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@daybyday, I’m sorry to hear you are having a rough time. There are definitely things you can do for your life to go back to normal. I agree...

@Telis, I’m taking a risk by responding to your heartfelt post and I hope you will respond in kind. You aren’t being well-served by your doctors....

@LetyO, tinnitus is an infrequent side effect of Seroquel. By infrequent, I mean that only between 1/100 to 1/1000 patients report tinnitus as a...

I think OSHA standards are woefully inadequate. The EPA's guidelines are much more stringent, something like 10db lower for anything over 60db....

@Bart, the audiologists and ENTs who assured you that the ears of someone with tinnitus or hyperacusis are no more prone to damage than normal...

@Asian, traffic horns are not loud enough to cause damage to the auditory system. @Gosia, overprotecting the ears is not a good strategy. Over...

@Keiv, @Quentino, @Gosia, @Nucleo, and @Alex Senkowski, there is some evidence that some people may be more genetically predisposed to hearing...

Paul, in my opinion, you aren’t describing habituation. Here’s what I mean. At this point, and please know that I’m not diminishing it, you are...

@Naddesh, I read through your posts in other threads tonight to learn a little more. In my opinion, while your boyfriend kissing you on your ear...

@Naddesh, Habituation of tinnitus isn’t only a state of mind, although it may start there. FWIW, my answers to your very good questions. Yes....

JRS, Here is what Consumer Reports, the Washington Post, and Autoweek say about road noise in your vehicle. The vehicle isn't the problem. "The...

JRS – First, please don’t sell your car. It has 3500 miles on it. Look forward to the day when you can enjoy driving it. The car is not the...

@MattK, I appreciate your post in the other thread but you incorrectly inferred that I believe all tinnitus is the same. I haven’t said all...

@RichL, there isn’t a thing you can do about the volume of your tinnitus. It is what it is. You can continue to fetishize it and believe the...

@Kathi, thank you for your lovely post. I am thrilled for you that you have continued to make progress. I think you are right when you say...

@Rich, many people can hear their tinnitus in any loud setting, but tinnitus is not an issue for them. If a person's suffering had to do with how...

@Telis, surely you can do better than to characterize the portion of my post you quoted as bizarre and not worth a discussion? The research on...

@Marlene and @Valerie, keep thinking "there is tinnitus and there is TINNITUS" and you will set yourself back by one to two years. You are...

@SoulStation, in the title of your thread you mentioned you felt devastated. That says a lot about the meaning of music in your life and your...

@SoulStation, there was a lot riding on your decision. You chose between something that brings you joy and was a source of income and the fear...

@Rhea, if a doctor addressed what he or she called "distorted thinking" with you, that is not part of TRT. It is likely that if someone is having...

@ampumpkin thank you for the correction. Since reading your post, I have brought my Gender-o-meter to the shop for repair. @Mpt you write “in...

While I don’t knock it if someone is helped by making tinnitus his or her friend, the word that best describes how I feel about my own tinnitus is...

@cullenbohannon, you do not sound like you are describing hyperacusis. I’m basing that on your ability to be around pretty loud sound without...

@Sen, I have been thinking about the symptoms you experience with facial pain and numbness. If I'm following the sequence of events, these...

Karianne, to clarify, oxazepan is a benzodiazepine used to manage anxiety disorders, for the short-term relief of anxiety, and to help manage...

@RicoS, your English is very good and it is easy to understand your meaning. I agree with Karen: this is a great story. You were able to take...

@derpytia, getting fitted with custom-made musician's earplugs is an excellent idea. A number of musicians have used musician's earplugs for...

@jazz, consider buying noise cancellation headphones. Bose makes a very good pair called the QuietComfort 15. I wear them on airplanes and they...

@Tenna, @Ken219, @alifalijohn, @ampumpkin, and @Grace, all hearing protection devices are required to be tested in a laboratory to determine their...

@ampumpkin, your last post is one of my favorite posts I’ve read on Tinnitus Talk. I think it’s fantastic that you decided to go to the concert...

A fluttering sensation in the ear may be a symptom of middle ear myoclonus. The fluttering could be due to the contraction of either the tensor...

@Grace, @Relic Hunter, @derpytia, @Rhea, @lapidus, @jazz, @Denny, @Marlene, @Alex Senkowski, @GMac14, @jchinnis, and @Mark McDill, I learned a...

@Asian, @Leah, @Relic Hunter, @Street Spirit, @lamasheen, @Mr. Cartman, and @Kathi, what you are describing isn’t due to something that happens...

@dan, it varies from person to person how long it takes to reestablish sound tolerance. Some people with minor or somewhat moderate hyperacusis...

@demi, hyperacusis caused by exposure to loud sound gets much better in most cases provided we treat the condition and stick with it. This can be...

Why give up something when what we want is readily available to us? Money? I wouldn't give up Monopoly money. Hey! I wouldn't give up your...

Kathi, I'm sorry you're having a tough day. You are going to be fine. Tinnitus has a mind of its own and knowing that it can be unpredictable...

@Mommaof2, you may be describing Phonophobia, a condition that sometimes accompanies tinnitus and that can be thought of as anxiety about, or fear...

@demi, you asked if anyone knows how to deal with hyperacusis. There are many ways to not deal with hyperacusis, but just one effective way to...

@demi, it is good when a doctor can put a name to our health challenges. When we try to name these challenges ourselves, we may be right or wrong...

@earsnothappy, the best thing you can do is to continue to let time pass, listen to your doctors, and not expose your auditory system to loud...

shan, it isn’t unusual for tinnitus to consist of two or more sounds and for a person to acquire a new sound or lose an old one. When we acquire...

martin69, Sigmund Freud once wrote that the “cornerstones” of a person’s life are to love and to work. It sounds like you have a lot of great...

I can see how reducing the volume of one’s tinnitus would be a goal. Another goal would be to spend no time figuring out how to reduce the...

My tinnitus is growing a beard. The other day, I received a note on a very small piece of blue paper (signed by a notary public, no less) on...

Kevin, I’m glad you had your hearing tested and it is normal. The sound you are describing, a very fast Morse code beeping sound that is...

Carlos, I no longer have a difficult time with tinnitus. I used to. I was able to turn things around because I had help from an expert. Like...

Like @jchinnis, I feel a bit conflicted about the subject of this thread. On one hand, I’m aware of the impact an article like this may have on...

@dan, I'm thinking you posted the article to say something about yourself, and that you relate to the woman. If that is true, I'm sorry you are...

Kathi, in the title of your post you asked if habituation is a myth. Not only isn’t habituation a myth, but you are already on the way to...

@demi, I agree with other posters that exposure to the sounds you heard caused no damage to your ears. But it is very important for you to be...

attheedgeofscience, you wrote that "ear protection devices do not protect equally across all frequencies." It is true that over the counter ear...

@MattK, you are using the word “coping” just fine. I pulled out my copy of Webster’s Third International Dictionary tonight to look up the word....

MattK, there are other things we can do about tinnitus rather than cope with it. But coping with tinnitus may be one step along the way for a...

jchinnis, you wrote that this board is off to a good start on civility, but whether it can also help sufferers distinguish between nonsense and...

dboy7921, Feeling anxiety about tinnitus can be like taking a mental magnifying glass to the condition. The more anxious we feel about tinnitus,...

Tamar, you have a very good chance of habituating both tinnitus tones. It has been just a short time since you developed the high-pitched tone in...

Good evening, Beth. There are some good books written about the application of cognitive behavioral therapy to tinnitus management, but I am...