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I think my body is telling me I should avoid almost everything.. Even the working fridge or sounds of falling rain is giving me discomfort. I'm 21 and I just can't just sit inside home, I've got school and work. I'm trying to protect myself from louder noises, I started wearing earplugs when I'm...

I spent the whole day in a studio today with a producer who has worked with some high profile people. In fact, some of Paul Weller’s and Steve Craddock’s gear was still there including a really nice organ and some sitars. I had the same discussion with him about my ears as I did with CJ and he...

Hello, Tara! I'm afraid yes, the healing process is really long. At the moment I am 7 months in with my tinnitus and hyperacusis. Good thing is that I almost can't hear my tinnitus when I'm outside. I think my hyperacusis is gone or almost gone because I don't feel that everyday noise is louder...

I took the Clonazepam after tinnitus and hyperacusis onset for over a year. I had no major issues. It never negatively effected my tinnitus or hyperacusis. I stopped taking it when I felt better. I tapered for about 4 months with no problems really. Some restless nights and mild spikes. I was...

There is a thread about low frequency tinnitus, where some people share their experience about something similar to this. I do have a machine like sound, which comes and goes, and disappears while I'm covering or plugging my ears with my finger, talking, humming, yawning. Earplugs don't make...

I think everyone is taking @Ed209 comments PERSONALLY. They way I see it, he's talking to future readers of these threads more than any of you. And that's good. This site needs more healthy discourse. There is TOO MUCH FEAR here. As I have mentioned, I previously basically beat tinnitus...

this is the same strategy I use to listen to sounds on airplanes: the silicone will cut out ~28db or whatever of everything, including background noise (office hum, airplane engine, whatever). You do then have to increase the volume on the headphones until you can hear it, but because you've...

if your ear didnt spike after or in between the movie then i doubt it was the movie. dont watch the trailers they are louder than the movie itself i learned the hard way. i got a permanent spike years ago from a really loud trailer.

Update: 7th month since tinnitus first started, 4th month since the 7-day moderate flare up: All in all, I'm doing fine. The tinnitus is in the very mild level. I can hear it quite well with earplugs or earmuffs on (20 dB attenuation), but still not very overwhelmingly. In a very quiet room, I...

No this is false....this is not just perception/imagination, it's called occlusion effect: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occlusion_effect Ps-Some internal sounds can be amplified up to 1000x with a blocked ear cannal. I wil try and find the link.

Ahh I see, well yours is a little different to mine then, as mine was noise induced hearing damage. I caught static noise from playing in a band with no earplugs for a year. I noticed that something was wrong as my ears were muffled and I had a static noise for like three months (something...

I got tinnitus 2.5 years ago from a concert with no earplugs. It wasn't horrible, I could mostly only hear it in a quiet room. I was really upset about it for a long time, but I eventually habituated and it almost never bothered me. I was always really careful to wear earplugs and avoid loud...

I'm a nineteen year old girl and I'm leaving for college in a week (I thought this information might help somehow). So. Basically, my sister was having a sleepover, and I decided to put earplugs in to drown out the noise. When I put the earplugs in, I heard a faint ringing. Really quiet. But I...

Welcome to the forum. Let's look for the positives. You probably have quite a mild form of tinnitus. It has been proved that most people have some level of tinnitus and when they go into totally sound proof room they can hear that but not when they are outside of it. So perhaps your earplugs are...

It's a constant presence in my life (non-stop). Sometimes I'm unaware of it. Sometimes I'm very aware of it. Exposure to a certain level of noise/music will trigger it to increase and the tones might change to a lower one or higher one. It's been awhile since I pinned down the frequency. I...

HI @Potter I am not one to be measuring decibel levels to be honest, although I occasionally use my meter when listening to music through my HI-FI. I think your ears are the best judge. Keep your music at a comfortable listening level and I think you'll be fine. I would say up to about 7odb is...

Your T was caused by those concerts and Not by you placing your fingers in your ears. Try to stay away from even moderate noises like that of a vacuum cleaner. Give your body some time (one or two years) to recover. Having said this, you will be able to find multiple stories of people's T...

Hi everyone, I'm a 23-year-old musician in Vancouver, Canada. In only the past few days, I think I've noticed a persistent, very high-pitched, though really fairly quiet whine in both my ears. I fear the worst, of course, and I'm already prone to brooding and worrying about things for days...

I was lucky enough to never have H, though I feel some sensitivity to higher-frequency sounds (dishes or metal clanking). They don't cause actual pain, but my right ear (non-T) will flutter a bit. All my sensitivity symptoms match something called TTTS. Anyway, all this is to say that I still...

