Poll: Was Your Tinnitus LOUDER at Onset Than It Is Now?

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if tinnitus is always loud or loudest at the onset in the first YEAR.

Many people out there live fine with mild or moderate tinnitus (moderate being harder). I am wondering if that’s because they went through the hardest times at the beginning and tinnitus almost always gets quieter and quieter as time goes on (assuming proper hearing protection / no more acoustic traumas)?

In your experience did your tinnitus fade significantly after the first 3-6 months up to 1 year or even 2 years?

I have also added a poll.

Thanks.

 

For me it was way louder last year and it started to get lower last month, mostly at night when I lay in bed in complete silence.

 

My tinnitus was the same tone for the first 8 months. At about the 8 month mark it began to cycle with a mild days interspersed with loud days. Every month since it seems to be going higher in frequency as well. The mild days are becoming a little more frequent too. When it first started I could hear it over everything except the shower or water running in the sink. On my really mild days now I can only hear it in a quiet room. I hope this is all a step in the right direction for me. My t also has a thinner sound, and it's more in my affected ear. When it started it was a loud ringing sound filling my head. Now it's more of a buzzing, and sometimes a high frequency hiss. I have a 6 month follow-up with my ent today. Not feeling very positive, but I'm trying to see the bright side. Definitely better than a year ago.

 

2 years in - has stayed the same.

EDIT: Wait.....my tinnitus is actually worse then when it started. It started in my left ear only and about 75% of the volume it is now, where it is also in both ears. The change happened 3-4 days after onset though.

 

Hopefully Neuromod helps us.

 

.......If that thing ever becomes something us sufferers can get our actual hands on. I am seriously starting to doubt.

 

Nah they will release it sometime this summer I’m pretty sure.

 

10 years in and I’d say the volume of my baseline tinnitus has stayed the same but I’ve acquired more tones over the years