I’m 32, I’ve had tinnitus since. Was 18 and hyperacusis for the past couple of years, the last year has become more extreme and now I basically live in ear plugs when I’m eating, out in the street, in a supermarket, basically everywhere I’m not at home in peace and quiet. Every time there is a noise that rumbles the inside of my ear I just feel pure anxiety. I feel like I’m never going to live a life without having to wear ear plugs all the time. I’m currently using -27 db customer moulded ones and to be honest there are times I think I need a bigger reduction. Nice to see at least others are managing to cope with this. I pray for the day I can 🙏🏻
@@swapnilbhat2929 I haven’t actually, you think this would be a good step now? I didn’t have any suggestions for this before from the specialists I was seeing. Thanks for your comment!
CW I have it both too, and frankly has nothing to do w MRI, is just some of us is super sensitive to noise, I live in very wild California it was so crazy loud after covid Wild Wild, now I got tinnitus! just focus on sound therapies and I pray for all of us may lord helps us all 🙏🙏🤲🌈🙌🏻🙏🤲
There needs to be more videos like this out there. I have been dealing with tinnitus for nearly 4 weeks now and have heard nothing but horrific stories which have scared the life out of me and made me stress levels go through the roof.
I started to wear ear plugs to hospitality as my ears were always ringing for hours the following day. Very sad this condition exists. Thanks for sharing
Can't explain how much I needed this video. I knew I recognized your name!! Music was the only thing that ever brought me peace and happiness for most of my life, and last year right as I was ready for another music release I got the big H. Started eating well, my blood pressure is now healthy, I'm getting exercise and more ;D I'm really hopeful and determined to overcome this, and knowing someone who's in a similar field of music as I am was able to overcome their adversity really has me hopeful. Thank you, seriously.
I was on the verge of diabetes. I’m not sure what would be worse, this ear injury or that, but I turned my health around and blood pressure too. Exercise has never been a problem for me, but I look forward to it now with a new perspective. I used to rollerblade for the adrenaline rush down hills, but I can settle for a walk in the park. This injury has re-evaluated how important everything is in life for me, not just music.
i willl defo try that book. I am a tuba player diagnosed with Tinnitus.initially i had severe anxiety and panic disorder. however, I have started using earplugs at every gig and continuing playing in band. thanks for your positivity sir.
If i focus on it i feel it but very little. I used to ignore it and my life is much better now. Try to ignore it and live your life. Try to travel or find new hoppy or buy new thing that take your attention from the hypercuses condition
Thank you for raising the important point - essential really - that this is a mind-body issue. The more we "hate" it or want it to just "get better" or focus in on the symptoms, the harder it is to recover. I know it will take time, but I am following a similar approach as you, and also using various practices to calm down the nervous system, focus on the body (yoga etc.) and staying "willing" to have it. Anxiety and depression are strongly associated in my case and I find the better the mood, or the calmer I am, the less severe the symptoms. Stay positive everyone (and do stay away from bad news, including negative crap on forums or patient discussion groups or reddit etc...).
So glad I found your video. I am a musician also. I have both tinitus and hyperacusis. I am pleased to hear it's a neurological condition. I do meditations and I know one day, I will have relief from this too. Thank you for sharing and reminders to stay calm. I know when I'm agitated and very tired, the tinitus sounds and sensitivity get worse. I also do Qigong. With the combination of both meditation and Qigong, I am confident that one day, I'll heal myself of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
Hi. Sorry for late replies. My tinnitus and hypercusis have not changed. Through AWARENESS based meditation, I change my relationship with 'pain & suffering'. Instead of wishing tinnitus or anything else to be healed, to be gone etc, I ACCEPT what IS!!. By accepting and not constantly fighting the MIND (mind's thoughts, and stories) and just OBSERVING what the mind throws at me and OBSERVE them like sky observing the clouds, storms etc, being AWARE has brought me peace and calm and not wanting to CHANGE this and that, I feel at peace. hence, cortisol level comes down. I feel peace. I can't explain this well. I strongly recommend the pain book by Dr..E Sarno, taking up NON- DUALITY meditations and learn to be in the PRESENT MOMENT.
Many thanks for this. I'm a musician who's tinnitus and hyperacusis has reached a new level after taking some medication. The thought of giving music up is terrible, but you've given me some hope.
