- May 28, 2025
- 3
- Tinnitus Since
- 2012
- Cause of Tinnitus
- unwise self-medication for itchy ears
Hi all,
I first developed tinnitus about fifteen years ago. It was a high-pitched ringing, mainly in the right ear. It has been fairly constant and, most of the time, not a major issue.
In the past 18 months, I developed a different type of tinnitus after receiving a COVID booster and experiencing a sensation of ear fullness. About a month ago, I noticed yet another tone in the other ear during a period of muscle and neck pain.
These newer tones are very different and seem unusual. They vary randomly, almost like distant talking, but always on a single tone. Sometimes they occur in sync with quiet real-world sounds at any frequency, although louder sounds tend to mask them. More often, they seem completely random and unrelated to any external sound.
Someone else on this forum, the only person I have seen describe something similar, referred to it as "Morse code or random blips." There does not seem to be a specific name for this type of tinnitus. It is not pulsatile, because it varies in a random way rather than following a rhythm. It is also not what people usually call fluctuating tinnitus, which refers to changes that occur over hours or days, not from second to second.
I am also very interested in the connection between muscle tension, especially in the shoulders and neck, and tinnitus in general.
I first developed tinnitus about fifteen years ago. It was a high-pitched ringing, mainly in the right ear. It has been fairly constant and, most of the time, not a major issue.
In the past 18 months, I developed a different type of tinnitus after receiving a COVID booster and experiencing a sensation of ear fullness. About a month ago, I noticed yet another tone in the other ear during a period of muscle and neck pain.
These newer tones are very different and seem unusual. They vary randomly, almost like distant talking, but always on a single tone. Sometimes they occur in sync with quiet real-world sounds at any frequency, although louder sounds tend to mask them. More often, they seem completely random and unrelated to any external sound.
Someone else on this forum, the only person I have seen describe something similar, referred to it as "Morse code or random blips." There does not seem to be a specific name for this type of tinnitus. It is not pulsatile, because it varies in a random way rather than following a rhythm. It is also not what people usually call fluctuating tinnitus, which refers to changes that occur over hours or days, not from second to second.
I am also very interested in the connection between muscle tension, especially in the shoulders and neck, and tinnitus in general.