Didn ' t really go the route of it getting worse or not but was told it would be more succeptable to damage and I was told to stay away from NSAID ' s and to protect my ears , so I bought a pair of over the head 3 M head phones for yard work and I guess concerts are a no deal , but never really went to them anyways . We did some test where they say words like sailboat and firetruck quieter and quieter while I ' m in a quiet room acknowledging whether I hear it or not and apparently I do have hearing loss in the high frequency range in my right ear the ENT admittedly said It ' s something we really don ' t know a lot aboutIt seems the more people I talk to have it and habituate to it tbh , but I ' m on a spike right now that ' s really bumming me out .