I had the same thing happen while watching fireworks at a friends house, inside, July 4th. I was beside myself as I have been having a very difficult time dealing with tinnitus, rarely go out only to do one thing with friends since T began Feb 28 and whamo I'm screetching in both ears as opposed to mainly left ear, both ears were screetching and very sensitive to sound. I was worried sick but they did settle back down to the usual screetch mostly left ear with it coming and going in the right. It took a month and a half though so maybe you should be getting back to "normal" soon. I hope so.

I experienced the same with fireworks many, many years ago. Unfortunately I don't remember if that was an incident that permanently increased my tinnitus; there have been a few over the years.

I have been worried about fireworks since, though I have not avoided them entirely. I probably should have and since my tinnitus got worse for different reasons a few months back I've decided to avoid them altogether from now on.

You're doing the right things. You may also want to try to avoid aspirin, caffeine, and reduce sodium intake.

Over time many become less bothered by the tinnitus as the brain/ear habitutates to the tinnitus sound. It's tough to go through that process.

dont lose heart I have slipped up many times since the original event
you just have to read my profile to see that I started off with a small amount of noise in 2007 & looking back now I wonder what I was worried about . I measure my discomfort by my sleeping pattern are you sleeping ok ? I think you will get through this & live to tell the tale

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I have T and hearing loss as well .The Dr sent me to see an audiologist .She told me to get hearing-aids which I did but I feel worse with my T....I also notice I am very sensitive to almost every noise: a door closing ,a car passing on the road etc.....

Hyperacusis, is what they call it when you are very sensitive to noise. I had this too in the beginning but it passed so hopefully it will for you too. Now if only this insane T 24/7 driving me CRAZY would please God pass!

Dear Suera, I feel for you soooo much. I went to Boston yesterday to meet my best friend from HS for 2 hours (he is a commercial pilot and had a layover) and my ears ached and my right ear whistled all night and all morning, seems a little better now. Are you taking any meds for your T? has your hearing been affected? They say I have high freq hearing loss but I seem to hear everything else better than anybody else around me. I hate that medical science has done so little for us but I have to watch endless SSRI commercials and those ridiculous Celebrex commercials. Hopefully there will be a commercial soon for tinnitus sufferers. The army says they are working on it, but they should scrap one of those wasted billion dollar weapons programs and spend the money on T and H