So its been 6 weeks since my tinnitus started. There are bad and good days. I spend a lot of time reading about it and educating myself as much as i can. Understanding what is going on makes me feel better. I am still bothered by the fact that it happened and i still don't know why? Was it music , was it dental work, I wish i could tap in to my brain to find that out. Makes me so angry that i did it to myself. Anyway, my question is about hyperacusis. What I am noticing is that high pitch sounds aggravate my tinnitus to the point that it sounds like broken speaker at its highest volume not being able to keep up and therefore making distorted sound. I feel like i have a broken speaker in my head. Does any of you feel that? Also, what is interesting is that i can wake up with very light tinnitus and only touching the keys and sound of it activates the tinnitus like a switch. Another thing that happens to me is at times when i cover my ears with my hands there is no ringing, so i start to listen for it and it gets activated. But i can only activated not the other way. If tinnitus can be activated and deactivated all the time what is actually happening. Is this hair damage or something else? Is the side effect of the hair damage always a hearing problem which i don't have?