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What do you mean you ignored it? You didn't protect your ears in loud situations?

So true man. So true...

Hi... I have been experiencing tinnitus since Oct 2012...after a second head injury (first in 2000)I haven't looked for any treatment or support for tinnitus yet because other symptoms and treatments were more urgent. I have high pitched squealing in both ears constantly. It is very annoying...

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...was in complete silence. Unfortunately the peace only lasted for a few minutes however i thought it was a miracle. This tells me that T is with certainty something in the brain, perhaps due to brain damage of some sort (in my case head injury). Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Hey. I have a nearly identical situation as martin12, except without my tinnitus getting better. I actually had a skull fracture though. It's been 9 months since I smacked my head (upper parietal fracture) on the pavement. But it saddens me greatly to know that I could have potentially made my...

Since you haven't had any significant event like ridiculous noise exposure or severe head injury/whiplash, there is a good chance it might go away on its own. It really has it's own mind. If it goes away, great. If it doesn't, you will have eventually reached to a point where you are least...

Hi @Omid Rahmani! I am so sorry to hear of your suffering - I've learned like you that life is often not fair. If the tinnitus was caused by a head/neck injury, you might want to try an upper cervical chiropractor. They will take x-rays of your neck and see if the atlas vertebra has shifted...

May I ask whether you had reactive tinnitus e.g. tinnitus which spikes easily from noise, and whether this reactivity e.g. the ease of spiking has faded in line with your hyperacusis?

Sorry to hear that. Have you got your neck checked There is always a chance that tinnitus might be occurring because of your hidden neck injury. Just a thought.

...Do you have TMJ/TMD or cervical issues, any medications or an ear infection back in 2008 that may have harmed hearing? Did you have any head injury prior to tinnitus? Any known hearing deficit, or genetic hearing problems in your family? Tinnitus is rarely a mystery when it is critically...

No, that's not true -- if it was, they would be excluding ~80% of people with tinnitus, since Salvi in the 90s determined that's roughly the percentage of people who can modulate their head noise with muscle movements. The actual exclusion criterion says Sounds to me like they are just trying...

Sorry about the late response (instructed to not go on phone tv etc) but I went to neuro and he said he 100% guarantees it will go away in 2 weeks. But coming up on week 2 since he has told me and has not seemed to fade that much. I also asked if it has to do anything with my neck and he said...

Hi @NurseJackie -- Congratulations on getting tinnitus relief!!! - Here's another instance where a Parkinson's treatment led to tinnitus suppression... A stroke of silence: tinnitus suppression following placement of a deep brain stimulation electrode with infarction in area LC. Abstract The...

Your noise must really be severe, but it seems most people with severe tinnitus get a day of relief once per month or so for some reason. I don't recall if you lost hearing in both ears or just one or if your tinnitus is in your ears or head or both. I know musicians in general are more...

The only thing I recall, is the two or three days were extremely stressful for me and my family. I'll not go into details, but needless to say, probably the most stress I've experienced in my life. Although the headaches began after the tinnitus. Really interesting stuff about the vagus nerve...

Hello. Yes my jaw used to click so loud when I was a teenager that people at the table could clearly hear it. Also, I had a few clunks on the head, one neck injury in particular could have cut my head off but didn't. AND, on top of that, I suffered for 24 years with very bad migraines and the...

...type problem (amplification due to loss in specific areas). Even with noise induced hyperacusis and not something like whiplash or a head injury, there could be other things driving it such as an overactive Tensor Tympani muscle. Treatment for cochlear/sound induced hyperacusis: 2030. The...

Barotrauma, and then a bunch of ototoxic meds. I also smacked my head and had concussion days after the ear thing. I had a scan done about a year later, they pinpointed the head trauma and said the injury was still there, and not healing. I don't know, a combo of these things I guess. Why things...

Welcome to the forum. As far as the reason for the T increase, there are many causes, single or combined, which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including by not limited to drug reaction or side-effects from ototoxic drugs, ear wax build-up, inner ear infection, Eustachian tube infection or...

Whether intentional or not, your post sounds like you are scolding @AliasM. I am not sure that is helpful.

Wow @billie48, remarkable compilation of just "some" of the causes for tinnitus. Don't know if you caught it, but one woman just wrote that she successfully traced her tinnitus to HEART PROBLEMs. She's apparently now almost completely tinnitus free after nine years (IIRC). -- Thanks for the...

