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I’m still trying to work through my hearing loss, but I keep hitting a brick wall when searching for answers. Why do we differentiate between noise-induced hearing loss and other types of hearing loss? What difference does it make to the ears if the hair cells were damaged by earphones and...

Today, my right ear has decided to add to my fragile mental state by beginning to lose hearing beyond what my audiogram showed just a fortnight ago. So long, hyperacusis, I guess. It feels much like the moderate hearing loss I experienced before my tinnitus began, which I had assumed was just a...

I know tinnitus is completely subjective, so this is a rather tricky one to answer, but is there a general sense of an established difference in tinnitus depending on the cause? For example, some people experience sudden sensorineural hearing loss and permanently lose, say, 60 dB along with all...

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250224/New-imaging-tool-reveals-the-brains-role-in-cochlea-sensitivity.aspx TL;DR: The brain increasing gain in the cochlea after hearing loss appears to have been proven in mice. Researchers also developed a new imaging tool to observe the cochlea in real...

I just cried like a baby for the first time in I don’t know how long. In the span of four months, I’ve lost my dad, my chance at any kind of normal life, and my well-being. And I was so fucking stupid to think tinnitus wouldn’t get me. Even after I learned it existed, I kept pushing my...

I am four months in now, early days I know, but thankfully my tinnitus has gone from an unbearable loud sweeping siren to a 3.5 kHz buzz and a quiet electrical sound. I could do without it entirely, but it is not the end of the world, and for that, I am grateful. But the raw ear feeling, the...

I am fairly new to the tinnitus experience. Personally, I always assumed it was caused only by continuous exposure to excessively loud music or sudden, extremely loud events like gunshots or concerts. I thought gradual exposure would come with early warning signs, such as some degree of hearing...

Quick backstory: Last year, I often played guitar through headphones for about two hours at a time, as I always had. I did not think the volume was particularly loud, but sometimes after a session, my ears would feel a little off—maybe slightly full, and some sounds seemed a bit louder than...

Hello everyone, This is going to be a long introductory story, but I hope someone out there finds something in it useful. Perhaps someone has had a similar experience or has some theories to share. So, my story… Last summer, I noticed that my right ear, which had lacked the clarity of my left...