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I asked for a rolled towel behind my head to dampen any vibrations reflected back through the chair. The dentist nodded and said that's a good...

Time will tell whether my new tones have been neutralised, or simply deferred. I remain hopeful.

UPDATE: My new tinnitus tones from my dental work yesterday have been fleeting. One was like a tuning fork note (E4, close to my existing...

That's right. Something like Mack's Hear Plugs, where there is an optional filter you can either put in or leave out, depending on how much of a...

The receptionist at my new dentist talks at 92dB. The waiting room is very small. Think I'll go back to my old dentist again.

Why are coffee machines that loud? No wonder tea drinkers seem so Zen.

It was quite a number of years, at least ten. I've had my bassy rumble for that length of time now so I guess that it's here to stay. I don't...

I have this sound too. It used to come and go, and even sound louder in different rooms and buildings. Though it's loud every day now, I hardly...

I think it's important to our mental health that we gradually find ways to return to doing some of the things that we enjoy, like going out with...

Hi there. My hyperacusis hit me hard in 2019. I hardly went out for around a year. Then came lockdown, which was a great excuse for me to continue...

I've just seen your post. Thanks for asking! I don't check in here every day any more as I've reached the point where I try not to think about my...

Yes it is on most days. I tend to avoid headphones on days when it's more reactive.

I stopped using headphones for 2 years, but lately I've been using them for a mixture of music and audiobooks for up to half an hour a day, and...

I don't think much about my tinnitus of 4 years, except when I get a spike and there is always the slight worry it could be permanent. But so far...

It's crazy, even folk festivals and church conferences hit the 110 dB mark frequently. That's louder than a Slipknot concert. The world's gone mad.

Sorry you're going through this. New sounds will come and go, and can evolve before they become the new normal. They can also recede and become...

It just left me tired the next day although I clearly was sleeping more during the night. Also my anxiety levels seemed to increase whilst on it...

You could try looking up brown noise or purple noise. These have more of the upper frequencies rolled off.

Yes, Amitriptyline eased my tinnitus and hyperacusis for the 3-4 months I was on it but the side effects were hard to cope with. I might try this...

Thanks for the informative post! Are you saying you attribute your recovery mainly to your use of Clomipramine? It's not a treatment I recall...

Mine started with pyrotechnics at a rock concert. It's quite unbelievable how loud those are allowed to be. All very well limiting the music...

I stand by what I've said. Personally I think it's pretty reckless to go telling people on a tinnitus forum that it's safe to go to 20 concerts a...

Your tinnitus is obviously mild then. Like mine was for years, until the concert that made it severe and gave me hyperacusis. I hope you stay safe.

It's your decision, but the bass at concerts can be crazy loud these days. I went to a church conference, and an open air festival this year, both...

Have you tried breathing exercises? I tried various sleep headphones and speakers but I've found by extending the length and depth of my breathing...

I play in a little acoustic trio and do occasional recording. I was dragged along to an open-air festival recently but couldn't believe how loud...

Similar story here. I got low frequency tinnitus following pyro at a Rush concert in 2011. I was already using earplugs but not consistently...

@AnthonyMcDonald, thank you for sharing your successes. You mentioned playing the guitar. Do you play in any bands? Have you been able to resume...

Hello musicians. I have had to give up rock concerts and most of my music-making since my tinnitus became severe 4 years ago. Over the past year...

Noise-cancelling headphones are great for reducing the low hum whilst in flight. You may want to pack earmuffs as well for the takeoff and...

This sounds a lot like my journey into tinnitus and hyperacusis. I would give the band a rest for the next year or two if I were you, and invest...

I used to be an agnostic, so ditto!

I apologise, I never meant to add to your stress. There are no guarantees in life, I just want to help people weigh up risks and benefits based on...

You've said nothing scientific about vaccines but plenty that's political. Where are you getting your information - Fox News and Joe Rogan podcasts?

It's true we can't isolate exactly what was the cause of the tinnitus without knowing more about timings, cases with COVID-19 with or without the...

Sorry to hear you've got this to deal with. It sounds like you have a good chance of reducing further damage or impact on your life by finding...

I really think you should write a book! It was Caesar's death that wasn't written about in detail until over a century later, though it was...

Thank you for your comments. 20 years is not a long gap for a historical record to be written. We have nothing written about Julius Caesar until...

Do you think you have "intellectually defeated me?" You're a try-hard, I'll give you that! If you really want to win the argument, there is one...

Quite a few. Most say they can "hear it in a quiet room", but one friend who played guitar in a heavy metal band had it much worse than me. It has...

I think I'll pass. I have a number of reasons, both intellectual and personal, which if I were chatting with you over a pint I may well give an...

And I can't find one good reason to stop believing. I can't give you any one reason that would convince you to change your mind either, but the...

You are arguing against the same thing as I am - the medieval idea of eternal conscious torment for eternity. The language of the Bible times was...

I can well understand why that would make you want nothing to do with the church. If there is a hell after death (and I'm not sure there is), then...

Sorry this happened to you. I have chronic tinnitus and hyperacusis which was once so bad I couldn't tolerate the sound of my own voice or a...

I can't account for that passage in terms of the Gehenna references. I can't account for everything in the Bible. This parable seems to be...

I would not use foam earplugs because of the occlusion effect. Open earplugs for me are the best balance between protection from the machinery...

Hi Jazzer. Good to see you. As a non-fundamentalist believer, I agree with you. Hell is not something the church pushed so much until medieval...

I have had spikes lasting a month or more. The last spike I had from the dentist lasted only around a week. Another time more recently I had a...

95db at a traditional music concert. What's that all about? (We left before the end)

I get this weird temporary relief too from my low frequency hum. Also yawning makes my middle-frequency tones worse, and deep breathing makes them...

Just caught up with a friend whose son works in TV production and has come down with debilitating low frequency tinnitus and hyperacusis after...

That makes total sense to me. I've got a 2 hour appointment with an endotontist to redo a root canal soon. I also have a 1cm wide hole in my...

That's wonderful! I remember my first meal out towards the end of my first year. I even managed to play something on the public piano at the train...

Sorry to hear this. I read a report about incidences of tinnitus following getting the vaccine, compared with incidences from COVID-19 itself. It...