Is this hyperacusis?
First some back story. I've always ears that are sensitive to treble and I've had mild tinnitus for about 10 years since I was dumb and went to metal shows without ear protection when I was younger. The tinnitus was at a level to where I basically never noticed it or cared.
I've gone to many shows since then using ear protection with no issues, until last week.
Was at an outdoor festival and the band I was seeing had WAYYYYY too much treble in their mix, the drums were ear peircing even with my earplugs in and being hundreds of feet away from the speaker.
I didn't notice anything weird on Monday or Tuesday. Then Wednesday my tinnitus spiked to where I can hear it over background noise and I can't listen to anything higher than really low volume, be it through my phone speaker or headphones. It just hurts my ears. Especially guitars and anything with a lot of treble.
ENT #1 was basically like yep you have tinnitus (no shit) and scheduled a hearing test a month from now.
ENT #2 can't see me until next week
Urgent care DR gave me Prednisone and I started taking it today (about 3 days after my symptoms started, 5.5 days since the noise exposure)
I'm kind of freaking out about this.