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I don’t know the results of your hearing test, but if the audiologist recommends hearing aids and your insurance or the VA covers them, it’s worth giving them a try. I have severe pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear and moderate in my right. Besides improving my hearing, the hearing aids also help...

A more realistic statement would be: “For some people, tinnitus can get better over time, and it often depends on the root cause of their tinnitus.” My tinnitus is related to hearing loss. While it was mild for more than 30 years, it never improved, and over the past two years—since I turned...

I’m 67. My unilateral tinnitus was mild—or at least it didn’t bother me—for over 35 years. However, three months after turning 65, my tinnitus began to change for no apparent reason, as I mentioned earlier. I’ve read repeatedly that most people’s hearing declines to some degree by their 60s...

I developed reactive typewriter tinnitus in my left ear suddenly in June 2023. The MRI looked fine. I have had severe hearing loss at 4500 hertz for years, which was not an issue except for a mild to moderate ringing tinnitus. I decided to get hearing aids, and six months later, the typewriter...

I shoot break-barrel air guns outside, which are much quieter (around 90 to 110 decibels) than firearms. I find that any type of earplugs, whether foam or reusable plastic ones of varying diameters with a noise reduction rating of 30 to 33 decibels, tends to spike my tinnitus for days. I believe...

I developed typewriter tinnitus in my left ear on June 13, 2023. I woke up to it. The condition was extremely reactive. I had already lived with regular ringing tinnitus in both ears for over 30 years, with the left ear being significantly worse. Both ears had ringing 24/7, but it was mild to...