You’re incredible and you helped me get out if a really dark spot. I knew that people can habituate to tinnitus but didn’t know that it was the same with hyperacusis. I just can’t believe that people never talk about these conditions. Loud sound is everywhere and depending on your occupation sometimes you can’t escape it. For years I thought that damaging your ears meant that you just lose some frequencies faster as you age. I never knew how easy it is to damage them and develop symptoms like tinnitus or hyperacusis. This needs to be taught in schools from a young age…
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Thank you for this video Tony - I love DNB and have developed tinnitus and ear pain (which might be hyperacusis) and it has been getting me down for many months now. It is great to know that I am not alone in the DNB scene.
Big up for getting over it mate! Sadly I have this kind of issue too (tinnitus about 45dB strong on right ear) with deaf on that ear (about 8% remaining). I was so into dnb djing (playing intro set at beats for love, aspiring to play at LiR) and it all gone by one accident. Cant even properly beatmatch by now :( if you have some clue what I can do with it in czechia, tell me. Doctors here (at least those who I know) cant help me as they say.
I just want to say thank you very much Tony! You are a inspiration and this video gave me the hope I needed to get though this and never give up! Now like you I have recovered after going through the worst time of my life when I got h last September. I am forever grateful to you. God bless you brother...
Loudness hyperacusis and pain hyperacusis (noxacusis) are two different things. Enduring noise when you have pain hyperacusis will only worsen you, potentially to extreme levels (constant 8, 9, or 10/10 nerve pain). This video should not be taken as advice for those who feel lasting physical pain in their ears around noise.
@@tomcarden4753 Loudness hyperacusis is the sensation of things being too loud, where the brain has turned up the gain. Pain hyperacusis is where you feel physical pain in response to noise. Some say both can be desensitized, but pain hyperacusis is less likely to be able to be desensitized. Lingering pain in response to noise is a clear indicator of pain hyperacusis.
Yea I understand this. My pain is still there but there are days where I can’t survive without something normal like talking to friends on Xbox. As you can see I am a gaming page that doesn’t upload anymore, mainly because of hyperacusis. Talking hurts my own ears. And when I do talk loud it better be for a darn good reason. Still can’t eat dinner with my family most nights though, I stay in my room and listen to background noise. Pretty depressing. But most days are easy to work with. I also have sleeping anxiety and less sleep makes it worse, specially tinnitus. This shit really sucks and flips your whole world around.
@@EagleEntity absolutely am, but still don’t eat dinner with my family. They like to have conversations and drop the cutlery. Great way to avoid pending accidents, stay in my room. Not as depressing anymore. I read my Bible. I can also go outside now, unlike before when a light breeze or traffic from a mile away would do me a number. Things are turning around, thanks for the concern. It’s just very slow.
Inspirational I started to hve tinnitus after 3 mnths of covid, now i also have sensitivity to sound especially high pitch. Going to a mall is tough, feels like my brain is filled with different sounds. Theres also pressure inside. Yes, my left ear has it ,i hve no hearing loss thoigh. Again, godbless you for keeping me feel normal inspite of the hopeless nature of this illness.
Mine started as tinnitus in my right ear and it stopped. Then Hyperacusis started. Sensitive to loud sounds, and specific sounds like car engines, running water, clapping and plastic. I noticed it’s triggered when I’m more anxious. When I’m having a great day and happy I don’t notice it. Been when I’m having a bad anxious day it’s debilitating
I am a female bass guitarist from Canada and I Am still wondering how I got cured of tinnitus after using herbal treatment from dr Ogbebor herbal centre RU-vid channel.
Anxiety, stress, sleepless nights, accidental noise, sodium, sugar, processed meats, canned foods, maybe even dairy products. You gotta have a distraction. I play video games but too much of that gives me a headache and makes my tinnitus louder. Perhaps pick up a new skill :) a new quiet skill like painting or drawing or crossword puzzles. Even just temporary distraction works. I have a certain tea to drink to help sleep and lowers tinnitus. It’ll get better, it just takes a lot of time.
Can you enjoy walking trough nature or just seeing some beautiful sights with hyperacusis? Been fighting it for three years now. Can do my job and everything perfectly but I would like to have those beautiful moments back, like sitting in a park and hearing the brids... (Ringing in the ears is not a problem for me anymore)
Listen to therapeutic pink noise if you haven’t found a solution in the already 7 months. It took me about 9 months. Some days will be off but any chance I get I go out and just enjoy the sounds of nature (even though my ear are always ringing and pretty annoying too) . If only I could telepathically message my pets my ears very sensitive.
@@dawnriddler Sometimes it really bothers me too so I resort to a fridge hum or an air conditioner or a flowing stream. I never liked brown noise as I find it to misses the frequencies pink noise has that helped me, but by all means try it. I had a set back recently and pink noise did nothing good. If you have tinnitus too, there are tinnitus maskers or zappers you can listen to. Mine matches 13kHz but that sound also hurts my ears, so it can be pretty stressful trying to use therapy. Knives in your ears is a perfect description for how it feels.
