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Using the scale from the below link, it was probably a 6.5 (could hear in a very loud Starbucks but did not need masking to sleep) and has been at...

A bit late, but this is the THREE YEAR UPDATE Surviving, doing pretty well. The T is day to day variable but pretty quiet. Compared to the...

I was put on blood pressure medicine 8 years before an event caused T. The medicine didn't cause T for me. However, I think elevated BP does...

If you want to experiment with some noises besides that of a fan try..... Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ® They...

Thanks @Lane ! I do know there are some sites that tested for quiet tires, and that was something that concerned e on the Honda when I needed some...

Hang tough and the days will pass. The T may get better, or change, and you will change. Just keep hanging in there.

@Mattly I found early on that I could play a sound that matched my T and make it disappear for a bit. So I used sound frequency generator sites,...

I got my tinnitus from a gun range. I had earmuffs on, but I was next to a rifle lane and they shot something several times that was tremendously...

At the 2.5 year mark! Not much to say. The Pandemic has had me up and down in activity and sometimes also in spirit. Tinnitus has been mostly...

So YAY, made the 2 year mark. Right now, the T is pretty variable day to day, from almost quiet to moderate. In a given week, I might have 2...

Yes it is crazy, and I've looked into the process and spoken with some powers that be. Their basic answer is that the ushers provide foam...

Earlier in the month of January, my wife and I headed to our church for a kids education celebration event. It was really quite fun and one of...

As ear damage is a cumulative thing, you can just assume that those people attending are just in the damage accumulation phase, and sometime 10-20...

Kind of an end of year update. I've lately been having up and down varying T, and I think it goes back to an event in November. Back in 2019 I...

My T is far lower, but I am also almost 20 months out from the event, I can't know how much decline there was from naturally factors or the other...

Please don't feel bad, plenty of people don't get a steroid. Read the Success Story section. I took a look and the first 3 I clicked did not...

Yes it was gone within the hour, but it came back over the next 2 days, just not as ferocious. Tinnitus went on a scale I made from a 400 (day...

I got Prednisone on day 12, and it immediately helped.

@Svensk I saw an ENT and ultimately got on a steroid on about day 12. I recall the doc said it needs to be taken in the first 30ish days. If you...

Glad you are still posting your story and helping others, Emmalee. Sorry to hear of your spikes, but I am sure you will make your way through.

@linearb I appreciate the reflection on my post. T really forces us to change our views, our conceptions of the preferable life and what we...

Thanks for that @housemzk . Do you have any suggestions for make or hearing aid/plugs/ of that type? I haven't done any searches. If it's good...

I'm sorry for my absence. I've had some busy periods, another trip by airplane, and some post-trip dealing. This second trip was a last minute...

@Lulu187 I am liking your post, but want to clarify that each person needs to find his balance point, and for you it seems one glass. I try...

Guns are loud, and I'm sorry you got exposed. I had ear protection and got T at an indoor range. Generally, I think like 50% or maybe 85% T will...

I've listened, or tried to use, all the kinds, white, pink, brown, purple etc...and usually afterward T was slightly louder or bothersome. Not...

Ok, so time for an update. I wound up 2 weeks ago at the 1.5 year mark...going on a trip involving air flight to a relative's wedding. I had...

I'm sorry for this trouble you are having. We have two cars, and my wife's is maybe 75db on the highway, but mine used to 85db, and I was able...

Mine is in the 11-12.x kHz range. Originally at onset+about 2 months, it was around 9.6kHz. After more than a year, it has shifted higher to...

Are you sure that formula is applicable to earmuffs? From NIOSH, reduce earmuffs NRR by 25%. See source docs etc in discussion below....

I'm sorry this won't directly be helpful but on the recent 4th, we were about 2000 feet from a large commercial fireworks display. At our seats,...

Wow, what a great and thorough post. That took some time to write up. Not to mention the months of going through it all. Thanks for sharing,...

Are you sure that formula is applicable to earmuffs? The reduction is due to people not using/wearing/inserting ear protection correctly, and...

Reference to Fin's update and event https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-to-silence.35562/

For Iphones, there are a variety of decibel meter apps you can download, and almost all of them are quite good (or good enough (+/- 2db), per a...

@New Guy might have relevant experience.

Please consider that the math above is for dbA scales, but for any dbC reading the NRR is just subtracted plainly. See ref...

A lot of the sensitivity you've been describing over these months seems H related, so if it's starting to lessen, great! I hope and pray that...

I've had some quiet days and a few louder ones, but all in all, at the moment, T is pretty quiet. Of the factors I think important to report:...

@Kells I sure hope you see some diminution of your T. As to the prednesone...you were give a pretty low dose. I was given 60mg. Maybe your low...

My exposure was probably less than a minute, so 30secs is probably long enough for very loud noises. For your situation: I found some...

You know, I now remember something about an alarm going off as a tes. The 'horn" was" 4-5 feet above us in the flase ciling, and above the...

Sorry this has happened. The exposure, whether 98db or higher, was enough to harm. I hope the T and assorted complications clear up for you quickly.

Holy cow, the system lost an edit. So,..... "ETA" As the above post is fairly dry, I will add a a bit more about my feelings and such. Currently...

Just a little report: About 2-3 weeks ago I had some spike, where tinnitus had been rising for 1.5 weeks, and after reviewing things I decided to...

WOW! Omg, this is getting worse and worse. You are in a warzone. I'm so sorry. If my T was going to flare on such a weekend, I'd head out of town.

Hey, just to show you the power of sound....using your calculator....for a shot that is 140db (maybe a .22, or perhaps something suppressed...)...

Awesome follow up buddy! I tried NAC for a few days, but this was like at month 3 or 4 and didn't seem to make a difference so I stopped. It is,...

Those two supplements sound like the 'right prescription' following gunshot exposure. I would hope somehow your neighborhood becomes safe for...

@Boni I'm sorry you had that noise and then T came about. I think the prednisone is a good thing to take in the early days. I took a form of it...

I've had heightened sensitivity to things like the clatter of dishes, or the drop of a toilet lid. You have my sympathies, and I hope your...

paging @Lane re hbot, if you have any input.

@emmalee Sorry for just dropping the quote and running, but to add...I read it and felt like it states some truism in life that you don't realize...

I didn't have it enough to think about it deeply, but in your case surely you must. I believe you said you tried lots of supplements, but the...

Well, my own take is I'm not sure when if ever I could say the tinnitus episode is done with. But I do agree that if we get to a livable or quiet...

Thanks guys. Omg, so there's a name for that. I've had that 2-3 times over the last year+. Very offputting when it happens. Usually 5 minutes...

@JohnAdams You got "it" baby, and I'm sad to say I know what you mean. Before tinnitus life was a breeze...

@emmalee Over in another thread, I read @Sevv say something like: "Only when you lose something important is when people will develop true strength."

@New Guy What is fleeting T? Is that where the sound's frequencies (or perhaps multiple frequencies) are changing / bouncing around?

@New Guy Yup, tinnitus up and down in weird ways. As to recent Friday and Saturday, two good days. @Digital Doc Thanks and I agree! Now as to...