- Sep 2, 2019
- 3
- Tinnitus Since
- 03/2019
- Cause of Tinnitus
- Phone call in speaker mode
It all started in March 5th of this year. I was talking with my best friend in speaker mode and then I raised my phone to my ear thinking I turned off the speaker mode when suddenly her voice hurt my ear. Next months with tinnitus and hyperacusis were really bad, I lost all confidence in myself for being so stupid for doing that thing with the phone. Hyperacusis lasted for 3 months and tinnitus went down also (not to a full extent), but I still get ear fullness that bothers me every single day.
My mistake was buying a Motorola G6 that has the loudspeaker and ear speaker in the same place above the screen. I was going to buy a Samsung but for some reason I ended buying the Moto G6. I don't know if this happened for being so clumsy or in automatic mode (I was really stressed those days because of my dissertation thesis and many other things that you can feel when living in a communist country like Venezuela)
I mean I don't even listen to loud music with headphones, I also don't go to clubs or concerts maybe once per year. My hearing test indicate that my hearing is perfect but I know that is not true. Seriously, this is the worst thing that ever happened to me... I thought that being cheated on, failing a college semester or crashing my car with a truck (only got a bruise in my forehead) were the the worst but now I know those where circumstantial things. I don't even wanna take more risks going to a concert or going to a party and that's really sad. I remember my last concert four years ago I went to see jamiroquai but I was in the back drinking some whisky and enjoying the music with friends I feel I can't do that anymore because of the fear of ruining my hearing further.
All because I bought the wrong phone.
My mistake was buying a Motorola G6 that has the loudspeaker and ear speaker in the same place above the screen. I was going to buy a Samsung but for some reason I ended buying the Moto G6. I don't know if this happened for being so clumsy or in automatic mode (I was really stressed those days because of my dissertation thesis and many other things that you can feel when living in a communist country like Venezuela)
I mean I don't even listen to loud music with headphones, I also don't go to clubs or concerts maybe once per year. My hearing test indicate that my hearing is perfect but I know that is not true. Seriously, this is the worst thing that ever happened to me... I thought that being cheated on, failing a college semester or crashing my car with a truck (only got a bruise in my forehead) were the the worst but now I know those where circumstantial things. I don't even wanna take more risks going to a concert or going to a party and that's really sad. I remember my last concert four years ago I went to see jamiroquai but I was in the back drinking some whisky and enjoying the music with friends I feel I can't do that anymore because of the fear of ruining my hearing further.
All because I bought the wrong phone.