@@geminiamber3552 I'm sorry to hear that, I'd say it depends on the stage your on. The first time it helped me but then after I injured my ear all over again the pain and tinnitus was more severe and pink noise didn't help at all. Find a noise that comforts you and go with it. Honestly I'd say any noise that doesn't hurt you helps you recover. After a few weeks raise the volume of whatever it is that you desire. eventually you'll be able to stand 90 decibels again. I am at 70 with listening to an air conditioner. Funny enough that exact air conditioner the first time really bothered me but now is a comfort.
Did you experience physical pain, though? Not to discount your story -- it's wonderful that you're back to it and I'm extremely happy for you, truly -- but it seems that every success story I've read involves "loudness H," not "pain H." Unfortunately I have latter -- deep, sharp, biting pain in my ears from even the most minor sounds. It's taken years for it to get this bad, though -- at first it was "loudness H" and in hindsight, though I might have called it pain, it was really just "discomfort." Not true, "make it stop" types of pain like I'm feeling now. I'm starting to believe that these two things are actually completely different conditions with different mechanisms -- one being "loudness H" and is often probably actually misophonia, hence why sound therapy and essentially "gritting your teeth and getting on with it" works; the other being "pain H," which the most current research by Paul Fuchs shows is a very rare activation of otherwise dormant pain receptors in the ear.
I beat hyperacusis with constant sound and music played through headphones. It was very challenging but Im 99 percent today. I am also a musician but got hyperacusis by an acoustic trauma playing a loud war like video game with headphones (ironically headphones helped me later on). I never tried making money on my progress . No book deals.
@@stlouie88 yes it seems to when I do it. But to get results Peter Studenik told me you have to be consistent. But my issue is also from a neck injury which I’m getting adjusted doing Atlas Orthogonal which is the original form of chiropractic and I’m seeing results after just 12 weeks of twice a week visits. The T is still there tho but my chiro and others I’ve read about thinks it’ll go eventually. Also anti inflammatory diet helps the body to heal. When I went extreme following Liam StopsT doing no carbs, sugar, salt, alcohol, dairy the noise went down but I lost too much weight. So I’m now less strict but I need to go back somewhat to less inflammatory foods. It’s hard to stop eating the foods you love but sometimes what you love is what your body is allergic to.
Have only had hyperacusis for about 5 or 6 days, and it is certainly on the milder spectrum than what it seems some of you are experiencing, so please dont light me up in the comments, i know some of you have it so much worse, and I have no idea the pain you've dealt with. It came on while having the flu, which seemed mild so i just sat around listening to music for 8 hrs a day. Noticed a brightness to my system, so just kept messing with it not knowing it was this starting, and it kept getting worse. Then just on. Just gave this concept a shot, i.e. positivity and giving no energy to even the idea of hyperacusis, and am immediately noticing a major reduction in symptoms. Practicing hearing right through the "veil of the condition" to the music that I'm so passionate about, dancing to it and giving the middle finger to my worrisome thoughts, and all of a sudden the highs esoecially aren't turning me inside out. Thanks so much for the info brother!! 🙏😁
Intriguing video. Hyperacusis hit me at 18 and has massively impacted my life for the past 20 years. How do you listen through it when the brain reacts with a state of panic? I've often tried to ignore it because I know the sounds can't damage my hearing, but end up with extreme fatigue, nausea etc for days afterwards. I suppose it sits deeper in me after all these years.
persistence! It was about 6 months before i even realized i wasn't noticing it. key to remember is that if you think about it, it re-appears. also key is that if you let it stress you, it probably won't get better. which is rly hard - to not feel stressed! my live band were wondering in july 2016 why i was so moody in rehearsals. its was my hypericusis, which at that time was 5 months old. by keeping up with your music work, you train your brain to 'listen through' the tinnitus or hyperacusis. It does work - I had no choice but to make it work, given my jobs!
@@londonelektricity this is good to know. What, if any, types of musician earplugs were you using? I aquired T in April at the beginning of the pandemic and have yet to perform with it which is a bit daunting.
@@melodyebuskin5490 i had vertigo and Tntus 3 months after covid this year, now im very sensitve to sound. Stress plays a huge factor , readng testimonials here inspire me to fight back Praying for healing.
