Acoustic Shock/Trauma — Help!

do you get it from noise? Is it one or both ears?

 

Nah, I don't get it from noise. I do get it when I like hiccup sometimes, or when I stand up too quickly. Mostly in the right ear, but sometimes happens in the left.

 

Mine is definitely worse in the mornings. I only really notice it when it’s silent and there’s a sudden noise.

Sometimes when I finish talking. It’s like a spasm that I can feel specifically in my ear.

 

that's what I had but it was more frequent.

 

Really hope mine gets better. I’m hopeful

 

Oooh. Mine does it when I talk too sometimes, but it's getting less and less every day.

 

That’s good to know !

Mine only does it when I talk sometimes

 

My fluttering, trigeminal tingling, ear fullness is basically gone. My ears get full on occasion. It's manageable.

Stretch your neck. Give it time.

 

Thanks Tom

The general vibe I’m getting is that these symptoms get better/resolve in time

 

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@Tom Cnyc How long would you say your tingling sensations took to go away?

 

It took me 10 months or more to do away with the pain hyperacusis symptoms.

 

@Contrast did your T decrease too? My T isn’t my biggest concern as it’s quite mild.

Has your pain completely gone now ??

 

Similar for me.

I still get it after a spike. Interestingly it’s usually the last day of a 2-3 day spike and I almost welcome it because it usually coincides with my ears quieting down a lot.

After 4 months of issues following an ear infection my tinnitus is very low for 3 weeks now.

Have faith, it can get better.

 

@Tom Cnyc thanks

I’m having good and bad days at the moment. I’m sleeping much better at the moment too which I think helps

 

@Tom Cnyc How long did it take for your noise induced tinnitus to start improving? Thanks!

 

It's hard to say. Healing isn't linear, so any date I give you - I've had BAD days after that.

This started for me in May of 2016. I started living life again October of 2017. Hopefully that provides some context.

 

Wow. Kick that T in the ass, you rock star.

 

Ha. Thanks man. I'm back at a point where I really only hear it in bed when I first wake up and when I'm about to go to sleep. It was like this for nearly a year before my ear infection.

I'd have never dealt with that spike that lasted from Nov - March if I wasn't afraid of Amoxicillin also. I have "regrets" on that one.

I've said this before but, I go to concerts all the time and it hasn't hurt my recovery. This summer I have two festivals, and 3 shows planned already.

Recovery is possible, everyone. Keep faith.

 

Please don't give dangerous "advice" to people suffering from real hyperacusis.

 

Dude, seriously shove off.

First - you're suggesting I didn't have a "real" problem. I had to wear earplugs to do literally everything for a year. Your tone is beyond lame and let's not whip it out for the rulers in the suffering olympics.
Second - maybe I'm not talking to you. That may be a concept that is difficult for you, but there are other people in this world. Maybe I'm talking to a version of myself that needed to hear that life isn't over. A lot people just like that find themselves on this site. This place is a vat of negativity and god forbid! someone feels better and comes back with a positive message from the other side everyone just needs to tear it down.

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother.

 

I can tell you for sure, 100% sure, that someone with real hyperacusis cannot go to concerts, not even with earplugs and earmuffs on top, and that real hyperacusis does not heal.

 

Aren't there different variants of hyperacusis when it comes to tolerance? Which also implies hyperacusis is unique to each individual as well? Like some people can't handle dogs barking with H, but another person can. Some people can handle loud volumes of music or voices through a TV, but not their own voice. The burr of a plane engine, but not the consistent rattle of a fan? These are all experiences I have read about - and not just examples, so... it's kind of rude that you're saying he didn't have it.

 

There are totally separate forms of hyperacusis they have no pathologies in common.

It was Jastreboff who lacked any critical thinking skills and put them all together, and now the field has two decades worth of catching up to do.

 

There are still sounds that get me. I can go to a concert but truck brakes really aggravate me.

When I get a tinnitus spike, on the last day my ears get sensitive. It usually lasts a day.

I also didn't say that when you're in the pits of a hyperacusis battle that you should be going out to very loud places. I took a year off from everything loud before SLOWLY reintroducing life. What I wrote was

This means that resuming life hasn't hurt my recovery. Nothing more.

Also, I saw a shrink that specialized in tinnitus and hyperacusis and he told me MOST hyperacusis goes away. I personally know a pro DJ that have recovered. I personally know a producer that has recovered. I have recovered. Neil Young recovered. Andy Timmons recovered. Countless people have. And so can you.

 

I've had my hyperacusis for over 20 years now, and it doesn't go away. For most of that entire time, I didn't even think to protect my ears, so my hyperacusis not getting better is not from overprotection. But I did avoid loud events, because exposing myself to loud sounds could at times literally "shatter" my system for up to several days, leaving me wishing I could just die.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying I have real hyperacusis and you don't. Just saying that for probably a fairly small minority like myself, the prospect of ever going to any kind of loud event is really pretty much out of the question. Unless I'm willing to suffer disporportionately for it--which I don't. But everyone person has to test the waters for themselves to see what they can handle and what they can't. And if they can safely handle something they enjoy enormously, then I say go for it! -- Best...

 

pain or loudness hyperacusis?

There is no such thing as just hyperacusis, but rather several medical conditions caused by noise injury merged together thanks to audiologist not having critical thinking skills.

 

By shatter your system do you mean it left you feeling strange , or out of it , I noticed whenever I would be exposed to louder sounds I would become emotionally out of whack and feel strange for the next couple of days .

 

As in when the truck drives by and hits brakes my ears feel shitty and I get the urge to "protect my neck", shoulders up, etc. Hands over ears. I often walk around with earplugs in in Manhattan for this reason.

As to the end of a spike? My ears just ache and and are generally sensitive, and I tend to just let them recover those days. TV low volume and stay at home type of day.

 

I dont really think there is anyone with hyperacusis who can bear the noise of a plane engine nearby. That's the very definition of the sound a person with true hyperacusis cannot bear, the sound will literally feel like is going through you. Same for concerts or power tools. Saying that someone with true hyperacusis can use a power saw or attend a concert wearing earplugs is just a nonsense.