Can You Make Your Hiss Louder by Stressing Your Jaw?

If I stress my jaw (not sure how else to say it) I make the hiss in my right ear 1000x louder. Anyone else have that same thing?

 

It is very common with tinnitus.

 

That's one of the things that makes me think my T is at least partly genetic. I've been able to make that sound by clenching my jaw since I can remember.

 

why does it happen?

 

I know a number of people without tinnitus who can do the same thing. I think it's just a physiological thing, you're increasing blood pressure and muscle tension right around the auditory nerve.

 

Read about somatic tinnitus. Several good threads here.