Do You Think Having Hyperacusis Causes Me to Hear Pulsatile Tinnitus Because of the Sensitivity?

[Lost life]

I just wondered if that's why I can hear my pulse in my ears because my ears are so sensitive to sound?

 

[SérgioB]

I have no idea, but, in my case, pulsatile tinnitus was the 1st "kind" of tinnitus that I got, having started within the first year of my hyperacusis symptoms.

 

[JamesNOLA]

I doubt it; but only because my H and my T can be separated fairly readily. Clearly, hyperacusis aggravates my tinnitus: it basically stops my ears and shuts out all masking clutter-noise, as well as creating painful sensitivity to sound. But I can't say it causes it, since I had tinnitus well before I developed hyperacusis..

 

[Tamara]

Usually people have tinnitus before hyperacusis, but then, with hyperacusia, tinnitus worsens. Hyperacusis has to be treated for tinnitus to improve.It's, usually, related to noise injury.