Recent content by Larry Chu

I was feeling around on the right side behind my ear below the ear lobe and above the point where the jaw starts curving up but still right along side of the bone and I feel a stiff firm area there that kind of feels like a muscle or a sort of firm cyst like feeling that's not on the left side...

Thanks, you all. I'm definitely much happier when I'm listening to music to hide the PT. I feel like I can think and that my thoughts actually make sense. I'll try putting in headphones in the morning when I wake up :)

I wake up in the morning and there it is. The sound of my stupid pulsatile tinnitus. I wish I can lay in bed and just listen to it until it goes away, but it won't. I don't feel like getting up and doing anything because I'm already starting my day off angry about the sound. There's no winning...

What's not stress caused these days? I hope you get better too.

I was referred to another ENT doctor who "fellowshipped" in the area of the ear. Which I guess it means that he has more training for tinnitus. I have not had any scans with injections for contrast yet, but I probably will eventually. Yeah, I can stop the pulsating sound by applying pressure...

The ENT doctor never tried listening to my pulse. The doctor was more enthusiastic about my problem this time and seemed genuinely intrigued by Dr. Mattox's research article. However, the doctor was honest, and said that they were not as qualified in the area of Pulsatile Tinnitus, and referred...

Thanks, Karen! It suddenly began around the start of October 2011. I had my wisdom teeth pulled around the end of August and I was also swimming a lot in the ocean, and the pool over summer, so those could have been contributing factors to the pulsatile tinnitus. I searched online after a...

I haven't read any your posts yet, but my name is Larry. I have pulsatile tinnitus in my right ear that started around October 2011. I hope I can get advice from you all and I hope this forum will help me with my search for a doctor not too far away from me that has experience and is interested...