don't think it's going away. I'm just hoping I don't develop something new from this fire alarm... Edit: to be fair the new tone did fade some. It's in the background when my T is having a good day, but it ramps up when I'm having a bad T...

Go read my thread, it’s a few threads down (called Warning for People with Noxacusis: For the Love of God, Protect Your Ears), it has my profile picture on it. You can read about my story there more in depth if you want. I’ve had it about 2 years now and it only gets worse. It seems after...

Yes. My tinnitus in the the past 2 - 3 weeks has been getting better (maybe about 40% better) compared to at the onset). First, I live in a very quiet single family house, on a quiet street, with thick double pane glass that blocks almost all noise from the outside. Previously at the onset, it...

Although I was not a member of the community at the time, because my tinnitus was mild and completely a non-issue, and so I never sought out any solution, I can attest to having reached the complete silence stage after 4 years. I also had some sensitivity to noises, never pain, which 100%...

I advise you to never use headphones again even at low volume. When your tinnitus reduces still don't use them. Try to go out as it's not good staying at home all the time. I do understand how you feel, but staying at home isn't such a good idea. If you find outside sounds affecting you because...

Man, I am sorry for you. That's not a good job to do with hearing issues, as some of the loudest sounds around come from the kitchen, dishes clanking, pots and pans, frying stuff. For me it is hard to cook. I stopped frying stuff in a pan for years, and resorting to the oven to cook fish for...

Hi Matilda, I am surprised the way your GP is reacting because she should know that tinnitus can be a very debilitating condition when it is severe, and will affect a person's mental and emotional wellbeing profoundly. If she is an experienced doctor, then she knows this as it comes under...

You wore ear plugs all the time? Even at work? I just started wearing them at work. The ringing seems to have dialed down a little I think over the past two days but I still get that odd “loudness” the minute I walk into a quiet room. It seems “louder” is that the hyperacusis? Idk. Ugh! It’s so...

I can quickly appreciate how pain hyperacusis is just a different beast. It'd be great if someone who's made progress with this can lend some advice. This morning I was loading some stuff into my van when suddenly my car alarm went off. Not sure what I did to trigger it but luckily I was able...

Great post, but if you had tinnitus, wouldn't you want more noise so it would mask the buzzing? Or is this ways to not damage your ear more to make tinnitus worse? I might as well share some tips from me. These tips are for me MASKING the tinnitus buzz. My tinnitus is a high pitch frequency...

This study must have been flawed...I have used ear plugs to sleep in a dead silent environment (before I had T). I experienced nothing but dead quiet. I have also been for a hearing test pre T, I may of hit the button falsely imagining and anticipating a test tone (this to me is not...

Hi all, and hi benzomom. Wondering if you are still active on here I see it’s been quite some time... I have recently developed severe hyperacusis that has me bed ridden for weeks now. I have been getting construction done on my house now for about 2 months. A couple weeks ago I started to ween...

@Earbombazuke HI Zach, Welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear about the discomfort that you are going through at the moment. From what you have described in your post you might have tinnitus. Above, I have quoted a section of it that might indicate this is the case. Are you a regular user of...

@SilverSpiral Funny you mentioned how it's quiet on the lower floors, because I have no problems with vibration from traffic when I'm walking down the street beside them. I have earplugs because honks hurt me, but with the exception of loud motorcycles and large trucks, I'm generally okay with...

This kind of thing is really hard to track. It really varies from day to day, and for me it's not related to any medication changes. Sometimes it changes from morning to late morning to afternoon, and then spikes in the evening and quiets down the next morning Today, for example, I wore...

These are normal everyday sounds and shouldn't cause you any harm because you are not being exposed to them long enough. I went into a venue recently where the sound level was 100 decibels. I stayed there for 30mis and wore no earplugs, although I had them with me. The next day my tinnitus was...

What was the ear plugs' NRR?

Um... I think it depends on how you choose to define "all the time". For instance, I wore earplugs for everything at one period (early years) and got rewarded with a dozen ear infections all through the year. Same thing happened with @Bill Bauer and some other people whose stories I used to...

Any updates?

"In short, cotton provides only 5 - 10 dB except at the highest frequencies; surprisingly motorcycle helmets, which are quite acoustically leaky, are not much better, but fingers in your ears (though not terribly functional for general activities) nets you 25 - 30 dB; quite sufficient for a...

@BrysonKingMe, thanks for reporting back to us. Means a lot! What type and how much of benzo are you using? I have used two types, Zopiclone 10 mg for sleep and Oxazepam 30-40 mg. I stopped the shortest acting Zopiclone, and now only use 15-20 mg Oxazepam. I am somewhat better. I think the...

What's the hyperacusis like for you? I also was a musician (drummer) and came down with hyperacusis and tinnitus after a night club outing one year ago. Amazing how you can have zero symptoms, and then overnight everything changes permanently. I woke up with continued ringing after the show, a...

@HanaK, I can 100% relate with this. I saw your threads about earwax build up and syringing earlier. Did syringing really cause your hearing loss and tinnitus? I get a lot of earwax as well and I used to use Q-Tips. Do you manually take earwax out now? Does it affect your tinnitus or not? Also...

