Seeking advice! 30 male.
Greetings, seeking help and other look on my problem, maybe some guys here will have some ideas.
Long story short:
4-5 months ago I`ve got some bad tinnitus on both ears and also some mild hyperacusis after bad flu (physical discomfort after hearing loud sound like when watching TV and after music fade out I am feeling like my ears fulled for a few seconds). It doesn`t go away even after a treatment , just getting better for some time and worse for another.
Before that I was working as guitar and voice teacher and, but now I am not doing this because I am feeling very frustrated. I wanted to be professional opera singer (Before ilness I was very good in it and even played few times one of the main roles in Traviata in Local opera house). But right now I can`t imagine working with orchestra or other singers because I can`t even work even with one student (it`s very exhausting on my ears right now).
My side gig is composing music for media and some sounds, so I am doing all work only on speakers. It`s pretty much fine when I am composing music, but when I am mixing songs my ears become fatigued very quickly... I don`t know if it will get better.
I am cooked.
So maybe some of you will have some ideas about what skills should I acquire to work in a future (in other field maybe), because I am not sure if this condition could be reversed. Some one of the main criteria that job should be without headphones (when I am putting them on the sound that I hear becomes just unbarable! It`s all - and wEEEEE and shhhh.. Basically I am hearing tree tembral sounds at once).
Also some books or articles recomendation because of all those situation I am in very dark place right now.
Posted Jun 3, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC