Category Personal Stories & Impact

Features testimonials, interviews, and real-world experiences of those affected by hearing disorders.

Morten Manicus

Excerpt from  Morten Manicus Coaching – www.manicuscoaching.com/blog-of-manicus/pain-to-purpose-part-5 When the Social Network Crumbles Years later, hyperacusis brought a different kind of loss. The physical pain was difficult, but the emotional pain of isolation was worse. Friends stopped inviting me to…

Anthony Nakamura

Hey everyone. I was asked by a few members on this forum (tinnitus talk) to write a detailed, structured success story (if you can call it that) to show how it is absolutely possible to get out of the worst…

Anonymous

I got tinnitus from having one ear microsuctioned almost three years ago. I’ve been left mostly deaf in that ear and with deafening and non stop tinnitus.  I’ve been house bound since it started and bedridden for almost two years.…

Sophia Jacobsson

My name is Sophia Jacobsson and I’m 42 years old, and I live in Sweden. I am disabled by several rare and debilitating auditory and neurological conditions: noxacusis, loudness hyperacusis, multi-tonal reactive tinnitus, musical ear syndrome (MES), tonic tensor tympani…