- Jul 28, 2018
- 164
- 23
- Tinnitus Since
- 06/2018
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Loud Music, Concert, Bad Luck
Hello everyone.
I am 16 years old, and I have some interesting things going on with my tinnitus. It all started 5 weeks ago, after I went to a concert. I was in the 5th row or so, and it was at least 110 decibels. I was going to wear earplugs, but people said you'll be fine. Big mistake. After the concert, I had muddled hearing, which went away after an hour or so. That night, I noticed ringing in both of my ears, and was very worried about it. I saw these horror stories about it never going away.
The next morning, the original tone was gone, and a high pitched tone was in both ears. Generally, I could only hear it if it was quiet. I continued to worry about it until I got some prednisone from my ENT. My ENT is better than most other ones, and told me that it would go down if I don't worry about it, although it could take a long time. I was relieved from this, but I flew recently and started to worry about if my music helped to start it. I listened to earbuds and noise cancelling headphones at somewhat high, but not absurd levels throughout the day, from January 2017 in although I would give my ears a break every hour or two. The most I have gone up with my earbuds is 70-75 percent, and 55-60 percent with my Beats Solo 3. I continued it listen to earbuds at 40 percent volume tops, but now,I frequently go down to 25-30 percent or less. Now, I am listening through speakers more frequently. I continued to worry about it through my vacation, and got a few minor spikes which made it hard to sleep. Stress in particular makes it louder. This is when I also noticed my hyperacusis kicking in. Some people had a distorted sound to their voice, and I would wince at a sudden loud sound. It probably didn't help that I was exposed to 85-90 decibel sounds for 2-3 hours at a time on a couple days.
I went to summer camp, which kept my mind of it for a week or so, although hyperacusis was bothering me. One of my camp mates spoke and laughed really loud, on the order of 95-100 decibels, and this became painful after repeated exposure. I then went into a downward spiral of stress, thinking that this could be permanent. Shortly after I got home, my ENT gave me some more medicine which reduced the volume of the tinnitus.
Today, I am doing better, although I am still stressed about tinnitus and hyperacusis. The tinnitus is probably at a 2 right now, and is generally only audible if the ambient sound is above 50 decibels. H is a problem, and manifests itself when my dogs bark. I measured my bigger dog bark at 107 decibels. I'd say 85-90 dB is my wince threshold for now. As far as hearing goes, even though I haven't gone to an audiologist just yet, I have "tested" my hearing with a couple apps. One tested my ability to hear 250, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 hertz. I could hear all these frequencies below 0 decibels, even the noise notch 4000 hertz. The other app tested my hearing age. These tones were about 50 decibels. From 6000-10000 hertz, there is no problem. There is a slight dip (5-10 decibels) between 10000-14000. Another drop occurs at 15000. 16000 is quite soft. At 17000, I can't hear out of my right ear. At 17500, I can barely hear out of my left ear, and at 18000, I can't hear anything. As for my tinnitus itself, it's almost just like a head noise now. It spiked up a little bit earlier from stress, but these tend to go down in a few hours or the next morning.
There are still some things I am wondering. How can one concert do this to me? I have never experienced tinnitus before, even after going to sporting events and listening to music for a few hours at a time, and I almost never had muffler hearing. As for hyperacusis, I've always had it to some extent. But the concert made it much worse, although I am doing a little better now. How can my friends that are in marching band with 250 members that plays for 10 hours a day during summer, and all those practices during school, and doing this for 3 years not get tinnitus and/or hyperacusis without earplugs? Same applies to kids who blast music at full volume. One of my friends is his mid 30s, has been to hundreds of concerts and played in Heavy Metal bands since he was 16, all without earbuds, and he can hear up to 16000 hertz, hear 4000 hertz up to 15 decibels, and does not have tinnitus? How can that be? I do have pretty bad anxiety disorder, and I am very stressed out during school, trying to make the grade. Did this make more susceptible to damage, and will it last forever if I worry about it constantly? In the short term, I'm very worried my constant anxiety and stress will make bigger spikes in school because of the constant stress. I can control the T with my jaw, which makes it louder in the left ear. When I yawn, the original tone comes back for a few seconds until I relax my mouth, and accompanied by a thump when it stops. When I swallow or sometimes yawn, my ear crackles, sometimes they pop. The main tinnitus ear will switch from time to time, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes just pure "head noise". Is this normal? I use pink noise and a fan to help me sleep and heal. I sleep on my side. Does sleeping on my side give the ear in the pillow no time to recover or "reset" it's progress? Finally, Is there any chance of tinnitus and hyperacusis going away completely? Any advice would be appreciated @Bill Bauer, @fishbone, and @Contrast.
