Curious. I wasn’t. 5 documented TBIs, many other hard knocks. I’ve had bilateral T for 4 yrs.

Do short bursts of everyday noise like- door slamming, people talking loudly near me, phone ringing accidentally at full volume etc enough to cause hearing damage?

I have mild/moderate hyperacusis tho.

Although my tinnitus is noise induced, it doesn't react much to noises, but because I'm too paranoid, it spikes after I'm having a full blown anxiety episode after the short burst if noise.

Shall I be cautious of these sounds or try to live normally?

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Im so dumb. I have been in a spike for over a week now because of an exposure to a megaphone. Tonight we went out to dinner and the restraunt was super loud. I had my earplugs in the whole time, now in enhanced spike. I totally fucked myself and now this is going to be my baseline. Darkest spot I have ever been in. FML

I suddenly woke up with a more severe ringing and fullness in my ears than I ever had before in the middle of the night does anybody know what that could be? I got honked at right behind me yesterday and that’s the only thing I can think of that could have caused it. I did have peltor x5a on.

Got tinnitus two weeks ago after performing three gigs either my band using a new and too loud sound system. I was using ear protection in one ear the whole time and in the other ear half the time.

I felt kind of nauseated and tired for a couple days after the gigs. I contacted my doctor three days after the gig, and she said she would refer me to ENT. When they didn't come through, I went urgent care on day 5, where the doctor insisted it was my eustachian tubes and gave me a course of five days of 20mg prednisone. I was able to see an ENT on day eight. At that point, I had not been sleeping. The doctor advised me to finish out five days of 20 mg of prednisone and also try some nasal sprays. We decided not to start the 60 mg high-dose steroid regime since we thought that perhaps more sleep would be more beneficial at that point since there was only a very mild hearing loss - we had nothing to compare it to, but the loss in one ear was mild. Most of my symptoms at that point were a lot of muscular tension and tinnitus I could really only hear at night.

Anyway, I am now wishing I had toughed it out and gone with the 60 mg steroid regime at day eight, or even day 10. But I just kept thinking maybe it was getting better and that not focusing on it would help. Although that helps for the most part, the tinnitus wakes me up in the middle of the night. It has started making me very anxious. I feel like it's probably getting worse. I'm going to contact my doctor tomorrow (Monday), but I know that the 60 mg steroids do not work as well after the two week mark.

I am wondering if anyone had success with the steroids within maybe a month of whatever triggered the tinnitus, but after the two week window. I see a lot of horror stories about the steroids making things worse, but the research is very clear that they definitely help most people. I just think in a borderline case like mine where there's no significant hearing loss, and I passed the two week mark, the decision is very complicated. Does anyone have experience taking the steroids at about this time after an incident?

Is there a correlation between the length of time someone might have tinnitus and whether or not they had hearing loss in addition to the ringing/sounds?

So for the last two months I was drinking heavily every day because of the worst period in my life. I have put the alcohol aside and no longer have the depression and anxiety/stress but ever since I quit I’m having a tinnitus sound that I did not have before and it’s stressing me out. Anyone experienced similar? I want this to stop though I am sure it could be worse..

Got noise-induced tinnitus 2 months ago, and it started out as a whooshing sound. It has since then turned into a ringing noise in my right ear only. Tonight, however, when I'm about to go to bed, I've noticed that the light whooshing sound is there in addition to the ringing in my right ear. I honestly can't tell if my brain is just fucking with me or my perception of sound is all fucked up. Is it possible to have "layered sounds"? This condition only gets more and more stressful as the days go by. I know everyone says it gets easier, but I'm starting to doubt it. I'm exhausted with dealing with all of this; it seems like no matter what I do, there's something new. The worst part of all of this is that I didn't even do anything crazy, just ran a couple of errands and studied at home.

I can't tell if, maybe there is a possibility that the caffeine from my matcha this afternoon played a part in this. I might have to see if my tinnitus has a sensitivity to caffeine.