@@juniorjunior4087 I’ve read the vaccine changes something in the neural part of the body. I wish I’d kept the article. There are many ppl complaining of this happening. The sensitivity usually dies down over time. Im pretty sure my issue is neck related /somatic as the sound changes when I move my head certain ways. I know the mechanics of why this happens but too detailed to write here. See my other comments. Much healing to you.❤️🙏
I'm a musician currently suffering from this, started recently after exposure to an extremely loud noise. The stress and anxiety its causing me is overwhelming sometimes, but I still have hope that I will be able to overcome it. I very much appreciate this video, thank you.
I know how u feel. I'm not a musician but got tinnitus 7 years ago after a total hysterectomy. I find stress makes it worse and anxiety and too much loud noise. Hope u can still play?
I can't believe what I just heard.I have tinnitus for more then 10 years and hyperacusis for about 8 years.Lost all that I had(work,my band,my bike and so on),and now you're telling me to just do what you want,go do your thing and the hyperacusis will be transparant.Or is this just a video to promote that book you were showing? I'm confused.
in my case my hearing is actually perfect, but there's a disruption in the nerve pathway from my brain to my left ear. it's quite rare though, and if it gets much worse it could threaten my brain, in which case some rly risky surgery would be required. fingers crossed!
Thanks for sharing this and glad you found improvements. Can I ask if you incorporated sound therapy at all in your healing journey? White/pink noise, music etc,? I assume that you didnt use ear plugs much or not at all (confusing or contradictory advice out there about ear plugs...some say use them, some say its a kind of avoidance behavior and slows the de-sensitization process). Cheers
I have had tinnitus and hyperacusis for 6 years. Although you get used to the tinnitus the hyperacusis never really goes away. I still can't socialize because every bar, club, etc. plays loud music.
Use party earplugs with special filters. They lower volume 20db and you can still hear people talk when they near you. I don't go to venues without them.
THE_ slick _RP'er hi. I’m so happy to hear that you recovered from this. Is there any tips or anything you done to help with the recovery? I’m currently suffering from hyperacusis and tinnitus for 8 weeks now after an extremely traumatic birth
@@silencemr8082 stop trying to sell your herbs on chan Mr! Everyone else - I guarantee there is no substance - herbs or medicine that can cure this. pls don't let people like this prey on your fear.
Hi, thanks for your video and congratulations on your recovery. We all know what a difficult condition this can be to deal with. I was just wondering about something. I have Diplacusis Dysharmonica in addition to my hyperacusis and it’s one of the things keeping me from returning to music, nothing sounds the same anymore. Used to have perfect pitch and now everything just sounds atonal, mostly sounding like 2 notes a semi tone apart just grinding against each other. Wondering if you had/have this as well and if so how you dealt/deal with it as a musician. Thanks.
Hi friends. I had symptoms like tinnitus, ear sensitivity (hyperacusis) and dizziness and went to the doctor and he said it was some moisture between my eardrums.
And did he do anything to get rid of the moisture in your inner ear? I might have this issue myself, but I have to wait a couple of months just to see an ent doc.
Hyperacusis is a terrible thing... There has to be a way to treat sensorineural hearing damage... It took me two years to recover from it... There are still moments when I can't stand some sounds such as sirens, or when I'm tired and become very sensitive to dođe sounds.... I'm still afraid of practising music...
I've had this all my life and only realized it some 10yrs ago. I've never been able to avoid the noises in that case i shud be accustomed but that is not the case! It's not the same for everyone oh push past it, it literally affects my mood and causes insomnia, when i get stressed to a point mild disassociation soooo? Pushing past it doesn't work for everyone.
In my personal eyperience tinnitus comes 100% from musclur tension which is mostly increased becouse of too high levels of stress. Sit on the floor for three hours and do nothing. Just look out the window in silence. I bet your tinnitus will be less afterwards.
Also the causal chain looks something like this: Stress --> Muscular tension --> Tinnitus and it is not Brain -->Tinnitus. Almost everybody gets this wrong Including most doctors.
I´m only 16 years old, I don´t know if I have hiperaccusis, but my hearing is great, and I have a type of tinnitus like from 1 year ago, and last week what started to happen to me was that whenever I hear a sound, another type of tinnitus comes, and during the time I´m hearing some types of sound I also hear a sound that looks like wind, or a machine. Can someone help me, and does anyone know what I probably have ? Thank you very much, and stay safe !
hey! i’m going through the same exact thing 😌 i’m glad to know that i’m not alone in this… i hope you have found peace and treatment that worked for you since you posted this comment. 🙏🏼❤️
I have tinnitus and 40%hearing loss in right ear since from last three years. I was recovered but since from last four months increased tinnitus because of infection was there in my right ear suggest me some things best option to recover. Regards Pravin kakad (Mumbai, India)
persistence! It was about 6 months before i even realized i wasn't noticing it. key to remember is that if you think about it, it re-appears. also key is that if you let it stress you, it probably won't get better. which is rly hard - to not feel stressed! my live band were wondering in july 2016 why i was so moody in rehearsals. its was my hypericusis, which at that time was 5 months old. by keeping up with your music work, you train your brain to 'listen through' the tinnitus or hyperacusis. It does work - I had no choice but to make it work, given my jobs!
