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  1. Ornitoring

    Muscular Tinnitus and 'Ear Fluttering'

    Five years with myocloni...
  2. Chelles

    Botox Injection Into Middle Ear Muscles Without Cutting the Eardrum? Possible?

    @mermaid my myoclonus sounds different I describe it like a hiccup feeling inside the ear canal it also sounds like a tympani drum or the sound of someone taping on a microphone very hard. The stapedial makes more of a clicking sound and is not as fast or loud.
  3. Greg Sacramento

    Why Can I Make My Pulsatile Tinnitus Go Away by Sticking a Finger in My Ear?

    Three possibilities that I know of and none are about arteries / pulsatile tinnitus. 1. Middle Ear Myoclonus (MEM). The thump or heartbeat is sound reverberating. 2. Mastoid bone acts like an air cushion and provides ventilation to the ear. Need to have a middle ear infection slowing...
  4. B

    Vibrating Bass Sound Is Causing Me to Have a Breakdown

    I admire your tenacity but after all the years this is the worst thing ever. I'm not being dramatic or seeking attention but I don't think I can go on any more :-(
  5. Ornitoring

    Middle Ear Myoclonus: A Treatable Cause of Objective Tinnitus

    Hi, I have this flutering also hyperacusis. In a few days I will write my clinical presentation. Two questions: Middle Ear Myoclonus is the same of TTTS (tonic tensor tympani syndrome) ? Someone can explain more about "There is a treatment for chronic Stapedius problems--the muscle needs...
  6. Jemina

    Thumping Sound or Ear Popping

    Sounds like eustachian tube dysfunction and/or ear myoclonus. https://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/anatomy/ema.html Not sure about treatments, I have them both but not getting any treatment, muscle relaxants don't usually work because the muscles are so tiny and the spasms are local, meds...
  7. Kriszti

    Suicidal

    May I ask what you hear? Is it bilateral or unilateral? Have you been examined for MEM/palatal myoclonus? They mainly cause clicking, popping, thudding, but maybe your on and off sound could be atypical MEM? I'm asking because if it's actually MEM, you could try muscle relaxants, Botox and...
  8. A

    Started Carbamazepine — Got a Pitch Lowering Side Effect!

    I am trying different medications to stop DRUG-INDUCED palatal myoclonus. Now I'm on Carbamazepine, and I immediately noticed a side effect where the pitch of sounds is lowered. It's very annoying, because I'm a musician. Has anyone here experienced this side effect? It's listed as incredibly...
  9. A

    Low Pitched Tinnitus (from Hell) Is Back! Is Baclofen the Cause?

    ...now, and two days ago, I noticed that the low rumbling that I despised, has returned! Do you think Baclofen is the cause? The problem is if it's not Baclofen then I have to take another muscle relaxant because I have palatal myoclonus. :cry: Thank you for the replies. Hope you are doing well.
  10. Supersix

    My Life-Ending Tinnitus Started After Sinus Infection

    I'm sorry to hear that you are struggling with tinnitus. It can be frustrating, especially when it affects your sleep. Have you tried any relaxation exercises? I know it's hard to get motivated with only three hours of sleep, but try avoiding medication and watching your sodium intake. Stay...
  11. Samantha R

    Low Drone Tinnitus Does Not Need Much to Shut Down Completely

    ...opinion is this low drone, at least for some, and particularly for those that can stop it by plugging their ear, is that this is middle ear myoclonus - i.e. the tensor tympani or the stapedius muscle in spasm. Particularly if it stops and starts. More so if there is a feeling as well as a...
  12. A

    Bioflavonoid Complex with Hesperidin and Rutin; I Can't Tell What, But it Does Something

    I had to start taking this stuff again since my myoclonus got loud again, and the hyperacusis came back a couple weeks ago. Taking it once a day and it is working to keep things quieter and to keep the hyperacusis away. Some days I go without and it comes back. It def helps me.
  13. Ornitoring

    Topical Application of Botox to the Stapedius

    Hi friends, A companion said this in the forum while we was talking about middle ear myoclonus (estapedium myocloni): "I saw mention of a procedure once where someone had sort of compress for topical application of botox to the stapedius". Someone knows more about this? thanks.
  14. Hariz Nonis

    What Does a Notch in Hearing at 4 kHz Indicate?

    What caused it? I don't really have T now. It's just some form of Middle Ear Myoclonus that I'm going through. Although, it seems to be affecting my hearing in some way.
  15. mermaid

    Botox Injection Into Middle Ear Muscles Without Cutting the Eardrum? Possible?

    Yes, I'm afraid it wouldn't and that sucks! Life is a bitch!:mad: I'm so sad. I'm so tired. F...k it all!
  16. GregCA

    I'm Mel and New to This Forum — Is a Throbbing Sound Considered Tinnitus?

