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How annoying it must be to go to someone who is supposed to be helping you with your ears, but instead makes you worse with the tests they do. I...
Yeah those constructing sites can be loud and annoying for ear problems. I recently went by one and it gave me a spike. I went back to check with...
I know a few people with tinnitus and nobody has got rid of it and no doctor has ever told me it can go away. Yet people do say it has gone away...
im wondering if its something to do with construction, its a noisy job even with ear protection, thats what i would be wondering if i was in your...
your T is only 3 months old, you are right to be very cautious with it, if we believe all the info your improvement if u mind it occurs within a...
Even without ear plug's i would say a temp spike at worst for most people I'm almost totally sick and tired of monitoring spikes and adapting...
If only that were the case with my ears! wax never comes out on it's own and even with oil it just delays the inevitable blockage's. when i do...
I just used waxsol and u got me worried with this statement! I did some googling and came up with two totally contrasting studies!...
I stick foam plugs in the shower and with a hair dryer and hoover, just because I feel I am in some sort of "healing" phase and am being cautious,...
I think a lot of people with mild t have at some point experienced louder t (spikes, t at onset etc) and thank the lucky stars a lot for the...
Visit a respiratory ward in a hospital and look at the people gasping for breath hooked up to ventilators, it may help with your t, or may not
No I don't think t changes are a sign of worsening hearing (but small chance they could be). But the only way to prove this to yourself is to get...
Just from random thoughts on it, maybe over sensitive hair cells or some nerve stems that have been changed/damaged in some way and don't react as...
I have had a dpoae test done, it has shown that in my left ear emissions are normal up to 4kHz but above that (or close to 5kHz) they disappear....
Well my t can spike from sounds at lot less than 80 db. I just recently used a frequency generator to find my t frequency and my t spiked up quite...
Sounds like you have quite a bit of hearing loss, maybe the hearing aid and masker will do the trick for you. I know it has for some people, a...
Sounds like you are one of those t sufferers who has decided that they will not avoid noisy environments, brave soul. I cant say for sure as I do...
A few minute spike doesn't sound too bad to me, mine last for a few days. I stick ear plugs in the shower and hair dryer and try to avoid all loud...
@Dr. Nagler Goodluck hopefully this bolt out of the blue will soon revert to previous levels or else you will habituate to the new level, which...
Good luck with the break, I think it can help to reduce or stop exposure to all T related stuff and not have the brain obsess too much over it, I...
@RoyZ yes it was bass for a subwoofer that damaged my hearing, will organise a hearing test sometime in the next 2 weeks, im sure there must be...
@RoyZ thanks for the info, that's interesting the way your t varies so much day to day, from gone/almost gone to quite loud (is it noise exposure...
@RoyZ Could I ask when you say you now have super low t after hbot, do you mean that your t is now so low that you cannot hear it during daytime...
I really don't think that type of noise is that damaging to ears, it doesn't usually spike up too much and is a more or less a constant thing...
So many people report t gets better with time but so few report it going for good, so it improves and improves with time and then just stops...
Not being smart but those random ear aches are probably related to your over the top noise exposure in that really loud nightclub that caused all...
My hoover definitely needs to be replaced, smart phone says its 80 decibels but to me it sounds like 90. I would not want to be standing next to...
@Geo Yeah that doesn't sound like anxiety then, you are a t vet by this stage. All you can do is protect your ears as best you can and hope for...
@geg1992 your gf complaining bout noises is her polite way of saying you snore!! just joking
I have a feeling that if I was exposed to 85 db for eight hours straight I would be in a psych ward!! Maybe its better to think of t ears as...
Just as i say that i had to use for the first time since my t a hoover, since this room had to have a hoover and yes its not a quiet one, i had my...
Ive had t for nearly 3 months and havnt given up hope of it going. I don't think I will until the 1 year mark passes. Id say its way too early for...
@Geo That's shocking the way your ears are causing so many problems, we all think our own t is bad but some are definitely worse than others. Yeah...
Sounds like you are doing pretty good, getting your sleep at night im sure is helping a lot. The t must not be overly playing on your mind I can...
It seems to work well for most things, but obviously not too good with t There are other private eye and ear places too but you would have to pay...
So i eventually got a letter about my appointment to see an ENT. I have been classed as "Routine" and will have to wait 9 months plus to see one...
Thats damn annoying having it return after all that time, im sure when you first heard it again you were like WTF, not you again! You want to...
That's bad luck this had to happen to you. Im no expert but I get the same thing with my computer, my ears react to the fan whine and start to...
I think a lot if not most people (could be wrong) get those brief ear ringing episodes for 5 or so seconds at seemingly random times, in know I...
I get this now and then, sensitivity seems a bit muffled and hearing a bit dull, its normally linked to a louder than normal event for my ears but...
Im all ears when it comes to advice on sleep, when my t spikes my sleep gets way worse than it normally is, which is bad anyway. I think it does...
Go and be prepared for your next thread "I shouldn't have gone to that concert" :P If you have habituated to the t then there is no reason to be...
Hi IIlija, that's great your t in now just a hiss a lot of the time and you can mostly ignore it. I hope you will be posting this year sometime in...
t sure is a funny beast. I havnt noticed activity affect my t at all, just noise. I find a good brisk walk does a lot of good, if that spiked my t...
Scratch that. I normally wouldn't like to respond to my own threads but i had to go to a certain shop over the weekend and that involved walking...
The technique is great, now im just waiting for you to adapt it to tell whatever part of me, brain or nervous system, that is causing me to wake...
Terrible this has just come on for you. If your sleeping ok then that's a good sign id say. Hopefully that loud level also reduces with time....
I used to assume high frequencies were more damaging until I did some low frequency damage and from my reading both are equally damaging, with low...
If I came to the conclusion it had a 50/50 or better chance of really helping I would be too tempted to take it..... (even thou i dont have the...
Since I blasted my ears with a sub-woofer late November I gave myself t and it continues today. I also noticed I lost some sharpness in my...
I hope its not the beer as i do like a beer now and then! But seriously beer only has a good effect on my t, in that i hear it a lot less,...
Basically i dont really like the idea of avoiding such environments as canteens etc in the hope it may help with a spontaneous resolution in the...
Thanks for your responses Dr Nagler. I got my T when i was setting up a home theatre system and stupidly thought the subwoofer (quite large 12inch...
Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night my t seems very loud and its only when I fully wake up that it returns to my normal level, im...
Is it hair cells or is it some type of nerve change? Would be nice if the body could take care of both of them :P
Is there any particular reason why say 85 decibels of conversation for a short period of time is safe for someone with recent T from noise damage...
As far as I know the only thing they can do is prescribe a course of steroids which can if done within a week or so help ears recover. Seems to...
Hard to say, sounds like it may be noise induced so you will need to mind you don't expose yourself to more loud noise and give your ears time to...
Im no expert and wonder about these types of things myself, but I doubt things like a plate smashing, loud laugh etc will have any lasting effect...
Im trying to give myself the best chance of recovery from T caused by a loud speaker and so far I have noticed a slight reduction in the T...