Pulsatile Tinnitus Sounds Like Car Alarm

Hi, I've had tinnitus for several years but have recently developed pulsatile tinnitus. The posts I've read from people with PT all describe it as a wooshing sound but mine is like a car alarm. Anyone else have this?

 

Judging by the lack of replies it seems like the answer is 'no'! I've just been listening to the sounds on whooshers.com and my PT doesn't sound like any of them. It's more like a ringing, but pulsatile.

I also just got my next ENT appointment through and it's in a month's time. I'm trying to find out as much as I can about PT before then. I know it's
uncommon (my third 'unusual' condition, *sigh*) and now it seems that the sound I hear is unusual too. Which perhaps makes it more unlikely that I'll find a cause.

It's so frustrating that ENT's generally seem unkowledgeable and /or uncaring about tinnitus. I spent several minutes telling the last ENT I saw - in my croaky voice which came on with the PT- all about the noise, and how long it had been there, and the pain thtt I had with it, and how difficult it was to cope with, and he wrote down THREE words - 'pulstaile tinnitus CT'. And even then he did an MRI! He took no notice at all of any of the symptoms I had.

Sorry, rant over! What I'm actually wondering is, does anyone know how many PT sufferers there are and how many ENT consultants? I'm wondering how many PT cases any one ENT is likely to have come across.

 

Thanks, Karen. I saw my GP today and he's great, shame he's not an ENT! He apologised for the ENT's lack of interest and he's going to try and get my next ENT appoinent brought forward and also given me some antidepressants which should also help with the pain.

I have seen the tips.for.doctors on whooshers.com and I'll definitely be taking it with me to my appointment. The BTA also hs a good page on what tests can be done for pulsatile tinnitus and what a doctor SHOULD do at your appointment (none of which mine did) so I'll be taking that too.

I'll keep you posted, please do the same - one of us might just have a breakthrough! Good luck!

 

hi tychobrae.ive had my pt for about 7 months.mine also doesn't sound like a whoosh.mines more of a hissing which is in sync with my pulse.of course it gets faster with any exersion.like Karen ive had several test which came back negative.i agree with her that many times your better off seeing a neurologist instead of an Ent. good luck and don't give up. thanks billy43

 

It's been a struggle just to get an appointment with the ENT I wanted to see (the first was a locum). I can't imagine that I would be able to see a neurologist but I'll ask my GP if my next appointment isn't helpful.

Thanks

 

Yeah the car alarm. I got the pulsing heartbeat Tinnitus. It's terrible.
I hope the best for you tychobrae.

 

my tinnitus is like 30 loud chimes going off every second

 

hey @tychobrae , can I recommend a video that may help you?

search "tinnitus sound therapy" on YouTube, look for the one with the shower that is looped 6 hours long(should be the first video)...try playing this in the background, maybe it can help you like it helps me sleep. I've tried alot of water running videos/sounds but this one seems to work for me and I read a comment from one guy who said he has PT and the video helps him. A small amount of people say it doesn't help at all, but it's worth a try.

 

Yes my PT is like a car alarm going off in my head too. It turns out that I have a vascular loop coursing into my internal meatus compressing the auditory nerve and displacing the vestibular nerve.

 

Same here

 

I have the exact same noise. Would a ct scan show this up? Svintegrity (what u have I mean)

 

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i have something similar but nothing found. ct scan mra mri ... ugh!