Hey, I've always had tinnitus for as long as I can remember but it's never bothered me. I asked my parents about it when I was a kid and they indicated that it was normal.
I went to the outdoor shooting range about 2 weeks ago and was wearing 33db ear plugs and was wearing them properly. I shot someone else's rifle with a muzzle break and I got some temporary tinnitus in my right ear from one of the 3 shots. It lasted a minute or so. I always use hearing protection (even when going to concerts) so I was surprised to have some ringing while wearing ear protection.
Everything seemed to go back to normal (I was actually in the recording studio that week and didn't notice a thing.
A few days later (maybe like 4) I I became paranoid that I damaged my ear. I started noticing a fullness in it and I think maybe there's a slightly higher level of tinnitus in the right ear now. I do notice sometimes tinnitus in that ear when the TV gets loud. I'm not sure if it's always been this way and I just started noticing it because of that scare with the rifle or if that actually did something to my ear.
I think it's gotten better though I'm not sure. Could this be a temporary thing?
I have OCD so I wonder if it's just my brain all of a sudden making more out of something that has always been there.
I went to the outdoor shooting range about 2 weeks ago and was wearing 33db ear plugs and was wearing them properly. I shot someone else's rifle with a muzzle break and I got some temporary tinnitus in my right ear from one of the 3 shots. It lasted a minute or so. I always use hearing protection (even when going to concerts) so I was surprised to have some ringing while wearing ear protection.
Everything seemed to go back to normal (I was actually in the recording studio that week and didn't notice a thing.
A few days later (maybe like 4) I I became paranoid that I damaged my ear. I started noticing a fullness in it and I think maybe there's a slightly higher level of tinnitus in the right ear now. I do notice sometimes tinnitus in that ear when the TV gets loud. I'm not sure if it's always been this way and I just started noticing it because of that scare with the rifle or if that actually did something to my ear.
I think it's gotten better though I'm not sure. Could this be a temporary thing?
I have OCD so I wonder if it's just my brain all of a sudden making more out of something that has always been there.
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