My ears occasionally pop or click out of the blue. ETD? But I have gotten fluttering in my ear drum a few times - always from a speaking voice, whether in a room or on the computer, like listening to a podcast here. It would stop/start flutter as I stop/start the podcast playback. TTTS? I first heard clicks in early 2019, flutter in early 2022 after tinnitus escalation. How often do you experience these?
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I have this. I think it's hyperacusis.
Sounds like pain hyperacusis to me, with the exception of the last symptom... not sure what to make of that!
@MadsWithT It feels inflammatory though because ice makes it feel better and right now I'm fine. The pain comes and goes. I have a very slight sensitivity to sound but sound doesn't cause me pain.
@RunningMan I experience them daily. It comes and goes. I don't hear clicks though. I just feel the vibration in my ear drum but that isn't 24/7. My symptoms are so weird. I almost wanna say it's inflamed somewhere.
@Mo8409 TTS / TTTS responds to sound, but it's more of a spasm or flutter of the ear drum, which some might call a vibration. But if your vibration is a higher frequency than that, it's probably something else.
@Mo8409 Sounds like you may have TTTS, & yes, there's inflammation involved.
What's TTS/TTTS? I'm still new guys! Lol
@Mo8409 Tonic Tensor Tympani Syndrome. There are posts in threads on Tinnitus Talk about it. Various web resources you can search for details and treatment.
@Mo8409 I suggest reading this article (or at least broadly scanning it): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2331216518801725
It talks about how symptoms develop in relation to acoustic shock but people without this develop TTTS too. Some people believe this is the basis for pain hyperacusis.
It talks about how symptoms develop in relation to acoustic shock but people without this develop TTTS too. Some people believe this is the basis for pain hyperacusis.
@MadeleineHope This is the best pub. yet I've seen so far on this ailment. How it contributes in a domino effect w/ T/H and hearing-loss. Factors that weakens, disrupts or injures the critical middle-ear muscles to inner-ear, whether environmental or man-made creates these tormenting disabling invisible symptoms.
@sakrt Yes, me too - it's the most comprehensive I've seen. I still feel it's not quite a complete explanation though for my symptoms (or at least not based what I understand from the article), but I think it's a great foundation. I think a model that also takes into account other research (such as that on the type II afferents) would provide a more complete explanation.
@Mo8409 I think I have the same thing! My right ear pops with certain noises, like turning on the faucet, opening jammed doors, and somtimes conversations. It also pops when I swallow somtimes. Does that happen to you too?
If you don't mind me asking, but do you also have pain and clicking in your jaw? I don't know if this is strictly TMJ or a symtpom of hyperacusis.
@Marina Moon
Sounds like TMJ.. I don't think jaw clicking is a hyperacusis symptom
Sounds like TMJ.. I don't think jaw clicking is a hyperacusis symptom
@Marina Moon My understanding based on this article https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2331216518801725 is that TMJ issues can both precipitate & be the result of hyperacusis.
@Marina Moon I had pre-existing TMJD, but my problem worsened drastically with the onset of my hyperacusis.
@Marina Moon My jaw has clicked like once. My ears feel full, have slight pain and hearing sensitivity but that comes and goes not everyday. My ear drum can sometimes flutter/vibrate to doors shutting, plastic water bottles... The most random stuff. No hearing loss for me but today I'm getting a second hearing test to make sure all is good.
@Marina Moon Sounds like yours is TMJ related. There's therapy to help fix that and could possibly take your T away.