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Re:Tinnitus Linked to Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A S... by nzoschke on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:22AM (#38496148)
Sorry to hear. You’re not alone and I’m constantly surprised to learn how many people I know are dealing with hearing concerns once I started talking about mine more.

My note to younger self is similar: get great earplugs and use them diligently.

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Re:Tinnitus Linked to Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A S... by strogonoff on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:34AM (#38496192)
A note of caution regarding earplugs: they can introduce infection, which in turn (I suspect) may play a role in triggering or causing tinnitus. It probably depends on individual predisposition and climate (to me it happened in hot humid environment), but I recommend caution.

I wish I could use earplugs (or IEM headphones with good sound isolation) a lot of the time, but I found out the hard way (after infection subsided I have intermittent tinnitus as well).

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Re:Tinnitus Linked to Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A S... by monkpit on Saturday December 02, 2023 @01:08AM (#38496365)
> Sorry to hear.

Phrasing…

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Re:Tinnitus Linked to Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A S... by jacquesm on Saturday December 02, 2023 @08:40AM (#38498545)
I thought it was funny.
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