The Spike Survival Kit: What to Do When Tinnitus Gets Louder

For the days your tinnitus suddenly gets louder.

A spike can be frightening, especially the first time. This kit gives you something to do other than lying there testing it, and a clear line between what can wait and what needs a doctor.

What's inside (18 fillable pages)

• Red flags to check first, every time
• The first 10 minutes, step by step
• The rest of today, and the spike-night plan
• A 7-day guide for when it doesn't pass quickly
• Calm answers to the 3am thoughts, and four ways to settle
• What to say to family, friends and your manager
• A spike log, your own spike plan and a doctor (GP) appointment page
• A one-page bedside plan, and 12 printable spike cards

How it works

Three PDFs: A4, US Letter and a dark night version for phones. Type into them in Adobe Acrobat Reader and most PDF apps, or print them.

An honest promise

It won't cure tinnitus, and it can't tell you how long a spike will last. Nothing honest can. It's built to make the hard days easier to get through.

⚠ Volume: start quiet. Play sound just below your tinnitus, never over it.

Made by someone who's lived with tinnitus for 2 years. Not medical advice. See a doctor (GP) urgently, the same day if you can, if you have sudden hearing loss, tinnitus with dizziness or a spinning feeling, or tinnitus after a head injury. See your doctor (GP) soon for new tinnitus in one ear only, a pulsing sound in time with your heartbeat, tinnitus that's getting quickly worse, or ear pain or discharge.

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