Recent content by Frances Smith

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    Intermittent Tapping in My Ear — Treatment: Muscle Relaxers or Surgical Intervention

    I was literally tortured by an intermittent low pitched tapping on my ear. The only relief I got was from activity. Sleep was very difficult as was reading. I finally got in to see an ENT. He explained what was happening in my middle ear. The tendon that attaches to the muscle which produces...
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    Typewriter Tinnitus

    I also have a typewriter going on my left ear so I know how you feel. I am not getting enough sleep and fear that it will even get worse. Now it's limited to the time I spend in quiet environments. If I stuff wet cotton in my ear it does stop. Pressing really hard on the outer ear canal works...