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When mine gets bad, I use open-ear earbuds and an ocean white noise sound from my phone, Bluetooth-connected to the earbuds. It helps quite a bit. I also use a room air filter or fan about 3 ft from my head for sleep, along with a white noise generator from Amazon placed at the foot of the bed...

Hey there, @Pen Walker! How are you? It is great to hear from you and I hope you are doing fine. Yes, I saw an ENT and they did a hearing test, and it has not changed in the last 5 years. The cut in frequencies is still the same. Yes, I definitely have hyperacusis, and my tinnitus has gone from...

Well, I would definitely get rid of the fire alarms. Personally, I’d rather risk getting burned than put up with tinnitus. How about your ten kilohertz pulse tone? Do you think using that again might help?

Thank you kindly for your reply, @Scruffiey. I really appreciate your honesty and valuable advice about this. It is great to have friends like you, and during the tough times it does not feel so lonely when you know you have brothers out there fighting the same fight with you. Thank you. Today...

Well, thank you so much, @Scruffiey, for your reply. I appreciate you. It is great to share information here with people who have this in common, because no one else truly understands what we’re going through. It certainly helps to talk with others and to pray for each other for endurance and...

Thank you, thank you, thank you, brother, for the excellent advice. I am hoping for your full recovery soon, and I am wishing the same for everyone else who is suffering. May each day lift you a little more and lighten your burden until you reach complete recovery.

Can Anyone Recommend an ENT or Audiologist in Pennsylvania?

Has anyone on here with Hyperacusis and Tinnitus had any luck with hearing aids?

Has anyone heard of XIRP2? https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(15)00200-4

Well noted, Sonia. Thank you for the update. I appreciate you, and thank you again for your kindness in responding. It is rather cold and windy today here in Pennsylvania, but I braved the weather to go shopping at Target and pick up my buds. I have them charging now and plan on using them in...

First, a huge thank you, Sonia and Scruffiey, for your kindness in replying. I appreciate you more than you can imagine. From everything I have read so far, if you have reactive tinnitus and hyperacusis, they say to stay away from light masking to ease daily distress. They also say that sound...

Thank you so very much, Sonia, for the information. I appreciate you being so kind and offering it. It is helping me support myself, because I am quite lost with this new daily trauma and unsure what to do. I may not get the MRI or CT scan, although my ENT said they will not make any more...

Thank you for sharing, Sonia. I may just invest in a pair. Will they work with an iPhone?

Thank you so much for your reply, Scruffiey. I appreciate your advice and the workaround you suggested. My brother said there may be an added health risk with the CT scan. Do you have any thoughts on that? Thanks again. Yes, just a hearing test. It seems that is all they offer, a hearing test...

I had an acoustic trauma event where I was exposed to a hammer striking metal for about 5 minutes. This put me into a medium tinnitus and hyperacusis situation for about 1 month, after that, my tinnitus was mild enough to be able to cope with. THEN, only 1 day later, I was fixing a 250 watt...

Has anyone had any luck with adding vitamin D3, Taurine, Lipoflavonoid, or NAC to their daily regimen? If so, how long to take effect for a positive result?

Hey Sonia, I was just wondering which earbuds you mentioned, the ones where another cuff style pair is used so nothing goes directly into your ear canal and nothing completely covers your ear. That way there is still airflow and ambient sound getting in. I may end up buying a pair of those...

No retest yet, but I am going back to my primary care doctor next week to get a second test done. My ENT said they will not move ahead with me until I get an MRI. Unfortunately, I cannot take any steroids because they make it impossible for me to sleep. So I am just wondering if you have...

Can hyperacusis ever recede or go away? Anyone with experience here?

Hi Sonia, are you also suffering from hyperacusis?

Hi Sonia. Thank you very much for your reply. Before my brutal blast acoustic trauma, I had already been prescribed something called Mirtazapine (Remeron), which helped me tremendously. I take it when I cannot sleep, although I only take half of a 7.5 mg tablet, so it is a small dose. It can be...

Thank you so much for the kind advice. I really appreciate it. What did you experience during the six weeks after the MRI?

Thank you so very much for your reply and the information. I am a little lost about what to do, and your advice helped a lot. How is your sleep? Are you doing okay with that? They also want to do an MRI to rule out other things, but I have heard this can cause a major setback because of the loud...

I’m going through the same thing right now. Mine started on October 18th, 2025. Do you know what machine they used on you for the MRI? They want to do the standard MRI to rule out a tumor on the auditory nerve. How long did your setback last? My tinnitus began after an extreme acoustic trauma...

Hello! Im about 7 weeks in from the onset of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. Yesterday was a "good" day for me and I was able to distract with "ocean sounds" on my earbuds at a level of 12 on the volume. Today is much louder tinnitus and not a good day at all and have to turn my ocean sounds to a...

In months two to five, you said you needed constant sound support. Could you please elaborate? I’m a month and a half out from onset and suffering greatly.

So, I have a question. How about using hearing aids to compensate for the missing frequencies, by adding a boost in that part of the spectrum? And is this advisable for someone with hyperacusis and tinnitus?

Hi @TraceyNLa, I’m right there with you! I’m experiencing the same thing, but don’t give up hope. Together, we can make it through until things get better.

Hi everyone, Prayers for everyone today, first of all, that the natural, God-given ability to heal will continue. I had tinnitus a long time ago (more than ten years ago), and it resolved completely. Then, about a month and a half ago, I was three stories up on a roof hammering on metal...