My head screams, I was diagnosed with moderate traumatic brain injury a few years back, I am wondering if this makes tinnitus worse, it’s all over my head. I found after about 4 years this really calmed down until recently where I was exposed to some loud noise. Now back to brain shocks with...

...with tinnitus and 3 totally different opinions. I am not too frustrated, I knew going in that there was nothing they can do. It is a head injury and I am 4 months out. I just need to give it time and hope for the best. If I am no better at 1 year. Then I may be looking at something that...

...as Lyme Disease & Fibromyalgia, high blood pressure or blood circulation problem, anemia, loud noise exposure or acoustic trauma/shock, head injury or TBI, neck injury or muscle problems, hearing loss from aging or other causes, Meniere's Decease, barotrauma from rapid pressure changes in...

...maybe 3, 4 minutes where I didn't notice it, but then right back to it. My question is, is this most likely something permanent, or can a head injury caused tinnitus go away? I've spent hours looking on Google and have found absolutely zero reliable answers and the ER doc was unfortunately...

Always ever helpful @Greg Sacramento, I have reactive tinnitus and hyperacusis with my cervical issues. Hope you are having a better week. I just keep coming across your treasure troves of information around the forum. :)

...as Lyme Disease & Fibromyalgia, high blood pressure or blood circulation problem, anemia, loud noise exposure or acoustic trauma/shock, head injury or TBI, neck injury or muscle problems, hearing loss from aging or other causes, Meniere's Decease, barotrauma from rapid pressure changes in...

@MsG L5/S1 can relate to tinnitus if the vertebral arteries are affected. If so, tinnitus would be severe and loud pitched. The vertebral arteries are well hidden in the C spine and MRIs are not always capable of seeing compression and compression would most likely be gone by time of MRI, but...

...as Lyme Disease & Fibromyalgia, high blood pressure or blood circulation problem, anemia, loud noise exposure or acoustic trauma/shock, head injury or TBI, neck injury or muscle problems, hearing loss from aging or other causes, Meniere's Decease, barotrauma from rapid pressure changes in...

Hi! I'm new here s0 I thought I'd make this thread for those who have developed Tinnitus from a concussion or head injury and hopefully see some success stories too :) I suffered a mild concussion on April 19th when I hit the back of my head while out with friends. My ears started ringing a few...

Thanks @Greg Sacramento. The local pain management clinic will do the auriculotemporal nerve block. I had nerve blocks in my neck to see if they helped my tinnitus. I have the grade 5 internal derangement in my left TMJ. An oral facial pain management specialist brought up that injection to...

Yes absolutely. Acoustic trauma seems to be the largest cause of hyperacusis along with others, like ototoxic medications, head injury, etc. It's not surprising that around 85% of those with hyperacusis also have tinnitus, both of which were likely caused by noise damage in most cases...

I think the simplest explanation applies: you went to a concert, didn't use ear plugs, and got T right after, and it stuck. Then your audiogram shows a slight notch at 2 kHz, which isn't uncommon after noise injury. Your T is most likely due to the acoustic trauma's damage to your ears with the...

I think you shoud reduce activity as much as you can for a couple of weeks. Do not bend over, do not lift anything heavy, avoid coffee and salt, and take a mild diuretic like Dandellion root tea 2-3 times a day to reduce head pressure. I am not saying you have intracranial hypertension (if you...

...in that ear or both I don’t really know. This is terrible and I’m losing myself. The tinnitus isn’t nothing me as much as it used too but the sound sensitivity is isolating me from other people. I’m really worried this all related to a head injury I had a year ago and a concussion I had in July.

I have had some type of head/neck injury issue. I did hit my head mowing a lawn on the tractor and pull my neck back as well as hit my head with a heavy piece of wood that swung around. I don't know if that's what has caused my neck pain and stiffness and tinnitus or if there is something else...

Welcome to the forum. Sometimes, it is not easy to pin point an exact cause of T. Perhaps it is due to one reason or a combination of more than one. There are many causes which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including but not limited to drug reaction or side-effects from ototoxic drugs, ear...

Sounds positive. The concussion is definitly healing. Soft tissue injury (muscle and ligament) takes at least 3 to 6 weeks to heal on its on if i remember correctly. But that's theoretical, it's different for everyone. You should be alright with good rest. With jaw cracking, you mean a...

Did the rafter get damaged? jk. Do you have more noise again from your neck? My noise is terrible atm and my neck hurts.

