Chime Sounds When Turning Head Side to Side

Ok I'm going to describe a sound that occures when I turn my head side to side and its sort of a flute noise. I only happens when I regerously move my head side to side. Also when I'm walking at a brisk pace and have ear plugs on this noise go oft and on when I take forward footsteps or stomp my heals. Another person discribed from another chat sight discribed this reaction and I was wondering if this happens to other folks on this site. This sound has been going ever since I developed the T's . Wish I could discribe it better

 

I know exactly what you mean. I also get it in the affected ear with chewing, as well as shaking me head.

 

Have you ever ask any doctor what that noise could be comming from? Would be interesting to know? By the way what kind of car is that in the picture?

 

I wondered if anybody would wonder. Its a Zil from Russia. Came out about 1956.

I gave up asking doctors anything. Once you say Tinnitus they aren't interested any further in you.

 

Just discovered that I experience the same thing. When I turn my head from side to side I get this quick "chime tone" in my right ear. I need to move my head quite "violently" in order to hear it, but it still annoys me now that I have discovered it. My T is noise induced but since onset I have been very tense in my neck/face muscles on the right side, the same goes for my jaw. I wonder if this phenomena could be due to some somatic problems. Any advice for me? Have anyone experienced something similar?

 

I experience this too,when I swing my head from side to side I get what I would call a chime noise in my left ear or a beeping noise.

I wouldn't blame tense muscles,I made that mistake in November 2015 and carried on with my symptoms regardless.I seen a masseuse one a week thinking that would fix the problem I was having but it kept getting worse and worse until everything went crazy in February 2016.
The peripheral nervous system is connected to the somatosensory nervous system hence why a lot of people here experience somatic T(make it louder/quieter by moving jaw etc)

If your T started randomly after let's say a whiplash injury then it would be entirely possible that your neck is causing the T,but seeing as your T is noise induced whatever is causing your T inside your ear is most likely responsible for the somatic symptoms you experience and no amount of tension relief will cure it believe me I tried and payed heavily for that mistake.

 

So experiencing a "chime sound" in your ear while shaking your head from side to side basically mean that you are screwed? Now I don't know what to do...

 

Just hope it goes away,it's all you can do really.


I don't know your personal situation,for all I know a tense neck could be causing these problems for you and as such treating your neck would alleviate it.
You can investigate it further,I can't see why not but don't be surprised if it doesn't work out.

 

I believe he changed picture!

 

Its actually a Toyota Starlet Turbo, 1989 type. Put it up in solidarity for Bill112

 

Haha thanks Paul,that's actually very thoughtful of you but it's actually funny that you should mention the GT Turbo.

As you know my biggest heartbreak was selling mine due to Hyperacusis,I had just finished fully restoring it and then I was left with no choice but to sell it.

Today I was returning home from a blessing thingy my mother made me go to when we stopped at a local store here in my village.I sat there staring out the window and began thinking about my GT turbo,something that I often do,like where it is now and how I'd love to be able to own and drive it once again etc.

And what happened next?An absolutely PRISTINE fully original Mk2 GT Turbo parked directly beside us,literally right in front of me just as I was dreaming about my old one.I got out and had a look around it absolutely over come with its tidiness.Then the emotion hit me and I started crying in the middle of town like a sad case and had to walk into the church so no one would see me.It just felt like I was being teased,like it was being dangled right in front of me and I know I'll never get to drive and enjoy one ever again,they're a rare car even in Ireland so the chances of that happening are slim to none,sometimes I feel like the world is trying to get me down as much as possible,just as I feel like I couldn't possibly be any sadder crap like this happens.

Anyway I haven't stopped thinking about that GT all day today and just thought now was as good a time to mention it as ever,but back to the threads original purpose,I don't want to derail it.

 

Just want to chime in here and say "yes, me too". When I turn my head to the extreme right (contralateral side) it will cause a sharp "ZING" kind of sound in the left ear (the one affected by the noise trauma). I agree this can be perceived as very annoying and upsetting.

My thinking is that this is actually a signature sign of (auditory) nerve damage, or more specifically cochlear synaptopathy. When you perform a move like this, the facial/cranial nerves get stimulated because of stretching which triggers a hyperactive response perceived as sound. Let's remember that Liberman said that the auditory input to the nerve has been reduced due to synaptic damage, for which (according to Shore) other nerves seem to compensate by stepping up their activity.

I get the same effect when pressing beneath the eyes with a flat hand. This only happens when I press on the left side of the face (triggering a loud and clear "ZING" noise in the left ear) but not when I press the right side (both ears remain fairly quiet, I have to press really hard and concentrate to get some very faint hiss in the right ear. This indicates the "ZING" is not normal). For me, it is actually my "normal" constant Tinnitus which is exacerbated by such movements. When I hear the "ZING" I cannot hear my "baseline" Tinnitus sound (because it is one and the same sound, just exacerbated). I therefore think my Tinnitus is not central but peripheral. It makes sense to think that restoring the auditory input by repairing the synaptic connections will recalibrate the nerve activity and hence reduce this type of Tinnitus.

I think the nerves and connecting synapses are heavily involved here and this would also explain why so-called "somatic" tinnitus is so common in noise-induced cases.

 

I'm afraid this can only be seriously resolved by restoring the input to the auditory nerve, which in turn reduces the activity of the other somatosensory facial/cranial nerves. Massages, acupuncture etcetera might bring relief, but it will be temporary in nature as it doesn't resolve the root cause; loss of auditory input.

I am fairly optimistic however that we are near to treating this kind of Tinnitus.

 

My high pitched tone changes pitch when I move my head.

 

@Vinnitus, Thanks for explaining your theory. I need to really shake my head aggressively in order to hear it (not a natural movement so there's really no point for me to keep doing it). I asked my friends and family members to do the motion and many of then told me they heard the same "chime sound". I have stopped worrying about it. I believe that it may be the same effect as when you clench your jaw (even people without T can experience a sound when doing this).

 

Yes, I think this is common, also with persons without the constantly noticeable Tinnitus. I think almost everyone has some degree of hearing loss anyway as it is hard to not have it in today's society (unless you walk around plugged up all the time, and even then there are the 'dont use it, you lose it' theories), I also think the statistics are way too optimistic about the prevalence of hearing loss. It is far more widespread than projected.

I did however notice this phenomenon has become "worse" for me since my last acoustic trauma. I never got it while looking backwards before when driving my car in reverse for instance (this was when I first noticed it), but now I do. I think the degree of nerve hyperactivity caused by hearing loss differs from person to person and this is probably influenced by things we do not yet fully understand.

 

I get this too but I have to shake my head very quickly. I only hear it in my left ear although both ears are affected. I have been diagnosed with TMJ as well (along with half the people on here so I'm no sure if that means anything).

 

@Samir Yes, I felt the same way, had a jaw thing for a long time (sometimes it would crack a little) but it was never really an annoyance. You dentist will probably refer one or I'm sure you can find one on your own.

 

@Samir I don't know if it's TMJ related. It happened 2 months after a drug reaction that took 4 months to slowly heal. I was clenching the while time so there is a possibility of TMJ. I am slightly doubtful due to the nature of my T, it came on very violently and evenly in both ears with pressure fluctuations and pain and H. There is a lot activity.