    I think you mean a muscle of the middle ear. There is no muscle in the inner ear. There's a bunch of hair cells in there though.
  17. MelA

    I'm Mel and New to This Forum — Is a Throbbing Sound Considered Tinnitus?

    I have done some searching on the Internet today. The symptoms sound a lot like middle ear myoclonus which is rapid, involuntary contractions of a muscle of the inner ear. I will have my GP check it out as you recommended. Guess that I will have to drink 3 glasses of wine prior to that doctor's...
  18. K

    Botox, Tenotomy and Tympanic Neurectomy for Noxacusis

    ...removal. I noticed a pulsing in my ear started around the time I got noxacusis, so that could be a strong indication of middle ear myoclonus which might even be related to or a contributor to my noxacsis. Either way, it seems all of these surgeries are very low risk, with little to no side...
  19. Hariz Nonis

    Botox Injections Into Stapedius or Tensor Tympani Muscle? Where to Find an ENT Who Performs It?

    Hi, when you had MEM, did you have any reactive T/dysacusis along with it?
  20. D

    The Sound of an Airbag Deploying Is 160 dB. What Can One Do?

    ...varies from mild to moderate, I also experience a range of other symptoms periodically: tonic tensor tympani syndrome (TTTS), middle ear myoclonus (MEM), hyperacusis, sudden brief unilateral tinnitus (SBUTTs), dizziness, aural fullness, and sound distortions, among others. I have to seek help...
  21. japongus

    Ear Crunch Following Sudden Noises? Anyone? Please Help Me Diagnose!

    His is more classical and more probable of being myo, as it goes off without noise provocation and sounds like rice krispies. He's also got messages from 10 years ago on the forum complaining about it, but that doesn't stop every joe schmoe over there from waltzing in to warn him of the...
  22. japongus

    Round and Oval Window Reinforcement for the Treatment of Hyperacusis

    The problem though is he's only curing dehiscence disorder and believes that everything that isn't low LDL is misophonia, which when you look close into is poorly thought out nonsense as it could be middle ear myoclonus instead. But great vid.
  23. Mike34

    Humming/Vibrating/Generator Feeling Gone (For Now) and Here's What I Took...

    Thanks. Been having some tensor tympani and stapedial myoclonus lately that really sucks. Not sure I'll ever get better.
  24. mermaid

    Botox and Steroid Injections

    ..."trigger points" you've written about exactly? I have problems with my tmj too. Are you sure that it is tmj for sure which caused your fluttering in ear? Btw. - what kind of ear myoclonus do you have - strong rapid spasms, fast fluttering etc.? Could you describe it, please? Thanks in advance :)
  25. Danny Boy

    Very Rapid Objective Pulsatile Tinnitus

    Yeah, someone should try trobalt if they have it. I mean, we'd know if potassium modulators can work on pulsatile tinnitus then.
  26. Chelles

    Vibrating Sound in the Ear

    I get the muscle spasms in my ear too it's called middle ear myoclonus and I've had it on and off for 5 months. I find that magnesium helps and if you want to stop the vibration try wearing s foam earplug it won't stop it all the way but you won't feel the teitching as much.
  27. SleeplessSoul

    Hearing Protection and Tinnitus: Keep The Tiny Hair Cells Safe — Discuss!

    ...Feel something almost like a thump or whirr or vibration. What is your sound exactly? I am trying to establish the cause for us. If it is myoclonus I believe it's from neck or jaw possibly for you, enlarged thyroid pulling on the scm area. Mine also sounds like different bass tones. Low ones.
  28. A

    "Tick" Sound in Ear After Hearing a Sharp, High Pitched Sound

    ...thus the middle ear, do make sounds like what you are describing. I should know because I hear it constantly, not intermittently. Look up Myoclonus of the middle ear. There is a section of the myoclonus article on wikipedia for the middle ear, and there are some posts you can search for here...
  29. A

    Ear Infection Causing Tinnitus?

    Tinnitus, Pulsatile Tinnitus, or Myoclonus can all be temporary or permanent, sure. At time we don't know. You're in a stage we have all been in at; the initial stage. You're really freaked out and you're fearing the worst. Everyone of us was just as freaked out as you are now. Just realize that...
  30. C

    Long-Term Tinnitus Recently Worse (Or Am I Imagining Things?)

    As a follow up, my sound is more like a "click" or "pop" sometimes it's associated with an ear pop. Am I correct that myoclonus presents as more of a "thump" than a click?
  31. mermaid

    Development of Ear Myoclonus

    @Street Spirit - I have the same myoclonus as you. I developed it 3 years ago. I've taken a lot of neurogical pills and until now no pill has resolved my problem, only valium brings a little bit of relief. Have you ever wondered if your ear myoclonus is somehow related to atypical trigeminal...
  32. Dr. Nagler

    Help Please — Is This Tinnitus?