I am 16 years old, and I have some interesting things going on with my tinnitus. It all started 5 weeks ago, after I went to a concert. I was in the 5th row or so, and it was at least 110 decibels. I was going to wear earplugs, but people said you'll be fine. Big mistake. After the concert, I had muddled hearing, which went away after an hour or so. That night, I noticed ringing in both of my ears, and was very worried about it. I saw these horror stories about it never going away.
The next morning, the original tone was gone, and a high pitched tone was in both ears. Generally, I could only hear it if it was quiet. I continued to worry about it until I got some prednisone from my ENT. My ENT is better than most other ones, and told me that it would go down if I don't worry about it, although it could take a long time. I was relieved from this, but I flew recently and started to worry about if my music helped to start it. I listened to earbuds and noise cancelling headphones at somewhat high, but not absurd levels throughout the day, from January 2017 in although I would give my ears a break every hour or two. The most I have gone up with my earbuds is 70-75 percent, and 55-60 percent with my Beats Solo 3. I continued it listen to earbuds at 40 percent volume tops, but now,I frequently go down to 25-30 percent or less. Now, I am listening through speakers more frequently. I continued to worry about it through my vacation, and got a few minor spikes which made it hard to sleep. Stress in particular makes it louder. This is when I also noticed my hyperacusis kicking in. Some people had a distorted sound to their voice, and I would wince at a sudden loud sound. It probably didn't help that I was exposed to 85-90 decibel sounds for 2-3 hours at a time on a couple days.
I went to summer camp, which kept my mind of it for a week or so, although hyperacusis was bothering me. One of my camp mates spoke and laughed really loud, on the order of 95-100 decibels, and this became painful after repeated exposure. I then went into a downward spiral of stress, thinking that this could be permanent. Shortly after I got home, my ENT gave me some more medicine which reduced the volume of the tinnitus.
Today, I am doing better, although I am still stressed about tinnitus and hyperacusis. The tinnitus is probably at a 2 right now, and is generally only audible if the ambient sound is above 50 decibels. H is a problem, and manifests itself when my dogs bark. I measured my bigger dog bark at 107 decibels. I'd say 85-90 dB is my wince threshold for now. As far as hearing goes, even though I haven't gone to an audiologist just yet, I have "tested" my hearing with a couple apps. One tested my ability to hear 250, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 hertz. I could hear all these frequencies below 0 decibels, even the noise notch 4000 hertz. The other app tested my hearing age. These tones were about 50 decibels. From 6000-10000 hertz, there is no problem. There is a slight dip (5-10 decibels) between 10000-14000. Another drop occurs at 15000. 16000 is quite soft. At 17000, I can't hear out of my right ear. At 17500, I can barely hear out of my left ear, and at 18000, I can't hear anything. As for my tinnitus itself, it's almost just like a head noise now. It spiked up a little bit earlier from stress, but these tend to go down in a few hours or the next morning.
There are still some things I am wondering. How can one concert do this to me? I have never experienced tinnitus before, even after going to sporting events and listening to music for a few hours at a time, and I almost never had muffler hearing. As for hyperacusis, I've always had it to some extent. But the concert made it much worse, although I am doing a little better now. How can my friends that are in marching band with 250 members that plays for 10 hours a day during summer, and all those practices during school, and doing this for 3 years not get tinnitus and/or hyperacusis without earplugs? Same applies to kids who blast music at full volume. One of my friends is his mid 30s, has been to hundreds of concerts and played in Heavy Metal bands since he was 16, all without earbuds, and he can hear up to 16000 hertz, hear 4000 hertz up to 15 decibels, and does not have tinnitus? How can that be? I do have pretty bad anxiety disorder, and I am very stressed out during school, trying to make the grade. Did this make more susceptible to damage, and will it last forever if I worry about it constantly? In the short term, I'm very worried my constant anxiety and stress will make bigger spikes in school because of the constant stress. I can control the T with my jaw, which makes it louder in the left ear. When I yawn, the original tone comes back for a few seconds until I relax my mouth, and accompanied by a thump when it stops. When I swallow or sometimes yawn, my ear crackles, sometimes they pop. The main tinnitus ear will switch from time to time, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes just pure "head noise". Is this normal? I use pink noise and a fan to help me sleep and heal. I sleep on my side. Does sleeping on my side give the ear in the pillow no time to recover or "reset" it's progress? Finally, Is there any chance of tinnitus and hyperacusis going away completely? Any advice would be appreciated @Bill Bauer, @fishbone, and @Contrast.
. I attend a large school with 3500-4000 kids. The lunchroom and hallways can easily get to 80-85 decibels. Similar problem with car and bus rides. Can't wait for a true cure that will enable our ears to become more durable (will always protect them though
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