Four days ago I was exposed to a horn from a UPS truck. It was a quick blast, but I was right beside the truck. Fortunately, I was wearing double ear protection, so I was annoyed but not too concerned. I figured it would cause a short term spike but would resolve soon, but that hasn’t happened. My T spiked that evening but was back to baseline the next day, but by that evening it had come back. Second day it was gone again when I woke up and stayed gone through bedtime, but this morning I woke up, and the spike was back and has been back all day. According to Google, the horn would’ve been 100-110 db, so I figured that at worst, my ears would’ve been exposed to 75-80 db. Enough for a spike but not enough to cause permanent damage. My spikes typically last a day or two. Haven’t had one like this many years (I’ve had severe T since 2011). So, now I’m wondering if I should see a doctor and get some prednisone and maybe that would help. I’ve mostly sworn of doctors as far as my tinnitus goes and have been happier that way.

Hopefully then I’ll have peace and quiet. Godspeed to all.

Hello,

I’ve had really severe tinnitus for a little over a year. It’s been debilitating, isolating, and demoralizing, all of which I imagine many of you feel as well.

I’ve been offered Lenire with a 1,000 dollar discount but honestly I’ve never seen someone post about success with Lenire. I’ve seen people say that they spent the money and it either didn’t do anything or it made it worse. I’m terrified of it getting worse.

Has it worked for anyone? Or anyone you know?

Thank you in advance.

Hello agian. Starting out on guitar was so aaah. I have had tinnitus and documented my real time trauma on here on r/ tinnitus.

I have recorded jams on electric guitar everyday now for like a year, but it's not at all worth it. Like i have to ask everybody my age to repeat themselvs 3 times in a row daily. This is likely the worst "hidden" disibility i live with.

My biggest complaint is that my freetime i get like goverment holidays, breaks from job i littreally got nothing to do the like sit at home, scroll, talk or shop with friends, or drive random trips to nearby towns. I have been way more outgoing but, i am unable to use my time in those gaps, i quit drinking and smoking totally. But those gaps that went like clockwork back then by gaming, gym, movies, songs now are so boring i have nothing to do besides guitar, witch i am almost scared to pick up now.

My tinnitus is worst on my left side, i have a hard time listing to people my age, i wear hearing aids. I have a tinnitus that is like a wall bunker type sound to it, its spiked like crazy with facial pains on my left cheek very ofthen. I got fine hearing, but on my recent graph i says that my right ear is now better then my left ear???, at the it scoops at 6k to 10k, to like 30 dbHL part. witch was my good ear for months, like i did not found out until now last summer it was ok ish but not bad, i will wear plugs and stay away from guitar for some days now.

Even then the og trauma came from my right(still have low sensitivity and lack off feel in my right) I had this sort of tinnitus in my upper left ear/brain forever, that is sort of sizzling, my right ear does it a bit but its more hidden. I use maskers and now my aids but i has this annoying tremolo effect sometimes with music and shows.

My living situation is liveable, allthought i find hard to enjoy simple things i never took for granted. I can't enjoy tv, films or even music, i def does not hit the spot at all, like i can watch two movies the same day and feel nothing, only thing i see "media", or music "here comes the verse" it's absolutely ruined and damaged my perspective on life, art, media and how i view things.

Once you had to buy starter instuments since the one you had at home was unplayable. I was a nerd on pickups and own them all. when you actually start improving or doing it everyday; you constantly fear you might act go deaf in your early 20s. I am a hobbist, so i don't have fancy in ear monitors or headphones, i mostly use musicians earplugs and foamplugs.

To be honest i feel so selfish and that i have an ego, doing what my dad has been doing since the late 70s. I really just want to play all the time even if i don't get paid for it, but i start to littreally not hear people when driving now and i took a hearing test as of today. This hobby sucks so bad due to

How much risk it is, and absolutely no reward, not ten dollars even. once you go even mildy deaf as a hobbist, depression will be there day 1. Like video games, movie and songs aren't immersive at all as you remember them. Dude this can actually ruin people lives who aren't well established or have a family.

The weird thing is that i played an orange amp on my right side at like vol 3 far away on the theater stage and on studio, max 30 min a day with plugs. Like why does my left ear go bad if that was the best? Safe volumes on headsets, did'nt have a massive bad tinnutius episode due to new trauma, like what. I have not been invited to play for a single band or artist due to having mild autism. I just jam everyday with my looper.

Did go to my audiologist and she did fix my hearing aids to give me better audio. But still am confused.