Thank you for your response - I am noticing, almost two months in, that I am habituating to the ringing. I had a bit of distortion with louder voice in my left ear that has gone from catastrophic to my psychological well-being to just an annoyance. I appreciate your video during my darks times (when I commented). It was critical as “positive food for the mind.”
Have you seen Liam Stops Tinnitus protocol? He had both hyperacusis and tinnitus from drumming. Reversed both conditions and is helping many others do the same.
I’m not an Audioligist so I’d suggest if you can, and I know it’s hard right now, see if you can see one. But my opinion - they do say trauma can bring it on. Tinnitus is a strange thing. But take my word for it, because I’ve done it, you can get used to it and ‘normalise’ it into your life. At least you have something else to listen to other than your baby crying! I hope your baby is ok, and congrats are in order, despite what must have been a difficult birth. Tip: I couldn’t get my firstborn to sleep, no matter what we tried. Then one day I put on a liquid D&B mix while I was working and he fell straight to sleep 👍🏼 good luck
London Elektricity thank you for replying I will try and see an audiologist if I can.. And yes I believe trauma can cause it as I experienced intense stress. Baby is ok, she’s home with me now out of intensive care - it’s been hard! I also suffer from hyperacusis so with the 2 hand in hand it causes me distress and I’m trying to find answers and reassurance for what I’m going through. Sometimes I feel like I’m going crazy!
I know a woman in India who got T after giving Caesarian birth. Her issue she discovered was the way she slept for nine months on her left side which compromised her neck and jaw. Stress was the biggest factor. She’s currently doing different protocols to heal.
@@melissakamara4740 you're right. Trauma can make it much worse. but, as trauma becomes less stressful over time, you will be able to hear through it even if it doesn't go away.
I am a female bass guitarist from Canada and I Am still wondering how I got cured of tinnitus after using herbal treatment from dr Ogbebor herbal centre RU-vid channel.
How about tinnitus? Is it also decreasing? Iam sound also sound engineer/musician and I am suffering from constant hissing in my head and ringing in the left ear. Hissing started after I use gentamicin antibiotic. Do you think there is also hope for this case? thanks for book recommendation I will check it out.
Help, I always wear headphones to avoid loud but normal noises, do I have to remove my headphones and deal with the loud noises? Everyday? til it gets better? Like back to normal hearing? Please I need answers, and I also have insomnia 😩
yes you do. I was advised my one of the authors of www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Tinnitus-Hyperacusis-McFerran-Baguley/dp/1847090834 and he made it clear that this will be with me forever, also, that I should carry on with my life in music as want to - and he said my brain will adjust over time. it was tough for a few months, but sure enough, it's only at times of severe stress in my life that i realize it's still there. I do recommend this book as well!
Gildo Fantone hi any tips to help with recovery? I’m suffering from both tinnitus and hyperacusis. Is it ok to message you as it’ll be nice to speak to someone that’s going through something similar
@@melissakamara4740 Of course you can! Meanwhile, check out Julian Cowan Hill's videos. Do you know him? He helped me a lot ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pVbTfcbWuyQ.html
If you have Hyperacusis some people say always protect your ears at all costs and don't ever use sound therapy. Others say use sound therapy (pink noise) but don't over use ear protection for normal day sounds/activities as it becomes more sensitive... Obviously in loud places use protection. What do we do? Example being here..: "Wearing hearing protection making hyperacusis worse is a bullshit lie made up by TRT enthusiasts. You absolutely MUST protect your ears and be in silence to recover. Sound therapy makes hyperacusis worse. STOP doing sound therapy, PROTECT your ears as much as possible, AVOID loud environments at all costs, and most importantly give yourself time. The reason your hyperacusis is getting worse is because you aren't protecting enough". Naturally like many others am now so confused and scared. Thanks
The healing rate of my Tinnitus the very first time I apply and use Dr Madida medicine gave me a good impression that it is gonna work and it did work because right now I don't longer experience Tinnitus Effects anymore that I use to experience because the conditions is completely gone.
An MRI is what gave me extraordinarily bad pain hyperacusis. Certainly couldn't recommend an MRI you already have hyperacusis, unless absolutely necessary for a separate, urgent issue.
