Newbie with Some Questions...

Hi everyone,

So my tinnitus journey began about 10 days ago. I don't want to bore people with all of my history, but I am a 45 year old male have had relatively mild tinnitus at 3khz in my right ear only for about the last 10 days. (I think it might have been related to a loud concert about 5 months ago, and maybe also to a single generic viagra pill I took, but I'm not sure). I went and got an audiogram which shows 40db of hearing loss at 3khz. Also, my ears generally seem sensitive to loud noise (this has been true for most of the last year).

I took a brief course of prednisone but the doctor said it probably wouldn't do anything. (He basically didn't have any particular recommendation, as one might expect.) Also taking b complex for tinnitus, magnesium, and zinc. I am not really expecting any of this to help.

Anyway, my question is this -- the ENT I saw said that it is hard to discern whether or not I have permanent hearing loss at 3 khz, or if the tinnitus goes away whether I might get the hearing back. I am curious if anyone else has hearing loss at one specific frequency, the one with tinnitus, and if the hearing has ever returned. If it has I am curious what sort of time range people have experienced. I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that this is just my state now, but I am also wondering whether it is reasonable to hold any hope of the hearing returning. The tinnitus itself seems to be lessing a little bit so far and I hope I can just deal with it.

Of course I also wonder if more terrible things are going to happen to my ears and if there is anything I can do to stop it.

Thanks everyone!

 

There's no defined period of time, but I believe if your T aren't gone in one month, you better use to it. What can you do to avoid getting worse? If you T it's noise trauma related, avoid loud noises like concerts, sirens, fireworks, horns etc. Other things can cause T, not just noise, but also stress, backbone problems, jaw problems and so on.

 

Well... its only considered permanent after 6 months.