Pressing the Mastoid Bone Stops My Tinnitus. Why?

[Kayla L]

If I press my mastoid bone (bone behind the ear with tinnitus) the tinnitus stops... why is this?

 

[MidnightOilAudio]

No one here knows. Make a device that attaches to your skull and presses on it all the time. Problem solved.

 

[Tinker Bell]

Maybe you're adjusting pressure on the auditory nerve or blood vessels. Have you asked an ENT or neurologist? Has it always done that?

 

[The Red Viper]

Very interesting indeed. Yeah I would ask an expert about that, perhaps there is hope for you to cure it immediately.

 

[Bill Bauer]

If I press my mastoid bone (bone behind the ear with tinnitus) the tinnitus stops... why is this?

Mine doesn't stop, but I think I can influence its pitch/the way it sounds when I press there(!)

 

[Remnant0888]

Maybe somehow there is damage to the tubes connecting the ears and throat [eustachian tubes] or mastoid bone was infected like mine was.
My tinnitus seems like it's always been there.

 

[WaqasVic]

My tinnitus stops when I press the tmj joint the joint joining ear end and the jaw end

 

[WaqasVic]

If I press my mastoid bone (bone behind the ear with tinnitus) the tinnitus stops... why is this?

Happening to me too, the t goes very very low . Like proper low

 

[WaqasVic]

Maybe somehow there is damage to the tubes connecting the ears and throat [eustachian tubes] or mastoid bone was infected like mine was.
My tinnitus seems like it's always been there.

My T goes from 100 to 2 or 1 when I press my mestoid tube or the tmj joint

 

[jer]

So you might have tmj. I believe that might be a treatable cause of tinnitus, so maybe you should get checked out for that.

 

[Hariz Nonis]

@WaqasVic have you looked at TMJ or Mastoiditis as a cause of your T?