Hi @susanfalcon52! I have found ENT's to be quite dismissive about tinnitus, perhaps because they have nothing to offer. I actually wrote on ENT I saw after the appointment, on my portal, saying that it would be helpful if doctors could recognize the suffering when tinnitus first starts or gets worse. As it turns out, they were right in that for the most part I have adapted, or my brain has. Whenever I am on a thread about tinnitus, like now, it gets louder!

I cannot wear headphones at all. I get instantly dizzy, heachachy and my tinnitus gets worse. That's tough if it's part of your job! I think there may be something else wrong in my ear though- hyperacusis and a numb left cheek. They tell me it's trigeminal neuralgia. Who knows!