@danadcm69 it is still louder than my baseline but not as bad as it was when all this started. I have seen 5 ents, rheumatology, and neurology and they all think I had a reaction to the steroids, oral and injected, but they haven’t seen this type of reaction before. I think the dexamethasone made my left ear extra sensitive. I’ve been using ChatGPT to research this, and it is likely because the injected steroids diffuse through the round window of your middle ear into the inner ear and affect the nerve and the cochlea which can cause sensitivity and an increase in central gain in the auditory system so the brain turns up the volume of tinnitus as a result. Hopefully it is temporary, and I think it usually is from the injections. Mine is just compounded by my reaction to the oral meds too. I’ve been dealing for 5 months but I’ve also had swelling in my head and ears and eustachian tube dysfunction which has just exacerbated everything. I also have hyperacusis in the ear that got the injection. I’ve come to realize recovery could take many more months. And I’m doing my best to stay hopeful. Do you have sensitivity to sound after the injection?