I Was Exposed to an Alarm...

Well tbh it was more of a beep from an alarm, I clicked a button and it made a very loud beep in the house...

To be honest I don't think a second of a loud beep will cause damage or a spike...

But what do you guys think?

I also knew that by clicking that button it will make a loud sound... for a moment I forgot I had tinnitus.

I hate/love getting used or habituating to tinnitus because I start to become more careless about sounds and protecting my ears....

Do you think it will spike my t or make it worse?

 

It sounds like you were exposed only to a loud but short-lived noise. You should be fine. Your tinnitus may or may not spike a little (I doubt it. If it was going to spike, it would have done it by now; depending on how long ago the incident was) but it'll come back down. No reason to worry about it!

 

At work they test the alarms every week but it always catches me off guard. But its fine and it doesn't affect me.

 

Won't do anything, really.. Anxiety is the problem in your case

 

I'm Sure you will be fine so don't worry
..lots of love glynis

 

I think that spending time wondering about whether or not an alarm caused a spike is more likely to cause a spike than the alarm is.

 

Hi @glynis.

I always find your opinion of great value, so, in the line of the OP story here I tell you what happened to me recently:

A few days ago one of those movement detectors at the entrance of a shop sounded several times next to me while people were coming through the door. That deeee daaaa[/I ]sound was ridiculously loud and high pitched. So much it bothered some other customers' ears. It sounded five or six times, I plugged my ears for some of them, and then I decided to leave the place. It was a painful sound. I've been on a LOUD and NASTY spike since then. I take sudden loud and high pitched sounds are the worst thing you can do to your ears.

Do you think this could remain as a permanent worsened form of my tinnitus?

Thanks.