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A very loud bar! Even with earplugs.

My most intense days are right after I've had a loud noise exposure. Very tough to get through and I'm always anxious that the sound won't return...

Yes definitely do that, you'll feel much better for it :)

I would say that you do need to be careful with loud sounds from here onwards, but don't let it completely stop you from doing what you love. I...

They're definitely not a cure - agreed! But just thought I'd make aware for people that are in despair with their T that they aren't completely...

Bill, your comment hardly qualifies as advice - it just simply would cause someone to have a lot of despair thinking that they now have to give up...

Don't agree with this fully to be honest. The way you put it seems as if there's absolutely nothing that can be done for your T. Which isn't true....

Yeah I got them done! My ears feel much better now and the ringing has reduced a bit. In the end I went with water irrigation, which was done in a...

Does it ever get you down? And how do you maintain such a positive attitude? I think it's really admirable :)

When you say loud tinnitus, do you mean it's so loud that you hear it all the time? As in, it's at a 8/10 in terms of intensity?

Bill I believe you are too paranoid about your T! Some tinnitus-specific CBT might help as it seems as if you have a ton of anxiety around a...

In my opinion the advice on this thread should not be listened to. You're setting yourself up to get severe hyperacusis where every single type of...

I completely agree with you. This forum, while helpful at times, can be a serious breeding ground for anxiety and despair. The majority of people...

Will do! I’m actually going to go for manual removal. I had it done before and it was a bit painful, but I don’t trust microsuction or water...

Not great, to be quite honest. My T keeps getting louder! When I posted this almost a year ago, I had no idea what loud tinnitus really meant...

Really interesting to hear. Very tempted to try it myself, even though my tinnitus was caused by loud noise exposure. Why do you think the water...

Hi Bill, sorry for the late reply, my T has been manageable recently so haven’t returned to the site. When things are better, I feel like this...

Wow - that's pretty dark(!) You're definitely in the extreme minority when it comes to socialising. I'm an introvert through and through, yet I...

You don't understand my point. Avoiding social events completely can leave you feeling alienated and lonely, regardless of the affect of loud...

Hm, that's a difficult one. I think the sacrifice would be massive if you were to avoid all loud noise places for the rest of your life. Sometimes...

Bill, your sort of posts here are so negative to the point that it'll scare people that are new to T to their wits' end. While I appreciate your...

Don't worry about flying. I've had a total of 11 flights this summer and for all the flights I've worn in-ear plugs for most of the flight. My T...

Wow that's pretty impressive, to say the least! Even one of those events, with earplugs, would spike my T significantly. Sometimes even...

Found that bit very interesting. Seems like there's progress being made towards not only objectively measuring tinnitus, but curing it properly...

Here's the full report :) Connectivity of precuneus to the default mode and dorsal attention networks: A possible invariant marker of long-term...

I just came across this article and it's really worried me. I had always assumed that T was generally harmless, but now it seems like my loud,...

You're so right, I actually felt less self-conscious knowing that the guy that everyone was watching on stage was wearing giant earmuffs as well!

Not true at all. For most people it does improve - there are so many people on here who have come and gone, simply because the noise has...

Yeah his performance was great! I saw him at a festival in manchester, uk. It was outdoors so it wasn't super loud, but I wore double protection,...

I saw Frank Ocean in concert about a month ago and was wondering the same thing!! It looked pretty striking on stage, and at first thought it...

I've got the Peltor X3As and the X5As, and the X3s are a good bit slimmer. The noise reduction is still superb.

Clubbing caused my tinnitus - have a look at my old posts and I was in serious despair. Since then, every clubbing/loud music event has made the T...

I'm 20 and have just finished my last year of university. I unfortunately got noise-induced T at the very start of the year, meaning that I've had...

I would go. Although you have to make some lifestyle changes for sure, you can't live your life as a hermit. With the right protection your ears...

I've come back from 3 days of watching motor racing (with double hearing protection) and my T is at its loudest ever. I can't fall asleep!

Uncertainty about the future. I'm only 20 years old and have my whole life to live, yet I have severe and intrusive T. I've had to change my...

Mine is what I'd call pretty severe (quite piercing, can hear it over pretty much everything), however I've managed to habituate to an extent as I...

So.... I did go to that concert and my T has CONSIDERABLY spiked... @Michael Leigh your words about the mastoid bone seems to be right here, the...

What a fantastic post. This makes me rethink the countless times I haven't been 'kind' to my ears - concerts, clubs, bars, etc. - yet they still...

Went to the two-day music festival that I had planned for a long, long while - wore double protection but T is extremely loud now!

That's definitely reactive tinnitus - I have it too. Reactive tinnitus is a strange one because the T can spike from specific sounds at lower...

Glad to know I'm not alone with that sort of reactive T :) I really wanted to go and watch Rogue One a second time but didn't think it was worth...

Thank you so much for this post. Totally agree - perspective is important.

In a similar situation. I have loud noise-induced tinnitus yet I don't want to avoid concerts and cinemas for the rest of my life. I saw the new...

The sound will be muffled for sure, but I want to reduce the risk of my T getting worse as much as I can. So even though I'll be standing towards...

In a similar situation to you - I'm going to 2 concerts this summer. My plan is to double up with hearing protection. Going to wear 33Db in-ear...

Coping :)

Was the tinnitus severe in the sense that you were simply unable to concentrate properly to get any work done? Or was it more to do with anxiety...

Highly reactive T! Only returns to baseline after I've had a night's sleep. Not sure what to do.

October 2016, music too loud in a nightclub!

I think it varies depending on the person. As your T is quite new it's definitely good that you aren't listening via headphones. I think I will...

Lack of sleep over a couple of days has sent T through the roof, what I think most people would consider severe levels. Managing to cope.

Thanks for the info. I'm gonna give it at least another 6 months before I think about returning to using headphones because my T is relatively...

Thank you, I've started implementing your rule of thumb this past week and it has helped me in a couple of occasions where I almost played music...

Did you go to the concert? If so, was there any change in your T?