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[quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to offer my story, which may help at least a subset of you. I’ve had mild to moderate conductive hearing since toddlerhood, with countless childhood ear infections, tubes, and multiple eardrum repair surgeries. The infections have continued, albeit less frequently, into adulthood, and I’ve had a couple more repair surgeries over the last decade as well.

I developed ringing, buzzing tinnitus 7-8 years ago and really, really struggled with it the first year or two. Like everyone, I found the thought of never having an entirely quiet waking moment terrifying. I mostly adjusted to it after figuring out triggers (exhaustion, stress, allergies, too much caffeine for me). About two weeks after my second vaccine booster, it suddenly worsened considerably. It was so loud for the first few days that I couldn’t sleep at night, which led to stress and exhaustion, so multiple triggers at once. I spent all my free time listening to loud podcasts or music so I didn’t focus on it. I made an ENT appointment to see if they could offer any relief, but by the time it rolled around a month later, it had gradually lessened and returned to its normal annoying level. I kept the appointment anyway since I decided it was finally time to accept the fact that my DH, kids and friends had not just developed ever-worsening problems with mumbling over the prior years and investigate hearing aids.

Turns out I now have both the conductive and age-related types of hearing loss, ranging from moderate to severe. I now have hearing aids, which are fantastic in some ways—I can hear every single word that anyone says anywhere in the house—and really off-putting in others. These people who live with me stomp and chew, it’s beyond freaky to hear your own footsteps, and things like driving, wind, birdsong, and running water can sound like an aural assault. It’s a massive relief at the end of each day to take them out and be left in my lovely, quiet cocoon. The tinnitus now sounds soft and peaceful compared to all that noise outside my head.  This may not be how everyone reacts, especially those with sudden or less severe hearing loss, but maybe another potential tool to consider if nothing else is helping. [/quote]

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