My T is really been aggravated lately.  First, I played a gig with my
band and even though I wore plugs, I now have a new and louder T level.
Now I have to deal with all the tractors/trucks right next to my house
digging up for sewers and new housing developments.  It's very loud
right from dawn and nowhere in my house is safe from the racket.  I
haven't slept well and that makes thing worse. I have an appointment
with the ENT at the end of the month, but I'm not very hopefull.

I have a lot of ?'s.  First, how often should I wear ear plugs?  That
makes the T very noticeable of course, and impossible to try and
ignore.  I have read that it also makes hyperacusis worse because you
strain to hear things and your hearing level gets turned up louder.  I
have that as well.

Do I wear plugs while these tractors invade my life?  what about mowing
the lawn?  When I wear plugs for that, I hear the pounding of my feet
and it seems pretty loud.  I don't know what to do, my T is to the
point that it now bothers me during the day.  I have the tractors right
outside me now and I still hear my ears screaming.  I'm so angry and
depressed and don't know what to do.