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About 10 minutes ago I experienced fleeting tinnitus (in addition to my regular tinnitus) in my right ear. But it went away, cool. A few minutes ago it came back and hasn't left :(. I'm worried vacuuming out my car (even with foam ear plugs) may have done something. So now I have TWO tones in...

I don’t want to get your hopes up too high, but research from places like Frequency Therapeutics and the Hough Ear Institute are promising, and they’ll be here soon (5-10 years, not soon enough but within our lifetimes!). 20 years... I can’t imagine living with this for that long. Of course...

@Damien0000, I’m glad yours tends to be every other day, but tinnitus is rough, isn’t it? Most folks here have normal audio grams because they only test up to 8 kHz. At home at a very low volume using online tone generators I can hear up to 14-15 kHz (which is normal), although my left is can...

This is very true. Whether or not my tinnitus is actually quieter, I'm not sure. It's all so subjective, and like most folks it fluctuates daily so it's hard to say. However, I notice it less, I've (almost) stopped crying over it. It used to be on my mind 24/7 and now I can basically ignore it...

I agree with not committing suicide. 1-800-273-8255 Suicide Hotline just in case. This sucks, I know, and mine keeps getting worse (new sounds, more hearing loss). Allow yourself to feel sad about this; we're essentially grieving the loss of silence and healthy ears. But we're alive! We can...

I was taking the batteries of out a smoke detector and foolishly forgot to wear ear protection. It beeped at me for maybe 2-3 seconds and I didn't notice a spike or hearing loss right after, but last night—about two days later—I've noticed I have some mild hearing loss in the left ear. I also...

I too experience occasional, brief (1-2 seconds long) pain in either ear. Usually a few times a day but never at the same time, so far. I've had noise-induced tinnitus for a couple months now. A week or two after noticing tinnitus I was prescribed prednisone for a week, and then I noticed the...

I sympathize strongly. My GP recommended jazz music as it often can mask tinnitus at the right frequency. I’m listening to it now as I work, and it mostly distracts me (hard with high-pitched, intrusive ringing though). Hang in there, acceptance is hard but eventually you just... do it. Because...

Just when you think you've learned everything about tinnitus... this one really snuck up on me. And to think most people don't even know about tinnitus! That was me before October... Is your hissing hard to mask? Static-y tones seem much more intrusive than actual ringing...

That's a good perspective to have. Thank you for sharing this. I'm (hopefully) in a similar place of acceptance. At least I'm not crying myself to sleep anymore (but still having trouble with sleep). But there's nothing else we can do other than accept it. I'm sure we'll have plenty of bad days...

Hello, reviving this thread as to not start a new one... I believe I got tinnitus in my right ear from loud noise exposure around Oct. 21st, 2020. 5 weeks later I started noticing an intermittent, high-pitched static/hissing in my left ear. Almost two week after its onset, it seems to be...

I'll also point out that diphenhydramine in Advil PM (found in most OTC sleep aids, Benadryl, etc.) as well as Advil itself (ibuprofen) are ototoxic drugs. I have no idea if 3 times/week is enough to be "toxic" (also depends on how long you've been taking it) but may have had a synergistic...

I'm really sorry to hear about this. The irony and struggle of this situation is really heartbreaking, but I'm glad you're making your way through it. Quite disappointing they would spend so little time on tinnitus at your school... I was just watching a video about how it affects veterans, and...

I think... I think I now have static in my left ear? This is new as of a few days, maybe a week. I've been careful with my ears, but I think I hear static now. It's not so much static as it is that high-pitch sound that an old TV might make. I also can't tell if it's just one ear or if I feel...

Question, are specific frequencies supposed to "cancel out" tinnitus? Are there threads on this forum that talk about using this as treatment, and even aid in habituation? I used this website: https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ to find a tone that I think matches mine--might have to play...

With turmeric, make sure to eat/take black pepper with it, or if taking a pill, make sure it has piperine (which is in black pepper). The piperine greatly increases the absorption of the turmeric. Note that this is NOT a cure and probably won't make a significant difference in your ringing...

I think I had accumulated hearing damage from concerts over the past several years, and a few days of driving around with loud music (probably 80-90dB, not sure) and/or a night of headphone use (I listened to an hour-long album) was the straw that broke the camel's back, for me. I think. There's...

I am in a similar boat as you. I think it's been about 24 days for me since I noticed my tinnitus. It's fluctuated over time due to both stress, Prednisone (not sure if it helped or not?), and I think, gradual habituation. The human body is pretty remarkable and can adapt to almost any...

You will best be able to determine this, and please do what you think is safest, but my experience with going to clinics during COVID-19 has been fine (I'm in the US). If it's any reassurance, COVID-19 patients aren't likely to be at the ENT since ear problems aren't usually a COVID-19 symptom...

I'm on my last day of Prednisone, so this isn't a huge problem, but I feel like my blood pressure and heart rate keep going out of whack. During the day it'll be high and at night it seems to drop. I must be exhausting the hell out of my adrenals and cardiovascular system, and it's freaking me...

@HeavyMantra, I'm so sorry music-listening isn't viable anymore. I hope you find some relief soon. That's exactly what I'm afraid of, and yes, I've avoided headphones and loud sounds since I really noticed it. Shame it's not talked about more in the music-listening community. Headphones should...

Could those neck/muscle problem cause 24/7 tinnitus? Otherwise I'm still convinced it's acoustic trauma (I realize I put "noise-induced" in my original thread title, which I believe is incorrect). I'm just still wrapping my head around 1) the fact that headphones and/or car speakers could have...

Sorry to double-post, but in the past few days I've noticed that I can "feel" my ear quite a bit. I mentioned this in my original post, but haven't read much about it being a symptom of noise-induced tinnitus. Any ideas here? Is this just my ear healing? The best way I can describe how it feels...

Hi @n_li808, replying since it sounds like we're in similar situations. How's your tinnitus been? I've read it can take 3-6 months to see any changes (hopefully improvements, but can go either way), as well as it being the threshold for calling it "chronic" or not. It does suck to be young and...

Hi all, About two weeks ago I was noticed a ringing in my right ear. I'm luckier than many in that I haven't had it too long (yet) and that it's not too loud (the hum of the fridge, for example, masks it just fine). However, it's constant. It doesn't fluctuate at all. Actually I'm a bit nervous...