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With my fingertips while in the shower. No Q-tips, no other kinds of foreign objects are allowed inside. Haven't had any infections / other issues...

@Lex -- If you do a search on this forum you'll see that for the majority of posters H goes away, even if T stays. It may simply take more time...

I'd think it depends on the kind of phobia we're talking about, and how entrenched it is in the person's brain. Handling a large spider may help...

Yeah, some low-level residual inflammation may have stuck around until you started taking prednisone. If that's the case, then, hopefully, your...

It's odd that you're seeing the benefit of the drug at this late stage. Its main effect is supposed to be on reducing inflammatory processes...

Depends on the associativity you apply. I'm seeing 19.5 instead.

You can't predict when you will get exposed to excessive sound levels, and none of the places you listed is normally a location where I'd expect...

@CDNThailand Unfortunately, there is often not much to further understand about one's own particular case of tinnitus/hyperacusis; it's out of...

@Mario martz, until you get a definitive diagnosis your mind can be your worst enemy -- catastrophizing over the latest disease you read about on...

Mike, you might want to talk to a doc about a course of prednisone/prednisolone to heal the damage on your hearing system, and fast (of course,...

One thing to add re: prednisone -- it seems quite a few people (myself included) started on a somewhat higher daily dose, e.g. 50mg (I was on 60)....

Holy smokes! That's high. How can you bear it? Even my computer only goes up to 3000 MHz.

That's true. If it feels like the devil is screaming his lungs out inside your head it'd be nigh impossible to make the experience your friend.

Who said Stockholm syndrome is a bad thing? If you can't beat it, embrace it!

@glynis -- Here's to your getting some much-needed Zzzzs back! :beeranimation:

@Tinnitus in NJ -- I do not know of any studies that show using a computer has either a causative or an exacerbating effect on tinnitus. Using...

@SleeplessSoul You carry a great burden, but you've managed to find a routine and enough energy to get through this far. Undoubtedly, the...

Hey Phil! We're all sorry to hear you have to endure Meniere's. You appear to have managed to cope so far. There is a wealth of information on...

@SleeplessSoul -- I'm absolutely delighted to hear my words have brightened your skies. Like you, I find the sleepless nights a great drag on...

@Ecip -- The mind can be a wicked creature. Glad to hear the new tone was just a fluke. @SleeplessSoul -- Wow, I wasn't expecting my day's...

Glynis, thank you for your kind words! I've come across a fair number of your posts, and even after all the difficult times you've been through...

Thanks for the kindly advice, billie! The ringing has subsided a great deal since it started (and I'm now on corticosteroids to try to...

Joella, I had exactly the same thing happen to me at the beginning of this week. Yesterday, after wearing earplugs, I realized I must have had a...

Thank you all for responding. I am still taking the antibiotics for the supposed Eustachian tube inflammation / infection, but I also started a...

A belated "welcome" (even though I'm a younger forum member than you), and I hope your todays are becoming better than your yesterdays.

I hope what I have to say doesn't come out as patronizing or even critical. It's merely my reflection on the situation you have found yourself in....

jd, Risking covering something that has been mentioned already, I'll ask anyway -- have you consulted an audiologist about trying out a hearing...

Where did you get that sense of humor? I'm envious. I mean, you can keep the T, but I'll take the humor.

Hey Kevin, What was your prescribed Prednosone regimen (mg per dosage, number of dosages per day, and total number of days in treatment)? Thanks!

Valerian root -- the best placebo money can buy. Nah, kidding. I think it really does have an ingredient that can be called active. In my limited...

Hey vegasjon, I read your post on getting the Phonak Q90. Are you still satisfied with them? Are they any good for masking in the 10+ KHz range?...

Happy to report that I caught some sleep last night (not quite the 7+ hours I'd have liked, but it's something). The herbal sleeping meds might...

Got it. Makes sense. And thanks for your helpful input. I do think at this initial stage I need to collect as much information as possible (and...

@Tyler -- Thanks for the detailed response. I am apprehensive about using alcohol as a sleep aid (I worry that if it helps me I may make a habit...

Yeah, worrying family members (spouses not included) is probably not the good idea until you've got a reasonable grip on the situation, or unless...

@Tyler -- Yikes. Those were some troubling months you had to go through, especially when it comes to the bottle. Though I'm a near teetotaller,...

@mike & @Michael -- Thanks for the pointers. Yes, the mental anguish (assuming the ringing doesn't stop) is my main concern going forward....

P.S. Don't know if this is meaningful or not, but since reading some of the positive vibes/ideas in this thread, and in others on this forum, and...

Yes, at the moment it does feel like a grain of sand in my eye that I can't blink away. Thanks for the exhaustive advice. One of the first things...

Also, how did you handle the first few months before finally learning to stop paying too much attention?

Thanks for the strategy tip! Is that how you managed to put a lid on the T in your case?

Thanks for the encouraging words! I did run a few experiments earlier today using my headphones, and I was able to mask it using various methods...

@Tyler -- The shower actually calms it down, even without the water hitting my head.

On a related note, would the perceived amplitude of the ringing determine the course of treatment / therapy, assuming the cause of the T is...

@GregCA -- Thank you for the thorough answer. My own, uninformed, take is also that the perceived amplitude should correlate with distress levels....

@Owen -- Thanks for the info! In your case, wearing earplugs will not help with the sound that is conducted via the jawbone (which is how I got...

Hey Bbqbliss, I think I also got T from ultrasonic dental cleaning. How did yours progress through the years? Did you learn tune it out? Did you...

Thanks for the reply and the words of encouragement, glynis! I just set up an appointment with an ENT doc for tomorrow. Crossing fingers it ends...