    ...- Tinnitus can act strangely - so what you describe might indeed be tinnitus. Or it could be a somatosound, tensor tympani syndrome, myoclonus, or any of a number of other things. Regardless of what it is, likely it will resolve on its own given a bit of time. Myoclonus and tensor tympani...
  33. SleeplessSoul

    Anyone Gotten Botox in Their Ear? Anyone Gotten Inner Ear Surgery? Experience with Flexeril?

    If flexeril helps you sleep and agrees with you, maybe give it another try. We're you told that it can help with myoclonus? I know you can't take medications too well, so I'd you find something that agrees with you and gets you a few nights sleep, it's worth a try again. Are you staying on...
  34. Mike34

    Define Severe Tinnitus?

    ...diagnose what the humming actually is? Is it part of T? I also have Hyperacusis. Weird thing is - If I plug my ears, my vibrating goes away. Also, I can feel something in my inner ear fluttering pretty often, feels like a muscle spasming. Maybe tensor typmani myoclonus or staedius myoclonus?
  35. X

    Possible Acoustic Trauma After a "Quiet Suite" MRI Scan?

    I had an MRI with the exact same machine two weeks ago and still have elevated tinnitus. Claiming that it is quiet is just a joke.
  36. shasta0863

    Low-Pitched Tinnitus from Olanzapine (Zyprexa) — Plus Vibrating/Fluttering Feeling in Eardrum

    How long did it take for you to see a change? Did it originally click along with the vibrating/bass sound? Or did the click come later?
  37. shasta0863

    Eardrum Vibrating

    Forgot to ask, what do you make of humming and talking stopping the vibration. Is that an indicator of what the root cause could be? Or why coming back from driving and noticing it big time once the cars off indicates something to do with pressure change of the car or perhaps the vibration of...
  38. Kriszti

    I Recorded the Clicking Sound I Can Make in My Ears — Does Anyone Know What This Is?

    Some type of myoclonus? Probably stapedial? You can look it up how it sounds and maybe you have something similar.
  39. V

    Can a Hearing Test Cause Damage?

    Audiogram is safe enough. However they may also want to test pressure in your ears. This caused problems for me bringing on myoclonus or thumping in the ear. This lasted for months. I will not let them do that again. ENT may suggest ear suction to clear wax. Don't let them do that in your good...
  40. PaulBe

    Time Sensitive Situation — Prednisolone

    I got it sometimes, with no obvious trigger. Some have put this down to middle-ear myoclonus, which often accompanies tinnitus and hyperacusis.
  41. japongus

    Round and Oval Window Reinforcement for the Treatment of Hyperacusis

    As for me, I'm now really stuck on whether I have true hyperacusis or true myoclonus and which operation to think about first. I wonder if the excessively vibrating oval window could cause the same theoretical stapedial pull my soft sound sensitivity would be causing, or whether both transection...
  42. J

    Tinnitus After a Concert — Three Weeks After Onset, Fluttering/Clicking Sound in My Ears

    ...cognitive behavioral therapy. I think the the CBT has had more of an affect on changing my mood. It helped me accept what was happening and get past my bad thoughts. The fluttering/clicking--that sounds like it could be MEM (middle ear myoclonus) maybe? Have you seen a doctor about your...
  43. dan

    Stapedial Myoclonus Triggered by Voice

    I meant 3 in severe form, but yes I also have crackling sound, I had it since I was born, its not so bad because it only crackles when I swallow.
  44. PaulBe

    Random Observation

    ...your T perception increases, causing anxiety, which in turn triggers the mechanism of H, whatever that may be. I'm increasingly of the opinion that stapedial myoclonus plays a huge part in augmenting T with H, and that can most certainly be set off by anxiety. What form does your H take?
  45. F

    Tinnitus and MEM Advice Please!

    Hi I have moderate to severe hearing loss in my left ear along with tinnitus. I also have MEM (Middle Ear Myoclonus) which affects both ears. The MEM is causing me a lot of stress which then makes it flare up. Does anybody have any advice for stress busting activities or techniques that might...
  46. RaZaH

    Retigabine (Trobalt, Potiga) — General Discussion

    Yes dude , I took Rivotril for a year because of I was wrongly diagnosed with Essential Myoclonus. Suffice to say that it turned me into a zombie goldfish so I decided to stop ...cold turkey as my doctor advised me !? After about a week of torment I literally heard my hearing drop , day after...
  47. A

    Started Carbamazepine — Got a Pitch Lowering Side Effect!

