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I would tend to agree that there are various severities of hyperacusis and that one should be careful in making blanket statements about cures...
Hi all, I have not been visiting this forum much anymore, my apologies. I have basically been going on with life, and I often find it best not...
Thank you for this interesting success story. Although tinnitus is not entirely understood yet, the commonly accepted theory is that the brain...
Good to hear that you are not letting this condition rule your life, and that you are living it to the fullest while at the same time being...
I cannot vouch for TRT as I have not actually done 'true' TRT myself. I have, however, used a lot of the elements which are also found in the...
Mine is gone for about 95%. It took a lot of time, about 1.5 to 2 years I would say, for me to get to the point where I am now. You can find my...
Very well written and balanced message. I think especially for hyperacusis it is important that people should realize that improvement, and often...
I do not think that a significant portion of the people with H after auditory trauma got it solely because of overprotecting. They got it because...
I have the exact same thing! On the basis on what I have been able to research, the TTTS symptoms (which are indeed believed to be a...
@Layla23 I agree that TRT is far from perfect. I have not followed the traditional TRT myself, but used various aspects of it in combination...
It should also be noted that in many of the studies done wrt TRT, the broadband sound had a relatively low cut-off frequency (due in part to...
If it's extremely loud, yes, so you should not keep standing around for 30 seconds to a minute, but cover your ears / walk away / put in earplugs...
I have almost exactly the same symptoms. I usually describe it as 'reactive tinnitus', although this is a bit of an ambiguous term as it is also...
In about 1,5 year I went from pretty bad hyperacusis to only a mild sound sensitivity to certain high-frequency sounds and impact sounds. I...
A very inspiring post. My hyperacusis has improved a lot as some might know, but I still have a bit of a residual fear that one day I might be...
Hi @Srebint I'm glad to hear that you are approaching recovery and I can understand that it is frustrating if you progress stalls. I am quite...
Most cases of H will improve and it will usually go very slowly, often taking months to years. Sometimes so slowly that you don't notice the...
I fully agree with you on this. Thank you for coming back and posting your positive story.
Thank you for sharing your story. Hyperacusis can indeed get a lot better or even completely better with time and treatment. A lot of people who...
Hi @Taylorslay You're post really resonated with me, as I am in a similar situation whereby my hyperacusis has improved a lot over the last...
It got a lot better for me as well with time and by slowly exposing myself to more and more sound in daily life as well as to pink noise, in an...
I've seen and read some of these stories as well but in my view they should come with a disclaimer that states that these cases involve a very...
You're story sounds familiar in the sense that I have also had many occasions in which I had my doubts about returning to many of my daily...
For all that might be interested, I had another check-up with my audiologist lately and my hyperacusis has improved some more (better LDL scores...
@another sean I've experienced a temporary increase of most of my symptoms after using pink noise / sound exposure, but this quickly died back...
@Dja I believe that one can also improve given time and by exposing yourself to normal levels of sound, while protecting against sound that is...
I think you have various options. There is a broadband pink noise CD produced by the hyperacusis network which contains analog filtered pink...
@Mellow7 I believe this categorization was originally done by Jastreboff, for example in his book Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Implementing the...
@Mellow7 A very good question, and I believe this is why it can be tricky to use terms such as 'reactive T' as everyone might use the term a...
@another sean Are you referring to my baseline T, baseline H, or baseline level of the sounds that I used?
@Kelvin Yes, I agree with you on the WSG. They are not always the best choice due to price and technical limitations. For example, I was highly...
@Kelvin With hyperacusis and tinnitus, it is usually not advisable to use closed headphones or earbuds extensively, as they can make symptoms...
Hi all, I've been reading this forum for over a year now but hadn't made an account myself. Today I made one to post my story, in the hopes that...