I had the same problem at the very onset of my tinnitus. While teaching (and yelling) the sound of my own voice became instantly freakish and my left ear just went haywire.. For a few days after that (and still now)
I'm sensitive to certain sounds like plastic crinkling or paper tearing.
The weirdness of my voice (hypercusis) went away in a day or two, but the tinnitus still remain as does a slight sensitivity to some sounds.

I'm exremely preplexed by this. I'm sitting now in a quiet situation and my T is hardly bothersome. Last week and 11 months preceding this, this situation would have been impossible for me. Madness to me was silence. Here's the trade off - in social situations my T now bothers me where as before social situations distracted my T and quiet situations where a waking nightmare. This is giving a new meaning to the word wierd for me. This has only been going on for 4 days now, so...????

hyperacusis doesn't sound like anything-it is lack of tolerance to loud sounds,esp.sudden high pitched sounds and the hearin of normal levels of sound much louder than they are.......it just shows up 1 day and gets worse over time.......this and "T" are closely related-the rundown on both about the same.....take the $ ur goin to give to a doc and get some good golf sticks and wear them out-that's what a doc is goin to do w ur $......

This is very interesting and I will chime back in soon. This is most interesting, and no doubt carries with it good news.

Anytime you experience a lasting fluctuation in tinnitus or the muted Charlie Brown syndrome when sound is distorted/muffled, this no doubt indicates change is underway. Changes to the hearing system is a lot for our ears (and minds) to process and the effects can be pretty far out there. The key in your case is the fact your louder tinnitus has lowered more to th likes of your softer tinnitus of 25 years.

For one, I'm inclined to think there may be more musculo-skeletal involvement in your tinnitus than previously thought. TMJ, neck injury and neck tension are the most common examples of musculo-skeletal causes of tinnitus but just just a highlighted few with respect to the countless potential points of muscular involvement.

However, the problem with a muscular theory is that your louder tinnitus began after that long, loud day at a wedding with a live band playing.

Regardless of the cause of the swap in symptoms and whether or not it's a sign of hyperacusis -- any appreciable lowering in volume lasting more than 2 weeks is proof positive that the primary cause of your tinnitus is not irreversible, and very likely to improve. Sorry for the length, I'll chime back in soon.

Woke up in the middle of the night with my left ear screaming...2x maybe 3x it's normal level. I somehow made it back to sleep. I woke up with T at it's normal level. The muffled sound in my T seems to be fading and the normal level of the severe T seems to have returned. I have never experienced anything with T like I have these past 2 weeks. Maybe it's the weather...maybe a head cold that went only to my ears...?