I posted this last May and I thought I would do a little update. I am so proud to say I am in a better place than I ever thought I would be. It'll be a full year since I got tinnitus next month and I have been able to move on with my life. my anxiety levels are lower than ever and I honestly...

How old are your ER20's? I believe they should last for four years. Sometimes they start 'leaking' after a couple of years or the shape of your ear canal changes. With some custom plugs, audiologists can pump a tiny bit of air into them, to see if they leak. They should take the volume down...

hi Fish , Louise & Molan, I've still got an open mind about this but I've re-read the clinic's site (because I could have easily misinterpreted what they said as I read most of it whilst overly anxious during the first few weeks of T & my brain was pretty muffled at the time) and I still...

Well the Prednisone was great while on it and I remember laughing out loud hearing my tones die within a couple hours of taking my 75 mg dose. The distortions I had though? They never changed on Prednisone. It was always the coming off where I was left permanently in worse shape. I've gotten...

This sounds a really good success story - and one, as I also had mild tinnitus since birth that got worse after trauma, that I needed to read today. Can I ask whether your tinnitus was ever sound reactive - and over those four years did you protect your ears much when out and about, or not at all?

What brand and dosage of Resveratrol do you take?

people who recover don't talk to the specialist. the only cases they see are long term cases. there are no legitimate studies to indicate long term prognosis - but seeming everyone I know that dealt with noise induced issues that actually calmed down and stopped wrecking their ears improved...

Thanks for the update. Wishing you a quick and steady recovery!

Hey there, I would say overall I am doing better these days. My tinnitus is 100% here to stay and is still loud as hell if I focus on it or find myself in a quiet room, but otherwise I can usually tune it out and would say I’m pretty much habituated to the tinnitus itself, unless it has spiked...

All this talk of hyperacusis pain being tied to the trigeminal nerve, has anyone tried carbamazepine? I'm assuming it's super effective for the "vascular compression" kind of pain but not this. I don't know about anyone else but it is SUPER clear to me the link this lingering pain has to TTTS...

Here's my story. Not really a gun person but a friend invited me out clay shooting. We stand around until another friend arrives and he suddenly grabs some earplugs from a bowl and tosses them to me then walks out the door to get ready. I'm shocked and glance at the range operator because last...

Okay so you have nothing to back up your claims then? Why does it get "beyond ridiculous" here?Are you trying to embarrass or shame people into not sharing their stories because they don't match your personal opinions and experiences?

Hi everyone, I've recently noticed that I have mild tinnitus whenever I am in a quiet room without much ambient noise, then when it starts it continues over the ambience. There's usually two or three seconds of silence then a soft ringing starts. I'm not sure if noise exposure or neck injuries...

Lessons to be learned my friend... If you’re not even sure the ear got damaged, it’s not much to be sorry for yet. Just be prepared next time. Perhaps buy some earmuffs that doesn’t look like real earmuffs. Or earplugs plus headphones on top. If you carry a bag often with you at work...

Bill, you have mentioned that you wear earplugs and earmuffs outside of your home, that you sleep with earplugs, that you do not take showers because of the noise, and that you think through every move putting away dishes. Are your ears ever exposed to sound volumes above a quiet room or the...

There's a place in Oregon that helps people with hyperacusis. The chief audiologist where I go sent one of his patients there, who locked herself in the room with earplugs and noise reduction headsets. He told me the worst thing to do is plug your ears and that masking sounds (TRT) is the way to...

This is what I am fearing. When I originally saw my ENT, I was not experiencing any sensitivities to noise but now 3 weeks in they are starting to show a bit. Is yours diagnosed? How can I tell if I have it? His makes me SO afraid as the ringing I can see myself getting used to but not the...

@sweden1991 Hi, Glynis has given you some good advice and I suggest that you follow it, as there’s nothing more I can add to that. However, on another matter, I feel your tinnitus has been coming on for some time since you have said you've previously been able to be mask it? This leads me to...

Hey everybody! I've been a longtime sporadic lurker here, and today I decided to actually register. This is probably going to be a little long, but here we go. :) When I was a kid, I remember hearing a very faint, very high-pitched "eee" tone at night before falling asleep. I had lots of ear...

You are fortunate that you have detected tinnitus in the very early stages. It is a warning that you have been exposing your ears and auditory system to loud sounds on more than one occasion? Do you listen to music through headphones or go to clubs concerts where loud music is played? Do you...

Thank you ♥ Frankly, I feel like I've maybe had more than one noise to begin with, when I'd wear earplugs for sleep I could obviously hear them much better, as without earplugs in a quiet room it usually sounds like it's coming from outside. But this new higher pitched voice that pops up from...

