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Kelvin - Sorry to hear that you have this. I've had it for 18 months and it has improved very slowly and inconsistently. The hardest part for...
Mine is similar to Owen. I started having tiny improvements a few weeks after onset, the improvements were more frequent early on, but I still...
Where do you live? There are tinnitus clinics located at some universities, they don't advertise very well. I attended stage 1 at the...
I'm sorry you are still struggling with reactive T after so long. Reactive T was the worst part. They do make pillows with masking devices...
I am sorry you are going through this, changes in T can be tough. My T was reactive to noise in the beginning, it improved about 90% after 3...
I think that fluid in a person's ear could cause pulsatile tinnitus if it makes a connection between a capillary and the cochlea, or something...
A dentist could evaluate you for TMJ, it might be worth a shot. I don't know enough about it to say. There have been a bunch of discussions on...
Sorry to hear you are experiencing T. I could write for an hour about your T but I'll keep it brief and to the point. ENTs are usually...
I think you could get temporary PT if you have fluid in your ear that connects and transmits sound from a capillary to your cochlea. That would...
This is my guess but I think the definition of PT is broad, if your T goes with your heart beat or blood flow then it is PT. I don't know if...
That's really tough. I would think they would have found it with all those tests if it was vascular. If you can feel the pulsing all the time...
I haven't. I've found a couple of places that do it and will ask my insurance company if they cover it, but I'm waiting to see if mine goes away...
I'll answer as many questions as you want, it's no problem. I can usually suppress the pulsating sound completely by pushing on the right side of...
DebinAustralia, I forgot to answer your question about residual inhibition (RI). I've experienced strange volume reductions in T, but I'm not...
From the research report, typically people with this syndrome can both induce or inhibit the pulsating by moving the head, neck, or jaw. For me...
I've done a bunch of research but I can't come up with anything that I think caused mine. My hearing is normal up to 8k, I haven't been tested...
Mine isn't continuous. I can make it start by putting my head in certain positions, but in a neutral position sometimes it's there and sometimes...
I initially thought it might be a problem with my neck, maybe a nerve or something. Yawning tends to temporarily increase mine more than...
They are listing the most severe causes of tinnitus, and most rare, except for hearing loss causing higher pitched sounds. I guess if they say a...
A dentist did a check for TMJ but didn't see any problems. I don't have any symptoms of it either. Some doctors can listen around your ear with...
It is hard to understand, I'm sorry you are going through this. I think we are our own best doctors and that you will figure it out. I've been...
It's probably nothing serious, but very annoying. I think an open eustacian tube would cause your chewing and voice to be loud, probably some...
I think you should see an ENT to check you out. If it is low frequency then you probably are hearing blood flow. If it goes away by putting...
The two possible causes that Dr. Levine lists are a) cardiac synchronous somatosensory activation of the central auditory pathway or (b) failure...
I don't recall neck pain, spasms, aching, etc. or the waxing and waning being mentioned in the research that Dr. Levine did. They actually say...
The vast majority of pulsatile tinnitus is benign and not life threatening. It is still a good idea to get the standard tests, MRA, CT scan of...
I don't have any symptoms like that, if all of your symptoms started at the same time then it may be some underlying condition waiting to be...
It's nice to know its there and they seemed to have good success. I think we are lucky to at least have a chance of making go away or get...
I was able to get in touch with Dr. Robert Levine, the lead Dr. on the research, he sent me this PDF summarizing their efforts with this...
I don't know what caused it, but I think I am hearing sensory nerves. It was a gradual onset starting early last December, the pulsating started...
I hope something can improve it for you, I have no idea how mine started, no pain or anything, no idea why it is getting better, I haven't taken...
I've been reading the research, trying to absorb it, it seems that they did have some success with auricular electro acupuncture, at least a...
Thank you for telling me about that syndrome and article, I have researched countless hours in the past 4 months trying to figure out what I'm...
Correct me Doc, I think it's really called "winding up" when relatively soft sounds over a period of time causes T to spike or "kindling" if...
Mark-I hope it gets better for you, it was very difficult to deal with. I didn't have the pain or tone shift, I can only imagine. I know...
I had the exact same thing, it ended up going away after 3 months but it was very difficult and somewhat debilitating. I would say it's 95%...
I experienced a reduction in T numerous times early on while wearing ear plugs in a loud environment, the reduction would last about 30-60...
Random thought, have you ever been tested for Lyme disease? You have a lot of symptoms, and fibromyalgia has been incorrectly diagnosed at...
I also agree about wanting something to be found. It sounds like yours is probably a more classical whooshing PT, mine is a pulsating hiss....
As a long term solution I've heard that mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) can help with anxiety.
Hopefully it will clear up when the virus goes away. I think it would be good to get the support of your wife somehow, I would be in much worse...
I think Jefferson University in Philadelphia has a treatment program, I know the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore has a...
Hi Karen, I hope yours continues to improve too. In the past 4 months I have had what I would call two categories of T. The first is the...
It was dr. Eisenman, it was a 30' appointment, he looked at my mra and ct scans and said that I didn't have any of the leading causes. He...
Mine is similar, I have a high pitched pulsating hiss that goes with my heartbeat. The pulsating has improved and is more intermittent and...
Not doing any damage to your hearing is a must, I think the book answer is no more than 8 hours at 85db, but I would go with the 75-80 like...
I had an MRA and I'm glad I wore ear plugs (foam). They offered a headset to play music but I'm glad I wore the plugs because it is loud and...
My mother has an appointment in Tampa, FL in the next 2 weeks to enter the autifony study for age related hearing loss. This is probably a...
I have a high pitched pulsating hiss in my left ear that gets louder when my blood pressure or heart rate spikes (yawning, climbing stairs,...
Karen, Yes, my appointment is with Dr. Eisenman at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, I hope he can shed more light on my condition,...
Worker- I'm not a member of whooshers on Facebook, I've looked at the website a few times. For a while I thought I was in the pulsatile category,...
Walking in snow is a good example of what mine sounds like sometimes, I thought my walking was causing small changes in blood flow in my body,...
Not to that extent, but my pulsating hissing changes volume a lot with head movement, yawning, standing up. Sometimes it changes volume when I...
They make hearing protection for gun ranges that allow low level sounds in, like talking, but block out sudden loud noises. A friend showed me...
I agree with rube, a T treatment center could probably help the H with pink noise and T with TRT. A lot of medical schools have treatment...
I have PT that changes volume with head and jaw movements, I can usually suppress it by putting my chin down, or pushing on my right jaw. I have...
My PT started a couple of months ago and changes volume a lot with head and jaw movements. It has gradually gotten quieter but still a ways to...