A List of Places Where You Could Be Exposed to Loud Noises. Places to Watch Out for.

There are posts on this site saying that magnesium promotes healing as far as T is concerned. Perhaps some people have trouble tolerating it... I have been taking it for months. I am not sure whether it has been helpful, but at least it doesn't seem to be hurting me.

 

I absolutely have to do an MRI and I am very scared.

 

I did an MRI on Dec 10, wear good earplugs, and ask for them to put extra cushion around your ears, tell them you have Tinnitus.

 

Musicians earplugs with filters or something else? Cushion around the ears, what do you mean?

 

Believe it or not---church. Our church has a band that probably doesn't know that their volume level is loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage. Then there are those of us with T.

Sad to say that we had to quit going. Just can't take it, and don't have the courage to say anything.

 

I can't believe there isn't a class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of these devices. I can't count how many people have reported that they had T after a cleaning. It blew mine through the roof.

 

Without an objective tinnitus measurement technique, I doubt any such lawsuit would be feasible.

 

I used foam and they gave me padded cushions to make sure the T dosent go up.

 

You mean like this on the left?

I heard that the headphones on the right are pretty useless.

Siemens Magnetom Skyra MRI advises 30dB SNR hearing protection in their manual and has 88.3 dB at the loudest (3 Tesla).

 

I think this is a very useful thread.

I like the opening window/door slamming advice. I've learned the hard way too.

I always wear earmuffs in the kitchen, even if I'm just making a cup of tea.

I wear earplugs if talking in a group, especially in a pub or cafe. Group voices get loud, beer glasses clank... after an hour of that I get a spike if I don't put the plugs in.

I've been to the cinema twice since onset 4 months ago and have worn plugs + muffs. Surprisingly, the audio was still clear to me.

I walked into a loud sports bar to watch Ireland v England rugby the other day, with plugs in of course. Bought a beer (well- Somerset scrumpy actually. I find beer spikes my 'pulsatile' T the next day....) went to the back of the room, and felt pretty comfortable. But after 10 minutes I downed the beer and left. It just wasn't worth the risk (shame as England won a great match )

I wear ear plugs at the scanners in the supermarket.

But when walking around town, or working out in the gym, and most other times my ears go commando I find that if I haven't had to wear plugs at all for a day or so, my ears just 'feel' better.

However, I am also incredibly reckless... twice now I have actually *performed* solo on guitar at open mic sessions, tying to get some of my life back. Of course I wore plugs both times, made sure I was standing behind the PA etc, and I didn't get a spike. But I fully agree with the wizened sages here that would say I may have delayed or prevented some healing. I need to kick the habit quickly.