I know the feeling. You need to understand that previous exposure matters,
even if it is acute, then it is also a comulative effect, you may well have
hidden damage prior to developing hearing damage. Tinnitus is hearing
damage. It may well pass, but it may take long time. There is a lot of
redundancy in the sense of hearing, so chances are that it will pass. But
you need to understand that you have used up a lot of that redundance by
unsafe noise exposures. Your tinnitus is a warning, heed it, use ear
protection when appropiate.

Do it right away, and get an acute audiogram. Then get one in three weeks
and in three months. That is, if you have the choice ... if you are on a "we
know best" medical system you may not have such fancy choices. Be extra
careful about loud noises during the recovery and expect to have less noise
tolerance now.

Getting an audiogram occasionally is recommendable because you may need to
be able to document the previous state of your hearing in some context.

Always have earplugs with you, spending the cost of the custom molded ones
may be wise, get 15 as well as 25 dB attenuation.

There ARE other kinds of concerts, but do be aware that also unamplified
concerts can be very loud. It is not so wonderfully simple that one can
deploy simple SPL limits for music, some music is dangerously loud and has
to so be, it really is take it or leave it and DO leave it if you can't take
it ...

Yes. Remember that headphone listening no more is not good for ya, now it is
bad for ya. Learn to identify probable impulse noise sources and learn to
interprete the signals your ears give you and abide by them. You did
experience aural discomfort at the concert and you neglected to leave. I am
not saying that you "brought it on yourself", but you do not say that you
left and asked for a refund because it was too loud.

  Kind regards

  Peter Larsen

On 10 1 ,   12 35 , rplo...@gmail.com wrote:

Not going any more to a concert is a good start but don't stop there.

I can tell you how the experts in this part of the world treat
tinnitus whenever it pops up.  They apply blood vessel dilating
medicine.  The idea is to improve the blood circulation system so that
the system so improved can enable whatever part or parts that caused
your tinnitus to recover on its own or at least partly on its own.

The simplest one is ginko biloba and aims at the head specifically.