Thank you all for your feedback. @MattK, I didn't say I think this is the end of my habituation--I asked if this is as good as it gets--because few people who are truly habituated share with us the end result of their habituation. Thank you for such a supportive and kind reply--it truly made...

Trigger Warning To preface: at this moment I am very calm, no anxiety, I think my depression has greatly weakened. Anger gone. I just have a major sadness (hey I got a good reason for it). As my condition continues to worsen, I have reached a stage that is not really livable anymore - for me...

Hello dear:) We're glad to have you on board. It is possible that it is only temporary and even if it isnt it will probably go back by itsself. It could simply be an irritation:) Try to be in the quiet as much as possible (or listen to low levels of music). Also, the next time you visit your...

You beat yourself up for being stupid, but there's one thing you actually did right: You carried hearing protection the whole time (y) Moulded silicone earplugs is a reliable protection at that. You'll have to wait and see, but you boosted the chances for your spike to go down immensely by...

Yep, this kind of noise (static, hissing, kinda electrical) is exactly what I am dealing with. Mine is not faint. It is pretty significant. It never goes away, but at night when I am in a quiet bedroom it settles down a bit, and somehow I am able to get to sleep. When I awake in the morning is...

Hi all, I am 33 years old male. I developed mild tinnitus in my right ear in 2003, which I habituated very quickly and literally "forgot" about it. I heard high pitched hiss, only noticeable at night or in really silent room, but not much distressing. This tinnitus developed for unknown reason...

I do feel like my tinnitus has gotten slightly worse over the last few months in particular -- I can now hear it over my white noise machine. I've had a few bits of temporary noise exposure -- was in a small room where everyone cheered for like 15 seconds which was very loud, loud motorcycle...

Thank you so much for this post. Totally agree - perspective is important.

So very sorry to hear about your husband. On the hearing front I'll be interested to learn how well the earplugs work. I'm an amateur musician and was surprised to learn after my own condition how many musicians have both hearing loss and tinnitus (I shouldn't have been). Most have assured me...

I had low drone for a little while months ago. Only in quiet setting and usually in the morning or late night and typically laying down made it worse. It sounded like a car or machine was constantly outside my house idling. It seemed to resolve though I can’t say why. Fast forward a few months...

@Ngo13, sorry to hear about your struggles. We’re a similar age, and have been suffering for a similar length of time. Firstly, tinnitus is only really something people understand once they have it. Whilst you can expect some sympathy from family and your partner, unless they have intrusive...

It is a definite challenge to balance protection from noise, while avoiding overprotection. I do use the vacuum, and lawn mower, but only do so with double protection as my T would increase in volume even with foam earplugs that were fully inserted. At times my T was a 7 to 8, but these days it...

Thank you to everyone who had kind words to say. It means a lot. I got busy and couldn't read this forum for about three weeks. Today was the first day when I had a chance to load this site. Right now I am experiencing some unexpected ear fullness (that began a couple of hours ago). I am...

@monkey124 ENTs also don't know. Audiograms are fine. One (of the 4 that I saw in total) ENT said it was probably something in my neck... but that is absolutely not what it is. I did have an "accident" with earbuds 4 weeks prior to the low rumble kicking in, so I am attributing it to that...

Your recovery was very good, I'm sure you will find other activities to fill the void left from the large crowds and noisy places. Something I was wondering, how would you describe your tinnitus in the first few months? High frequency hiss/tone? Could you hear it over the TV and other ambient...

When you travelled to Tokyo and Cambodia did you wear earplugs and earmuffs on the plane? Did you wear earplugs when you were out on the streets in Tokyo and Cambodia?

You have deluded yourself past the point of anybody being able to talk any sense into you, and that's fine... But the fact that spend so much time attempting to push your flawed agenda and chastising other members for doing things as harmless as attending a dance recital (with earplugs mind you)...

Hey PeteJ, thanks a lot for your answer. I hope you're doing a bit better today. I've come to the conclusion that my ear pain was probably caused by stress/worry. The pain wasn't very consistent throughout the day and it didn't make a difference whether I tried my ear muffs at a computer or not...

@dnl thank you for keeping this thread updated, almost nobody on the internet ever follows through like this! I made an account just to post here. Been on Wellbutrin 2 x 150mg daily for depression. At first I thought this was a miracle drug. I had depressive episodes every third week or so that...

Thank you for your kind comments @FestivalT. Listening to classical music for sound enrichment is fine but remember, the idea is not to mask or cover up the tinnitus so it can't be heard. I have covered this in my post: New to Tinnitus, What to Do? I strongly suggest that you print the articles...