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Oh my God I made a terrible mistake when removing my muffs. I am always very careful and very, very slowly remove the cups from my ears (to avoid pressure issues). During this process there now was a loud sound from outside and the sound got trapped in the cups being only one or two inches from...

I need your opinions on the following situation: The plumber was in our apartment and stupidly I did not leave the apartment while he worked in our bathroom. I am to blame because I knew there was a risk that it might get loud. The plumber hit hard on our metal faucet with a hammer in...

I am terribly sorry but I seem to freak out about everything lately: Yesterday, I cracked a yogurt pack and it felt like a gunshot. This is the pack: I cracked the fourpack in the middle with a lot of power and it was super loud. It sounded like a gushot. I freaked out immediately. I had...

I have a terrible night sleeping and unfortunately my phone ended up directly next to/on my ear, either the phone under the pillow with my ear precisely at this spot or even the ear in direct contact to the phone. I awoke from two short buzz sounds from the phone on vibrate, each buzz one...

I have recently been suggested by my dentist to use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth with arginine as the most important ingredient and I wonder if there is a danger to irritate tinnitus with this. I have banned my toothpaste with potassium nitrate so I am in desperate need for sth. for my...

Hi there, I would appreciate some advice: I have learned here that ears are self-cleaning and so I have (literally) not touched my ears the last weeks/months. Now my problem (sorry this is not fun to read): there are smaller clots of ear wax at the entry of my ear canal. How to remove them in...

Hi, Can anyone knowledgeable on decibels etc. give their opinion. I am aware that I will not have any certainty about damage. I am still worried. I had to drive for about 45 minutes in heavy rain and I am in panic. The rain was not the same intensity all the time and there was no hail, so no...

Hello, Could so. Please help me out with the following question: Can a onetime exposure of 30 to 40 MINUTES to a high frequency pure tone at a low to moderate volume (below 70-80 dB, perhaps 60 dB?) cause permanent change or damage? I was in a meeting and an electronic device emitted a...