I went to a bar about a month ago and was ok the days after but it might have contributed to the current setback I'm in, even though I think it was because of my dog barking, and then adding in driving too. My pain was mostly gone for a good while but it's worse than ever now. Going to just...

Beware of noise canceling headphones if you have tinnitus! I've had tinnitus since 2006, but over the years my brain had pretty much blocked it out 90 percent of the time or more. I felt very fortunate. Then this weekend, I attended a meditation course. During the class, I didn't notice the...

Yeah, this pretty much describes how I've been feeling as well. I've barely been listening to anything since moving back in with my parents for quarantine. I miss vibing on train rides, listening to music, more than anything. I dont think I'll ever feel true happiness knowing I'll never...

I agree, the likelihood is that your tinnitus will stay the same for many years if you protect from very loud sounds. Only a small minority of people will worsen or get the worst symptoms. But we must protect from harmful sounds and ototoxic meds. Tinnitus Talk can be helpful, but also can...

Hi @Blackbird1016. I'm a noise-induced concert casualty as well. Thought I'd share my experience. First, I totally agree, there should be explicit dB warnings. Right on the tickets, posters on walls etc. There should be buckets of earplugs around venues. I work in a factory, and each area has...

This is an interesting thread and I want to add my comments as something bizarre has happened in the last 7 days. I was diagnosed with mild tinnitus and pain hyperacusis almost a year ago, it largely went away but came back in April and I made it significantly worse over the next 2 months...

Solid post and I agree. I think the general rule is if one is unsure whether to protect or allow sound, just protect. Isolated in a room allowing a controlled noise environment would be safest bet. I still don’t know if regular white noise frequencies that causes my ears to squeal does long...

Hi @Digital Doc and thanks for that. I just feel like "making an effort" is an understatement of what I have been doing these last 12 months. I have completely changed and adjusted my life to tinnitus which includes following all of your advices. I wouldn't touch a vacuum cleaner even if someone...

Another update, if anyone cares to read this. It was supposed to be short, but it ended up being long :) I am 22 days into a better, fairly stable stretch after a similarly long, bad stretch of loud tinnitus. I finally started tracking it with a very simple 3-level scale, where one is low and...

I am in a similar boat to you. Was wondering how you are getting on now? Perimenopause joined me in 2020. It might have been what caused a relapse in my tinnitus. Since October 2021, I've experienced a further relapse. My progesterone has bottomed out. The naturopath suggested we try herbs to...

Do you have hyperacusis? It's really different for everyone. The loud intrusive tinnitus was tormenting for the first couple years for me (just look at my old posts), but I'm mostly habituated by now. The noise sensitivity/hyperacusis has not gone away unfortunately. Even if it might be...

* Numerous FB friends have tagged me to all kinds of earplug ads. * The coworker sitting beside me speaks in a lower voice when talking to me. * A teenage niece reminded me to wear my earplugs properly when she saw them popping out of my ears. * My senior citizen parents visit me 2x a month to...

Yep I take 2.4g of NAC a day, way over the prescribed dose and I'm not sure it's doing anything but making my visits to the bathroom expensive but trying anything that can help! No idea about best brand - I go to Holland and Barrett (the big health food chain found in most towns and cities) to...

Man I remember being in the exact same mental state as that guy and thinking that hyperacusis was the very worst thing that could happen to someone. Total despair. But honestly I think bad tinnitus is even worse than bad hyperacusis, having had pretty intense cases of both conditions. The...

Yes, I think it is possible. I often get ear pain without knowing the cause or being unsure. Even if I suspect I have ear pain from a certain noise, often I feel that I can't be 100% certain. I think I get pain from a particular noise but it's somewhat rare. The problem is the pain remains...

- Tinnitus started about a month ago in my right ear only (ringing/tea kettle) - I have a history of going to loud bars but haven't been to one in over a year - Sporadic earbud/headphone use throughout my life. I never really listened that loudly. - I have played a crickets white noise app on my...

@Rich0082 Hi Rich, I got my T through very similar circumstances to you - have a look at my first post and you'll see what I mean! A mixture of clubbing nights and consecutive noise exposures thereafter (that were extremely difficult to avoid) landed me in the position I'm in now. Thankfully...

My tinnitus is noise-induced too. I got it after going to a music festival, being too near to the soundbox and I didn't wear earplugs. To be honest, it sucks having it. I'm 20 and I have got to do a lot of things ahead. Sometimes I feel positive and enjoy the moments. Sometimes I feel so down...

I told this a bunch of times and my cause of my tinnitus due to loud music at my dance class. I have 4 more classes and it's over. I also bought earplugs for protection. Does noise induced tinnitus go away? I am 14 as well so does age have a factor too? I went to the university hospital too and...

Hi all - update on my hyperacusis and tinnitus after almost 4 months. Months one and two were horrifyingly bad. I couldn't leave my house for the majority of that time. However, I did make steady (albeit slow) progress, and was able to go to places like restaurants with earplugs by the end of...

@Telis If that's the case why ever leave your house? Just stay in a padded room because life goes a lot louder on a day to day basis then sitting in a theatre listening to people talk. Some times it gets beyond ridiculous on here, there are genuine situations that need addressing such as...