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I would use earmuffs and noise-canceling headphones, better than earplugs for low frequencies.
You are only 27, quite young. It will get much better in the future but it will take time, maybe a few years, Also, future improvements also...
Depends on the extent of the injury itself, and everything before that since damage is cumulative. It's like saying "I cut my finger," is it a...
The outcome will depend on, for example, what cumulative noise damage you had before, your age, if you regularly went shooting before, or were...
Not only dependent, but Naltrexone also won't work at that dosage for long. You need to increase dosage and then end up with side effects worse...
Back a few years ago when I had to do my deep stomach MRI, I researched a lot on MRI, called a few MRI hospitals and they even connected me...
In loud situations just use earplugs, you cannot habituate your ears to loud noise again, that's not how it works once you have had a serious ear...
Amazon or any similar site. The Peltor X5As are the largest ones, good for noisy cars or trucks.
I also got tinnitus from firearms, army and shooting ranges + years of loud clubbing, music etc... For sleeping you need sound enrichment,...
I would be careful going to concerts even with earplugs. Because earplugs can only cut the mid to high frequencies, while letting the low...
@Brian Newman, I can guarantee that your hyperacusis will cure itself after 2 years, provided you don't re-expose the ears to very loud noise...
Usually hyperacusis improves over a period of 2 years. I am 95% cured of hyperacusis but the tinnitus remains mostly unchanged, but maybe a bit...
Go to a very quiet place and use the headphones at the lowest possible volume you can hear and it won't damage your ears.
I use solid silicon earplugs, cheap and with much better protection than the ones with filters, also more comfortable as they don't have a hard...
If you have to do an MRI - have it done in a Toshiba (Canon) Vantage machine. A Better Patient Experience With Toshiba’s Quiet MR Technology You...
What is the cause of your tinnitus? Unless it's noise trauma or damage from ototoxic meds/infections etc, I would not worry about regular...
I was taking NAC because of its benefits but the lung cancer study that was published in the recent years made me stop. Tinnitus is no fun but it...
No use taking Prednisone - you need to work on reducing stress and the tinnitus will go away.
You may want to try light therapy - aka LLLT, Photobiotherapy. Hyperacusis is mostly caused by nerve damage inside the ear, as the nerves have...
Nowadays, ototoxic antiobiotics are never prescribed unless there is no other valid alternative in a life threatening situation. People got issues...
Thats's why I keep a stock of Prednisone ready at home in case of SSHL, which always seem to happen in the middle of the night, so that I can take...
For the grinder, just use ear muffs, keep them handy. Also, there is one study paper on the effect of caffeine and how it affects recovery from...
If the vaccine really damages hair cells, which causes tinnitus, you would get other symptoms as well. About a week after the hair cells get hit...
Thanks for the reply. This sounds like my own tinnitus which is between a 10 kHz and a 12 kHz white noise (there are 2 good examples on YouTube)....
Can you describe exactly how the tinnitus sounds to you? Is it a hiss, or crickets, or what? this will give some hints to where the damage or...
If you are young, it will go away. Damage to hearing is cumulative.
From what exactly caused your tinnitus originally?
You need to use some sound enrichment for sleeping, iPhone speakers are good quality and the MyNoise app works great. Find some cricket sounds —...
I took 120mg per day oral Prednisone for 4 days and then stopped cold turkey. If it's less than 1 week, you don't need to taper down. You want a...
Oh slime - the green goo! Brings back great memories from the late 1970's. I can still remember the smell of it.
Hi Folks, My tinnitus is 100% noise induced, mostly due to firearms and lots of noisy music. These days I am unemployed due to COVID-19 so I...
@Jennifer McCann This is quite common, the tinnitus becomes more centralized after a few years, it moves to the head even though you haven't...
There was a guy in my office, he slapped his ear hard cupping his hand, as he was trying to kill a mosquito... ear drum rupture which took 3-4...
If this drug only regenerates nerve endings, this won't cure tinnitus when it is caused by hair cells damage, such as noise damage. It may help...
How exactly did you get tinnitus in the first place in 1986?
The only type of MRI machines which are quiet enough to not result in any damage with earplugs are the TOSHIBA /CANON MEDICAL VANTAGE series,...
I meant to say - better use muffs than plugs, it's not loud enough to require both, 4 or 5 dB means double the noise level which is quite a large...
Weightlifting does not cause further hearing damage or permanent louder tinnitus. However, once you had noise damage - the airbag blast in your...
Are you still getting nocturnal/morning erections? This is a good way to gauge if it's not hormonal. You can increase testosterone by doing...
Interesting. I took Ginkgo Bilob on and off for months after my acoustic trauma, not sure if it helped or not but there are a few positive studies...
I consider myself very lucky to have had the chance of living through the early 80's to late 90's club scene with perfect ears and no fear of...
old lasers..and weak and expensive I looked on eBay and got a 20W LED in the 900nm range and the power supply, heat sink etc... It's not a...
@Yuuls Yes nerves can heal, if you follow people on these forums who had a clear case of noise trauma, pretty much everyone said that hyperacusis...
@Yuuls I was 47. Age plays a role of course. The hyperacusis was really bad but it took 2 weeks to go from non-existent to bad after trauma -...
this is clearly noise damage. Staying away from coffee, alcohol, certain food will have zero effect on it unfortunately, you may as well enjoy...
When I had mild tinnitus after years of loud clubbing, music and military service, I though that the hiss was just the sound of my blood flowing...
Cialis affects blood pressure - it will lower it, and alcohol as well. 20 dB is normal unless you are like 20 years old. Maybe try Viagra.
what is the exact cause of your T ? it says Cause of Tinnitus: unknown; acoustic trauma/hyperacusis/sshl
The keto diet does not work for noise induced T. I tried many times. Keto is good for loosing weight fast and not feel hungry, but it removes the...
Ear plugs don't cut bass - low frequencies - well so that you can still get damage depending on the type of sound frequencies, even with the best...
A large city like Tokyo can be tough with noise trauma because of the loud traffic, subways, restaurants, bars etc.. At least you tried...
None of these events will cause additional ear damage if you have good plugs in properly I use solid silicon 32db plugs which are pre-sprayed in...
why would they refuse ? I guess this is in the UK, where ENT are not very helpful
Was this the kind of wedding where guests shoot AK47 to the sky to celebrate?
Solid silicone plugs sprayed with ethanol to ease insertion and avoid ear infections.
@Christopher E. I think that the 4khz loss will recover naturally after a while but maybe not the high frequency loss- above 12khz You don't need...
You look young if this is your first ear injury it will improve a lot over time but it may take 1 to 3 years, be patient don't expose the ears to...
Nicotinamide Riboside does nothing if you have noise induced tinnitus. I take quite a lot of this for its supposedly anti aging properties and...
my post was meant only for people with noise damage, where extra precaution may be required. If you have no actual damage you don't need...