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Hi Bill, If it makes you feel any better, I've been blasted by sirens on quite a few occasions, it has never given me a permanent tinnitus...

It may well be nowhere as loud as you are thinking it is in your current panicked state. Time, you need to give yourself time. I've had noise...

Hi, don't do anything stupid because there is every chance things will improve, even if you don't feel like it right now x Go wake your parents...

no do not wear earplugs.....believe me, from experience it is much better without

Hi @Gosia I cannot tell if I had a permanent spike due to the drilling...but I don't think so....my T is worse in both ears of late, but I don't...

@Katarina Seriously I am one of the worst for worrying about sound exposures but I have gotten slowly better with time after realizing that the...

oh I made my above post as a new thread but admin must of moved it as it appears Tellis had already beat me to it! lol ...seriously though I feel...

err please tell me if this is me overreacting but I just saw an advert and I am majorly annoyed/shocked/outraged! The advert/commercial started...

Happened to me a few times last year. Once it was night time and I was in bed and had the windows wide open, the thunder clap was right above the...

immediately....left the club and ears were ringing like they had before, but this time more extreme...thought not much of it, went home, went to...

I have had plenty of xrays and they had no effect on T .... I am not aware / have never read or heard that xrays are an issue x

You may well of read this already on the thread I started, but just wanted to tell you I had an extraction today and if you really cannot handle...

Ok I am back! The little bastard is out! No drilling needed and not even any suction so earplugs where unnecessary. I was so worked up going in,...

Hi Telis, Yes I am completely aware that being sedated will not protect my ears in any way....try explaining that to the dentists....they just...

An update on the dental situation.... I have had the weekend from hell..NEVER in my life have I experienced such pain...I confirm I have now found...

Thanks to all that replied, and yes, I know by "normal standards" it should be more than safe, but still like to get the valued opinion of my...

Hi Jim and thanks for the message, To be honest i'd take a full hour of the thunder claps over the drilling again lol ...yes it really was that...

Hi Karl, Yes the occlusion effect as in where you seal off the ear canal (in my case with plugs) and this increases the bone conducted noised...

Hey LeQuack, thanks for the message. Yesterday my t felt a little more intense and quite "tinny" sounding but I think I just went into denial...

Many thanks Louie and wow what an amazing dentist you had to go to those lengths to help you :) Laser is not an option as I have large amount of...

No you are quite right it wasn't the avoidance that caused the problems but it sure as hell made what would of been small issues much worse. I...

Jeffie ....yeah, that isn't helping me right now lol ffs I am such an idiot why did I plug!

Thanks Tellis and so sorry you have to go through this too...but you are right you should do it now before it gets really bad and you have deep...

You make complete sense. I will try my very hardest to change and start living in the way you describe, and in fact I had already made that...

thank you, all excellent advice...think next step may be to try again but with the noise cancelling headphones. I do have noise phobia but I am...

Thank, that's a really helpful message and I completely agree that I need to raise my sound tolerance levels as have spent much of the last 2...

Not sure how that would work Carm as implants require screwing into the actual jaw bone as I understand it....now THAT would be a lot of drilling...

Hi Amanda....I am in a bad way....I literally feel in shock...I know how pathetic that sounds but that is honestly how I feel. Still cannot...

@Carm I am now in complete agreement....NEVER use plugs at the dentist...jesus christ I think extraction may be the only way forward to be...

100db??......and the rest!!!!! My local movie theater reaches 115db in some action movies! ....It is truly ridiculous.....someone should open a...

Vacuum = Bosch BGS5SIL2GB Power Silence (66 dB) - yes it really is only 66 dB! Hair dryer = Panasonic Quiet Silent EH-ND52 Hair Blow Dryer Blower...

Nah sorry Steve by BOSCH do a "super slient" model that is only 66db ....so You can't get out of that one ;)

DO NOT GO WITH ONLY 19 DB PROTECTION PLUGS!!...seriously that is my advice, don't do it!. If you really must go then at least protect your ears...

Wear earplugs every time I leave the house...either half or full plugs depending on the situation...but majority of the time full. I have...

OK, I feel a little sheepish here but I said I would come on and update about how the dentist appointment went...basically ...it didn't :| So I...

thanks to all that have replied, feeling slightly better already :) So glad to have this forum and nice people who take a little time out of their...

Many thanks Nills, I do have H/sound sensitivity to a degree yes but I can cope with that...my worry is the noise and vibrations increasing the t...

I pop codeine regularly...(paracetamol and codeine combined painkillers)....doesn't have any effect on my t and codeine seems to put in a semi...

Hi, If you were indoors, with the windows closed, 2 storeys up, I seriously seriously doubt any permanent damage has been done. Any spike is...

Not sure of the category but I had various hearing tests then I was explained about how the brain limbic system deal with the t etc, I got given...

Many thatnks for your reply...yes this is what I had

As I thought then, it is basically sound therapy and counselling..yep that's what I had...TRT Thanks for the reply

Can someone explain to me then briefly, in layman's terms ,what TRT is exactly if it is not being provided with white noise generators and having...

I personally found TRT failed for me because it was based on addressing distorted thinking and as far as I am concerned my thinking is not...

silence is - an unattainable fantasy .....for me at least

I use foam hearos 32db reduction plugs a lot (far too much in fact but that's another story) If I have the plugs in any longer than 10 mins my t...

Hi, I am from the UK and happy to answers any questions you may have. From reading your situation, it it possible your t was either caused by...

Lol...probably the only time ever someone has seemed genuinely disappointed not to have hearing loss ;)

I love the way that basically, to summarize what Autifony are effectively saying, is they are not looking to allow the people MOST at need to...

@Martin69 So sorry to hear your news try not to think the worst, there is every chance your wife will be just fine x As regards the t, for now...

Superdry is another one...I literally have to walk the opposite side of the shopping center to get passed it as the bass blasting out through it...