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My deaf ear is always making tinnitus noise and the noise increases when I am around sound. I wish it would just shut up and be a deaf, useless...

Thank you all for the replies. It seems as though noise cancelling headphones are not the holy grail I was hoping for. I like the idea of using...

I found it to be a vicious cycle in the beginning because pain caused fear but fear also caused pain. Tensing my muscles in anticipation of pain...

I am the same. I just cover my eyes during the gory parts. I watch the Walking Dead too.

John Snow?

I have learned to not take things for granted. I have learned to focus on what I have instead of what I don't have. I have learned that people...

A positive outcome is that you have learned to not take things for granted?

@JohnFox, I forgot to mention that I was given a prescription for oral steroids but there was no improvement. I live in a northern U.S. state and...

@JohnFox, I will try to answer some of your questions. I do not know why this happened to me exactly but the ENT said it was probably a virus....

@JohnFox, I have 100% loss of hearing in my left ear, which happened suddenly almost six years ago. I had to go through a grieving process. It...

Groundhog Day

Not necessarily true. I was referred to ENT because of sudden loss of all hearing in my left ear. While there, I told the doctor that I was...

I would dance with @hoper....If I could find him.

@brownbear , Thanks for the reply. I visited three ENT doctors before reluctantly accepting that there was no cure for this. Two of them told me...

@Nonzens, I did not see this thread when you created it and I wonder if you are still around. I would like to know how you are doing now, and...

My money is on glynis. She's a tough cookie.

I have a big dog with a big bark, and I absolutely adore him. Even people with normal hearing are annoyed by the sound of a barking dog. It...

Habituation is a decreased response to a stimulus after repeated presentation. I have had constant tinnitus for over five years (repeated...

Guys, stop the arguments! You're hurting my ears!

@simb999 , Welcome to the forum and I am sorry you had to join. I am a tinnitus sufferer but not a tinnitus expert. I can only tell you that the...

Hello @brownbear . If you have time, could you please describe how your own experiences with tinnitus has influenced your response to your...

My mother is 94. Whenever she starts acting kinda goofy, we have her checked out to make sure there is no urinary tract infection going on. A...

I went on a couple of cruises with my husband before my hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis happened I would like to cruise again but I don't...

I had excellent hearing and no tinnitus until SSNHL struck me on July, 20, 2013. I lost all of the hearing in my left ear suddenly and I have had...

Well, I am not the boy in the bubble and I don't have an autoimmune disease as far as I know, but my sudden sensorineural hearing loss (and...

Exactly right @Bill Bauer . There are only a few states in our country which support euthanasia at all and I think the six month rule applies in...

My husband's sister has Huntington's Disease. This a rare disease which can be described as a combination of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS....

Hello @Angel Dust, I 'm sorry you are feeling such despair. I felt suicidal in the beginning also, and a large part of my depression has to do...

I guess almost any hearing loss would be sensorineural because the ear hairs and/ or the eighth cranial nerve sustains damage. Mine was labeled...

I think I asked about that within the first five minutes after diagnosis. Unless there is significant loss in both ears, insurance does not...

Hi Michael, and welcome! I have sensorineural hearing loss in one ear, a 100% loss. It happened one day in 2013. I also had the MRI which...

My husband does not enjoy firing people, even when it is necessary. None of the employees would suffer consequences for not attending and I am...

Update... The party was not well attended, probably because of weather conditions. It was a fairly quiet event and I was able to participate in...

My husband is the company president so we don't have the option of not going.

I am so sorry, Glynis. You were the first person to welcome me to the forum and I have always admired you for your kindness. I have also...

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" I had to write that on a sheet of paper and tape it to the wall. Reading it every day...

@Staceyyy , I suffered SSHL also, almost five years ago. The loss is 100% in my left ear because of a virus. I have tinnitus, ear fullness and...

I don't feel like I am much better off in terms of treatment than I would have been 2000 years ago. I have managed to achieve some habituation...

My situation is opposite yours. Tinnitus and hyperacusis is in my deaf ear.

@Michael Leigh , Do you believe that NASA is part of a conspiracy theory?

@ChristopherD , I'm sorry this happened to you and I understand the anger. Bringing justice to this person wouldn't change your ear problems now...

Thanks to profound hearing loss and tinnitus, I am an oboist who no longer plays the oboe. My avatar shows the music from "Gabriel's Oboe".

@fruityreverb , Do you have hearing loss? When I suffered a sudden sensorineural hearing loss, the audiologist asked if I had an autoimmune...

@monkey legs , In the title to your thread, you describe the tension you feel as a "tight band". I have used similar words to describe the way I...

@Tom88 , I have suffered with T and H for nearly five years now and I don't have any real expectation that I will not be suffering twenty years...

Are you currently working on a medical degree? What type of surgeries do you hope to perform?

Stress, noise, lack of sleep.

He let's me know how much he values me in spite of my disability. He understands when I choose to avoid loud venues. He helps me hear and...

I try to stay busy to keep my mind distracted. Reducing sound in my environment helps. I try to sleep more.

I received jury duty notice recently, so I phoned my audiologist to request a note to be excused. A receptionist called me back the next day to...

New Year's Eve with tinnitus....... Reservations for two before the restaurant got busy (5:00pm). My husband and I enjoyed lobster and filet...

@Dominic1955 , I'm sorry that you are suffering with vertigo again. I don't have Meniere's and I never even heard of the disease until I started...

@glynis , We had our first big snow of the season this week with fairly mild temperatures, not the bitter cold yet. Many hours spent fort...

@3ri0w I can deal with my hearing loss, constant T and distorted hearing. It's the chronic discomfort and spikes of pain that bring me down....

I completed the survey. Just wanted to say thank you to @Aaron123 for all of your research efforts.

Trick question. So many topics morph into arguments.

My deaf ear reacts to each sound my good ear takes in. I hear and feel noise in the deaf ear with every sound introduced in the good ear. You...

@nick-tko , I hope you find benefit in your appointment today. I didn't receive any real help from audiologists or ear specialists but I did...