    ...I took only one pill and within an hour my throat was moving. I was going out of my freaking mind that night, exactly because I already knew that this was palatal myoclonus. I had watched videos of it last summer. So I was like "DAAAMN, now I have this nightmare". I hope SOMETHING will stop it.
  48. Backpacker

    Certain Random Sounds Make My Eardrum Vibrate — Hyperacusis?

    @Audiophile_bg I think I have occasional middle ear myoclonus (I have other types all the time, just speaking about MEM now). It feels like a butterfly trying to get out of my ear. But it comes once in few weeks-once a month. Sometimes in my right ear, sometimes in the left. But for me there's...
  49. Petloy

    Rapid clicking in right ear!

    DD, I looked up Middle Ear Myoclonus and it resembles my symptoms, fluttering/clicking non-rhythmic, the past week I was dizzy a couple of times, and just out of the blue for over a month now I have hemifacial spasms (face twitching on my right side of the face. I'm going to my Primary tomorrow...
  50. R

    For Those with Middle Ear Myoclonus...

    Greetings all, I just wanted to share my myoclonus story with you in case anyone can benefit from it. I went from having 'thumping' in my ear about twice a week for about 6 months to being 'thumping' free for about 6 months and counting. I just wanted to start by saying that I am not a...
  51. Samir

    Does Anybody Get a New Tone When Their Ear Pops?

    ...why I suspect you might have something similar going on. Ears (Eustachian tubes) don't pop at random as far as I know. I think some form of myoclonus can have that effect, but I may be wrong. There is palatal myoclonus, and then there is another type that affects the Eustachian tube... I...
  52. A

    Morse Code Clicking Tinnitus

    ...grains, nuts, seeds; no prescription needed) may relieve muscle spasms. Completely suppressed with carbamazepine (tegretol). 3. Palatal Myoclonus - When the muscles of the soft palate contract they can produce tinnitus. The symptom most associated with this condition is a clicking...
  53. A

    Don't See the Point Anymore to Staying

    ...in those cases wherein the surgery doesn't work, the cause is not the tensor or stepedius, it is the muscle that is involved with palatal myoclonus(even if you don't have palatal myoclonus). He said something else about a possible brain stem issue with some of the cases of myoclonus and asked...
  54. japongus

    Vital Signs: An Unwelcome Ringing — Magazine Article About How Doctors Cured a Guy's Ear Pain Spasms

    ...think about this without giving TRT a fair chance, and I know Greece sounds uber dodgy but if you look in the healthboard forum, in the myoclonus proboards forum, and the chat-hyperacusis forum, you will see that while in the US, it was Sismanis who cured Lib, a user with over a thousand...
  55. H

    Ear Pain Triggered by Sound, Need Help!

    A fluttering sensation in the ear may be a symptom of middle ear myoclonus. The fluttering could be due to the contraction of either the tensor tympani or stapedius muscles. The tensor tympani muscle and stapedius muscle reflexes serve to protect the ear from exposure to sound. The more...
  56. Pulsing Ear

    Frequency Therapeutics — Hearing Loss Regeneration

    Did you have stapedial myoclonus like I do? I'm wondering what kind of results you got from having it done? Are you glad you had it done, or do you have regrets?
  57. Hariz Nonis

    Is Dysacusis Just Hearing Distortion? Can a Sore/Irritated Neck/Jaw Cause Stapedial Myoclonus?

    Well I haven't done a Stapedial Reflex test yet. What I'm going through seems to be pointing to it. Idk, mine seems to have started very randomly. How did you get it?
  58. Michael Leigh

    Long-Term Tinnitus Recently Worse (Or Am I Imagining Things?)

    The clicking and popping sound you describe @Clerkp is sometimes linked to noise induced tinnitus. I am saying sometimes not definitely. If it is associated with noise trauma it will eventually go away. I know it can be annoying. Continue using low level sound enrichment. Michael
  59. japongus

    Hyperacusis — Can "Normal" Sounds Cause Damage in a Person Who Has Tinnitus and Hyperacusis?

    In addition, I also suspect that the myoclonus can spread and not just get louder, so two many acoustic traumas with a damaged muscle rattling the other muscles around would render tenotomy ineffective, as it would spread to the levator palatini. Or the chain of ossicles could tear in new...
  60. Mattpgh

    Intermittent Pulsatile Tinnitus Triggered by Sound, Speaking and Eating?

    ...ENT is trying to work up my symptoms, I had an MRI yesterday and and my follow up appointment is in two weeks. I think it’s possibly a middle ear myoclonus that is contracting with my heartbeats but my ENT suspects a vascular cause. Does anybody have any advice or thoughts? Thanks in advance!