Has Anyone Here with Hair-Trigger Reactive Tinnitus Had Dental Procedures Done?

My T spikes for three days after a door is slammed near me. It spikes for the remained of a day after I hear a foot stomp on a carpeted floor. It is very sensitive. I am terrified of my upcoming dental appointment.

I know I asked this before and many people said that they had no problems after a dental appointment. But are there any people here who have T that can be triggered to result in a spike as easily as my T, who had no permanent spikes following a dental procedure? Please share your experiences... Thank you!

 

Hi Bill, I am lucky enough to have not visited the dentist since being inflicted with T (2.5 years), but I want to ask you a question.

I am in no way demeaning your experience, as I have read of others with extreme sound sensitivity and I know it is a real thing. But being as you're a relative newcomer to T, I want to know about the initial story of your onset and what you have done since then to mitigate the effects of T. I am wondering if the reactivity of your T isn't caused by you isolating yourself from any potential "sound threat". I know that every persons T is different and there are people who developed reactive T NOT as a result of avoiding sound, but quite the opposite. They were careless and exposed themselves to even more sound or ototoxic medications AFTER the initial T onset.

 

To make a long story short, a sonic toothbrush came into contact with the opening of my ear canal for a fraction of a second. Then, four months later, I accidentally pressed a loud phone to my bad ear for a second or two, and that (something that a healthy person would not even notice) had erased much of the progress I made up to that time.

I didn't go on a trip to Alaska that I booked before the nightmare had began. I was able to work from home for most of this time. At home, I am able to listen to video and audio files played at medium volume, with no problems. I wouldn't say that my actions caused H. Initially, I had H. I believe I no longer have H. When I am outside of my home, I make sure to wear earplugs or Peltor muffs.

 

I had HBOT treatments done (only 5 sessions). I also take NAC, B12, and Magnesium. At night, play crickets sounds (at relatively low volume) to provide sound enrichment.

 

Ok, I would agree. It doesn't sound like anything you are doing is causing/has caused your H. I hope someone here can give you some guidance regarding your upcoming dentist visit.

 

How loud is your home? Do you always wear ear protection outside, even if you're going for a walk around your neighborhood?

I'm just wondering if you're regularly exposing your ears to safe volume levels in the 60s and 70s.

 

I spent months looking for the quietest home I could find. It is pretty quiet. The moderate volume of my video files is probably in the 60-70 dB range...

 

I too was very afraid of the dentist and had to have a wisdom tooth pulled very early after I got T ON THE SAME SIDE AND IT WAS THE UPPER TOOTH. I thought I was done for. All good nothing happened and since then I have had cavities done and nothing. I can't speak for the hearing sensitivity part though.

 

Thank you for sharing your experience! I feel a little better.

Have you ever had spikes as a result of loud noises? If so, what were the noises?