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    Working with Tinnitus

    I work full time as a carpenter, I wear ear defenders all day which only makes my tinnitus louder but somehow I manage to block it out despite this. To be honest the only reason I notice it nowadays is because I make a conscious effort to protect my ears.
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    Gaming Headsets, Which Do You Use After Tinnitus?

    I could try ear buds again but I've heard conflicting opinions about whether or not you should use them when you have tinnitus. I've had issues using ear muffs at work (construction worker) after wearing them all day my tinnitus will become worse, sometimes for a few hours. I told my ent this...
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    Crickets

    I'm sitting outside and listening to crickets and it's frustrating because I can't tell if I'm hearing crickets or its my ears ringing
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    Gaming Headsets, Which Do You Use After Tinnitus?

    Funny you should mention fallout, I stopped playing the game because my tinnitus was really getting me down when I tried playing it, I was using the headset because I was chatting to my mate at the same time, it sucks because i bought the pip boy edition for ps4 and limited edition for xboxone...
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    Gaming Headsets, Which Do You Use After Tinnitus?

    That's what I'm doing atm but I'm sure people will be getting annoyed that they can hear my gameplay in the background
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    Gaming Headsets, Which Do You Use After Tinnitus?

    Hey everyone, for the gamers out there do you still use a gaming headset? Before my tinnitus I was an avid gamer especially of the battlefield series and would wear a head set as it helps with identifying where the enemy comes from talking to mates etc. Now I have tinnitus if I'm to wear a...
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    Australian Charities for Tinnitus

    Just wondering if anyone knows of any Australian based charities or know whether or not donating to a foreign charity would also be tax deductible? I've donated to many causes over the years, usually 10 dollar weekly deductions.. Not much but it adds up and being tax deductible there's that...
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    Feels good to become a benefactor

    Feels good to become a benefactor
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    Close to Tears, Panic Has Set In Again

    Hang in there mate, I've had t since august, since then I've had two periods of time, first was a week, when it's got to me, brought me to tears you name it. But in the middle of it all I felt fine, it was still there but I wasn't bothered by it. I'm currently having another bad week, having...
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    Tell Me Your Happy Place

    In the shower, even if I plug my ears in the shower I can't hear the t. I live on 2 acres out of town and outside of a night-time is crickets and frogs galore, my t blends in and it doesn't bother me.
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    Wondering What We All Do for Our Work/Job/Living

    I work as a carpenter, mainly building new houses. In tradeschool they warn you to wear hearing protection, which I do. I had no idea a bad flu could cause it.
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    Quebec Anybody?

    I'm from Australia but would love to go to Quebec. I've been trying to teach myself French for 6 months with no luck! My partner and I plan on going to new Caledonian within the next 6 months. It's the closest French experience we can afford atm!
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    Do You Still Listen to Music?

    I still listen to music, I love music. I've spent countless hours on my own just listening to it away from the world, I don't think I could ever give it up. I don't know if this part of the reason for my tinnitus or not, I always listened to it on a medium loud than an out right loud, so I...
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    Update on Me: My Tinnitus Changed, but It's Getting Better.

    Hey guys, saw you guys talking about videos games. I just got myself an xbox one last week and have yet to make any friends on there. I got forza 6 and battlefield 4. I'm in Australia thought and you guys would probably be on the other side of the world?
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    Spike or Further Damage?

    I thought I would do an update post here as the ringing is still more noticeable than what I was use to. I feel like my hearing is normal for me. When I first got tinnitus it was from impacted ear wax, the drops you use to clean the ear "soften" the ear wax and made it worse by making the...
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    Spike or Further Damage?

    Thanks for replying guys I was wearing the ear muffs for a good 9 hours, they're double insulated for noise so when you wear them its Almost like being deaf so it's very possible it made my hearing sensitive. Luckily it's not my every day work environment, typically I work on new homes but...
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    My Tinnitus Is Fading 4% Each Month

    Hey mate Good to hear youre making improvements, keep up the positive attitude and you'll be right. It makes me feel better about my own tinnitus when I read stories like your own.
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    Spike or Further Damage?

    Hey guys I posted once when I initially had a ringing in my ears, it was brought on or atleast made noticeable after I had impacted ear wax. After having my ear cleaned the ringing went down by alot, it was always still there and I couldn't even remember if I always had it and never really...
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    Ear Wax Removed But Still Ringing

    I'm the same as you, having the earwax removed greatly reduced the ringing and fullness feeling but it's still ringing and I'm at day 3. I'm glad I'm not the only one. It only seems to bug me at night, I'm able to sleep now where as before I was waking up every half hour feeling like a smoke...
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    Struggling and Still Only Early Days

    Just an update of my situation. I couldn't bare the discomfort any longer and drove two hours to a ENT hospital emergency department. They suctioned my ear out and it was full of ALOT of wax. My ear went from feeling like it had a pencil lodged in it to feeling somewhat normal, minus obviously...
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    Struggling and Still Only Early Days

    Thanks for the reply, I understand the need to give it time. I'm trying to but this constant loud noise is over powering and taking the joys out of anything. It's hard to even concentrate because it's so, in your face all the time. I just find it hard to fathom earwax could cause this, maybe a...
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    Struggling and Still Only Early Days

    Hey everyone. I recently had a bad cold/flu. I laid down all weekend and went to work on the Monday, I'm a Carpenter so loud noises are somewhat the norm. All day at work I had the worst sinus blockages I've ever experienced, I was mouth breathing all day and coughing, hard. During the work...