u/FrankBeers19

Panicking right now. I was at my family house and suddenly the fire alarm started to play and after a second or two I put my fingers into my ears and ran outside. The total exposure then was around 10-15 seconds and maybe 5 seconds without covering the ears. It did not feel overly loud and I did not even get pain but of course still annoying and triggering mentally. Maybe shutting my ears and immediately running outside helped? The alarm was not directly next to me and there was wall partly next to it since I was in an open space living room and the alarm was in the kitchen next to it. Maybe 5 meters from me with space and wall in between but not fully covered wall due to the nature of the space and without doors. Sorry for messy post, it just occured 15-30mins ago.

I am now 8-9 weeks into my tinnitus journey, and while it is usually mildish if I protect my ears heavily and spend much of my life at home without noise, I am looking to get back to exercising for my mental wellbeing.

So I would be interested to know what kind of protection do others use while exercising? I have been using muffs and foams if I go outside in order to avoid reactiveness of T. But I would like to find a reusable plug solution, since neither muffs or foams don’t really offer what I am after.