From the moment my one high-pitched tinnitus tone began in l993, I was suddenly terrified and unable to function. I wanted someone constantly by my side. I began taking tranquilizers to dull my pain and allow me to exist.

This constant one loud shrill sound was just the beginning of the l2 excruciating tones that progressed, played continuously with no mercy, and tortured me to death minute by minute. I had pulsating that constantly beat in changing rhythms and velocities but never decreased in volume, sounds that came out one ear and echoed through the other - repeating and repeating until I thought I would go mad - and sounds that were slurred and off-key. I turned into a crying, sobbing woman - pleading to die, and at the same time - screaming for someone to save my life. Everyone thought I was crazy!

I somehow stayed alive in this state for close to two years, going from doctor to doctor, out-of-state, too--begging for painful and dangerous treatments, trying anything that might help! In May of l995 my luck changed. I was given Dr. Pawel Jastreboff's name and phone number from another tinnitus sufferer. For eight months, Dr. Jastreboff worked long distance to keep me alive. In January of l996, I was finally able to visit Dr. Jastreboff's clinic, have him test me, and start on his protocol, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy -- towards my recovery. What I and no other doctor had previously known was that I couldn't tolerate one single sound in the world. Everything was magnified what seemed like a thousandfold. I had unlivable hyperacusis! I pleaded with Dr. Jastreboff to save my life.
I promised to follow his instructions using his sound therapy completely. He told me I could recover completely from tinnitus and hyperacusis. I wore sound generators for four years. My hyperacusis was completely and permanently reversed by September, l996. I now have 99.9% more sound tolerance than the average person in the world. I sure enjoy being in sound, loud sound, too! Today, my tinnitus has permanently reduced down so low in volume that I am able to forget about the condition--even in absolutely quiet rooms. And I know my tinnitus will continue to drop down throughout the rest of my life--thanks to Dr. Pawel Jastreboff, his Tinnitus Retraining Therapy protocol, and his caring and tireless efforts in my behalf.