Lond nouise hope it's not permanent

[fatman1o1]

my tinnitus one month oldHello I made a big mistake on the weekend I live in Leeds and my house is opposite the Caribbean carnival concert I was staying at a friends house to avoid the noise but forgot some clothes so like a dumbass I went back to get them The noise was so loud I was too scared to walk down my street so I went two blocks away put my ear plugs in and run to my house then I put on my ear muffs on stay there for about 30 mins think in the walls and the muffs will protect me big mistake now I'm having a big incase im t

[ShakeelaBTA]

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Kind regards

[Jeepster76]

Hi, it sounds like you took very sensible precautions so don’t beat yourself up. Try to not focus on the T and keep background noise around you at all times. I was advised by my audiologist that the more you “listen” to your T and the more anxious you feel about it then the more prominent it will seem, even if technically you haven’t made it worse and it sounds like you protected your ears really well the other day. I am using in ear devices during the day to mimic my T, with the idea being to desensitise my brain to it, it is not a cheap treatment as I had to go private via the Tinnitus Clinic in London, but something you might want to look at (which I also use overnight) is an app called “Starkey Relax” on the App Store, it does a similar thing (although it won’t be as tailored), by playing noise overnight and you can program it to find the correct frequency for your T, with some white noise mixed in so it doesn’t become too annoying. The only thing is that you don’t want to use in ear headphones while you sleep, so you might want to just sleep near your phone speaker or find some “sleep phones”, which are basically like a headband with speaker pads in them.

I hope this is of some use, try not to worry.

God bless, John.

[fatman1o1 in reply to Jeepster76]

Yh hopefully it pass but it's been a week already

[Joeb17]

Hi both ears 24/7 over 5 years the last year or so have found some sounds spike my T even when I am coping with it when out wear ear plugs as now I find my hearing aids that I have because I an partly deaf to children and women’s voices that sort of sound the hearing aids amplify those sound and this spikes my T even wear earplugs when washing up as as the sound of crockery clanging together spikes my T I would rather be partly deaf then my T spiking

[Whine]

Sounds like a bad experience.

Come along and discuss:- First get together -- Leeds Tinnitus Support Group -- Friday 8th November -- John Lewis community room. We look forward to sharing knowledge and experiences.

[fatman1o1 in reply to Whine]

yes sounds good i ring bta and they said there setting one up want time?

[Whine]

C U on the 8th November???

[fatman1o1]

yes

[deltec]

Hi u doing good to day