Welcome to the forum. Acoustic trauma from loud noise exposure is only one of many possible causes of tinnitus. There are many causes which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including but not limited to drug reaction or side-effects from ototoxic drugs, ear wax build-up, ear or Eustachian tube...

Welcome to the forum. I can't address your other medical issues which are best to leave for the doctors to diagnose. If your T is the pulsatile type, then we have a support forum for that. @Karen is also a notable member here who has pulsatile tinnitus and perhaps she can advise you better...

Welcome to the forum. There are many causes which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including but not limited to drug reaction or side-effects from ototoxic drugs, ear wax build-up, ear or Eustachian tube infection or ETD, ear drum injury, fluid build-up in ears feeling pressured or fullness...

Welcome to the forum. Is there any likely culprit for the spike in your T? Have you seen an ENT to rule out any problems in the ears? If you can mask and drown out the ringing, consider it a positive. That may be a new normal. Try accept the new normal so you won't be too stressed out by the new...

Hi Tennrltr, It looks like your T was the result of an injury of some kind? What has been a bigger obstacle to getting back to work, the tinnitus, or the injury itself? You say that you only have the tinnitus one day out of several; if that's the case, then why has it held you from going back...

Those of you who have T from syringing, is your T in only the one ear or do you perceive it in both ears/your head? Do you get spikes from loud environments? Does anyone know why the syringing can cause T? Does it disrupt the bones in the middle ear or something? My T started after a perforated...

@RonnieCarzatto I think you have received good input from the forum. I would add that most often an accident involving the head/neck/jaw causes muscle injury, inflammation, and related nerve irritation, as opposed to bleeding or dislodging something in the cranium. In some folks this nerve...

@TomBradyGOAT -- Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia, OCD, and tinnitus all reflect potential compression and/or dysfunction of the brainstem. Brainstem dysfunction can result from head injuries, whiplash, weakening of ligaments from disease or genetics, etc. If you have a history that includes any...

Unless you have TMJ or a head injury, you likely do in fact have cochlear damage that doesn't show up on a standard audiogram.

That concert triggered my T 3.5 years ago.

@grate_biff It's high pitched, like whistle or tone, in my right ear. It feels like it's inside my head. I think it's from a head injury I sustained back in January. He didn't check in the higher frequencies as he didn't believe it was necessary. @glynis Unfortunately my audiologist...

I don't believe that I have ever had a collarbone injury, but I imagine somewhere in my shoulders or neck something is being pressed. Yeah it may be something that I look into. I know that over the years I haven't had the best posture at times, and I have a feeling that may have played into...

I can totally relate to this post. Even my T started after I banged my head against a wall 3 years ago. I have tried what not since then to find some relief. Even been to a chiropractor who told me my atlas (C1,C2) was misaligned 20 degrees and mentioned subluxation of my atlas bone in neck. He...

That is a good attitude. If your T can be ignored and that you have accepted the new normal, you are on the right path. As far as the reason for the T increase, it can be many things. There are many causes which can trigger or aggravate tinnitus including by not limited to: Drug reaction or...

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J Neurosurg. 2013 Jan;118(1):192-4. doi: 10.3171/2012.9.JNS12594. Epub 2012 Oct 19. A stroke of silence: tinnitus suppression following placement of a deep brain stimulation electrode with infarction in area LC. Abstract The authors report on a case of tinnitus suppression following deep brain...

...intrusive, but I am also a lot more anxious (perimenopause). This year has been stressful. Loss of my aunty, handling her affairs, a head injury, root canal, loss of my job due to mandates here, a septic knee bursa - required treatment with a dose of IV Cefazolin and a weeks worth of...

Mine started several months after falling on my head down stairs. Objective Pulsitile - MRI and CT fine muscles in neck cramp, vision blurs, headache, intermittent, various intensity, duration, psychological and physical triggers. Control with ice packs, massage neck muscles, relaxation ...

@cj5suzy What comes to mind with your multiple tones and one being to that of a wine glass is injury which can involve tightness of the SCM muscles causing muffled hearing when turning head. This is just one of a few possible problems and it also could involve clenching of teeth, but other...

@HollowZer0 To connect your oscillating pulsating tone to your neck tightness pain could be from forward head bending or head down on a pillow. An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) which isn't in the ear, but could be in the neck would be perceived as an oscillating whooshing sound in the ear...