Hi Lesley, congratulations for your daughter. Yes, my ears start to physically hurt. I used to worry about flying but now I don't only because I sit right over the engine and usually, not always, it masks my T for the flight if I'm lucky. Good luck.

Thanks Suera, I have travelled twice by ship to Oz to avoid flying, don't have that time available. Last time I flew 6 years ago my ears roared/screamed for months after. Not sure if I could deal with that again.
Hope you are well.

Yes I flew with my catastrophic tinnitus.
Used Peltor X5 earmuffs. The temp spike I had later was due to using ear protection for 8 hours straight And listening to nuthin but screaming tinnitus.
Not sure about Sennheiser, but Bose have the best noise cancelling on the market today.

The reason I dont use NC earphones is because many people (even without ear problems) say that it makes their ears feel weird after.

My flight is 4 hours from New Zealand. Planning on listening to my neuromonics through the ear phones

I use Musicians ear plugs. You can get them so you do not hear anything, they completely block all noise. You can get them at any hearing aid place. They come with several different filters, I use 25 which I used to go to Equador and had no issues. :)
Have a good trip and good luck. :)

Ricepaper, how long have you used Nueromonics? Is it helping?

Hi Big Bad Wolf,
In the beginning I found the neuromonics a great distraction, however my tinnitus constantly changed volume & pitch so it became less useful. I do find that the music I have on in it very calming though & there are times that I use it for that alone. I still get moments of anxiety especially during a spike like I have just had. Have had screaming T for over 7 years and mostly get along with it now days. Difficult days in the beginning.