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For the last two years (including this year), my wife and kids have gone to see 4th of July fireworks without me. I stayed home for fear of worsening my tinnitus. Do you think it's safe for a person who already has tinnitus to attend a fireworks show with double protection (e.g., Peltor X4a's...

The title of this thread says it all. Has anyone been able to habituate to tinnitus with white noise generators (WNGs), but not without? In my case, WNGs make this condition easier to deal with. I’ve been using them at almost all times (except sleep) over the past 4 months. With WNGs, I am at...

Hi folks, I am trying to get a sense of how expensive it would be to meaningfully speed up research into tinnitus. For example, suppose we asked this question: How many dollars would we have to throw at tinnitus research in order to speed up delivery of the first *real* treatment by 1 year...

Hi folks, I have a high frequency tinnitus which is extremely annoying, but which is masked very effectively by even a slight running water (e.g., a barely running faucet). Given the above, in order to help my ability to concentrate at work, I am considering getting a small tabletop fountain...

Hi folks, I’ve read about people habituating to tinnitus over different time frames. 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, etc. Is there some upper limit past which, if I haven’t habituated by then, then I’m very unlikely to ever habituate? Like if it’s been 5 years and I’m nowhere near habituated by...

I found that when wearing earplugs, my tinnitus will spike up to a higher level, and this persists for a while after removing the earplugs. By some later time, my tinnitus will be back to baseline. Have others experienced this? If so, how long does it take your tinnitus to normalize after...

I'm curious to hear how significantly tinnitus has affected all of your work. I made a poll to get an idea of this. Please also share some anecdotes below if you are willing. In my case, I have a desk job which requires a lot of concentration and thinking to perform well. My tinnitus, while...

In reading through the Research News section of Tinnitus Talk, something that strikes me is that all of the companies looking for tinnitus treatments / cures are companies I've never heard of. Is there any serious research coming out of big pharma companies? For example: J&J, Pfizer, Novartis...

Quite often, I find that after having a meeting at work, my tinnitus is at a *much* lower level than its usual baseline. Eventually it comes back up to baseline of course. If I had to guess as to why, I'd say maybe the act of talking brings auditory stimulation to my ears, and this causes the...

This is intended to be a variation on the How Can You Habituate To LOUD Tinnitus? thread. In my case, one of my tinnitus tones is very high frequency. I don't think this tone is especially loud, as it can be fully masked by a barely-running faucet. However, the sound is *not* masked when...

It seems like there is little data about how long the ears can heal after an acoustic trauma (and thus, for how long tinnitus and hyperacusis can continue to improve). Some sources simply claim 6 months or 12 months, but don't provide any evidence for these claims. I've also seen users on...

Like most of you, I experience temporary spikes in my tinnitus from time to time. It seems like each of these spikes lasts a week or two. What I'm wondering is whether we perceive our spikes to last longer than they actually do. For example, consider this chain of events: 1. Tinnitus is at a...

Among tinnitus patients, it seems extremely common to use sound enrichment inside the home. This can either be a natural sound (e.g. a fan or air conditioner), or an artificial sound (e.g. a white noise generators, or WNGs). I'll note that in my case, a WNG masks my tinnitus much more...

Hi folks, I am 39 years old, and have noise-induced tinnitus from attending a loud concert 10 months ago. I would describe my tinnitus as mild at sometimes, but moderate at other times. When it's moderate, I think about it all throughout the day. Right now, the only person who knows about my...

Hi folks, Today I was outside looking for firewood in the forest. I found some branches on the ground which were too long. One of the branches was particularly thick (maybe 1.25 inches), which I broke by stepping on the branch with my foot. *Immediately* after the break, I got a noticeable...

With my tinnitus, sometimes things are relatively good, and sometimes I'm on a spike. When things are good, the tinnitus barely bothers me, and I can only hear it in quiet rooms. When I'm on a spike, I can hear the tinnitus in a car at highway speeds with the radio playing. On a spike, I can...

Hi folks, I've now had my tinnitus for 7 months following a loud concert. In the beginning, what got me through the days was the fact that the tinnitus should fade over time. However, in the past few months, it seems like the improvement has mostly stopped. I have some good days and some bad...

Hi folks, In the not too distant future, I will be moving from an apartment to a house. The apartment has wall units for heat and A/C. With these units running, the sound level in the rooms is around 40 or 45 dB (A weighted). The house on the other hand has central air. As a result, the...

I've had tinnitus for 6 months now following an acoustic trauma. Still hoping it might fade a bit from current levels. I am also the father of a 2-year-old son. Like many kids, my son can sometimes be pretty loud, e.g. when he screams or cries about something. In fact, our son has a...

Currently I use foam earplugs in an environment which could get noisy. For example, right now I am wearing foam earplugs when I'm around my 2-year-old child. As I think many of us have found, wearing foam earplugs causes my tinnitus to spike tremendously. Normally my tinnitus is mild to...

Hi folks, I have tinnitus which is not severe, in the sense that I can mask it completely with white noise at night. My first instinct it to do this, i.e. to mask my tinnitus completely so that I don't hear it, allowing me to sleep easily. However, I've seen others (including Michael Leigh I...

Hi folks, I have noise-induced tinnitus after attending a concert nearly 6 months ago. Initially the tinnitus was bilateral, and it has gone away in the right ear, but not in the left. I'm curious: have others here seen any tinnitus improvement after the 6-month mark of their acoustic trauma...

In my bedroom, there is a noisy air conditioner which is 60 db at my listening position. The air conditioner makes mostly low-frequency sound. In contrast to the low-frequency A/C noise, my tinnitus is pretty high-frequency. Because of the mismatch, the A/C doesn't mask my tinnitus very well...

The title of this thread says it all. I'm not sure why, but it's definitely the case that the Valsalva maneuver, performed gently, brings me substantial relief from my tinnitus. Basically, after performing the maneuver, the intensity of my tinnitus is much lower (as much as 80% lower), and...

Hi folks, Second post here on Tinnitus Talk. I attended a concert 7 weeks ago which was too loud. As of today I still have tinnitus in one ear (but not the other). I've seen it claimed that after a trauma event, one might see an improvement in tinnitus for as many as 6 months or even a year...

Hi folks, First post here. Back in January I was at a concert which was too loud. This wasn't a rock concert, but rather a big-band jazz concert. 7 weeks later, I still have residual tinnitus. Note my wife was at the same concert and had ringing that night, which had completely disappeared...