Have You Experienced a Permanent Tinnitus Spike After Flying?

Have you (or someone you read about on this forum) experienced a permanent T spike after being on a plane? I am hoping to find out whether there is anyone out there who wore ear plugs with Peltor muffs or noise-cancelling headphones on a plane, and still got a permanent T spike.

I am also interested whether people got permanent spikes after road trips (being inside of a car for many hours per day for a week or two). I am trying to decide whether or not to cancel an upcoming trip that I booked days before my acoustic trauma...

Thank you.

 

@Bill Bauer I can say personally i haven't had a permanent spike for either traveling on a plan or in car, but i had spikes that could be there for a few days at longest. Around the muffs and headphones, i hope another member can help you answer that question.

To the question if you should cancel your normal routine just because of your T, i say don't (if it's not affecting you in that way you feel, you can't function under the trip). Go enjoy yourself as the best you can it will give you more back and also keep your mind off focusing on the sounds.

Wish you the best!
/F

 

No. I've flown 2-3 dozen times since my T got worse, and it's never even caused a temporary spike.

I do tend to wear eaplugs from takeoff to landing.

 

Does anyone feel that the rate of their recovery had slowed, following flying or being on a road trip? Is there anyone whose recovery seemed to have stopped following flying or being on a road trip? Have you read about this happening on this forum?

 

I've read a few stories over the years of people who think their tinnitus was caused or worsened by flying or driving -- but I've also seen a few stories of people who think their tinnitus was caused by the CIA beaming microwaves through their walls.

 

I should have been more clear. I plan to wear Peltor muffs or noise cancelling headphones in the plane and in the car during a road trip. Has anyone done that and lived to regret it?

 

not that I know of.

 

No, I have not. I've been on at least 24 flights since I got tinnitus and hyperacusis. I have had a few temporary spikes, but nothing permanent. I went on a single 1 hour flight without ear protection and had a temporary spike that went away in a day or so. I take my X5A earmuffs with me every time now.

 

Hi!
How was your flight? I am about to have long distance travel and started wondering should I take the risk (2,5h flight) or go with a Bus and spend 20h on the road.

 

Flying seems ok.

 

No. I fly every 3 weeks. I use Bose NC.

 

Why would a road trip hurt your ears?

 

I see there is no reply, so i’m going to take a wild stab in the dark and say ... ‘road noise’ !!

 

I had a chance to drive this summer (to get my HBOT treatments). Peltor muffs and ear plugs or Bose noise-cancelling headphones and earplugs worked well. I didn't get a spike afterwards.

 

You were probably fine without those.

 

Hey,

I have tinnitus for over a month now, I had it after a fly from Canada to Belgium and I wore a headphone with noice cancellation. I have been to the doctor and he found that I don’t have hearing damage...