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I have mild tinnitus, it's not really bothering me but is noticeable in quiet environments. I find it interesting that I can exacerbate it by pulling on my jaw or clenching my jaw. If I'm feeling a bit under the weather, it is also exacerbated by moving my eyes. So at least in my case, there's a definite connection to muscles around the ear. There appears to be at least some support for this in the literature, e.g. h…
I have mild tinnitus, it's not really bothering me but is noticeable in quiet environments. I find it interesting that I can exacerbate it by pulling on my jaw or clenching my jaw. If I'm feeling a bit under the weather, it is also exacerbated by moving my eyes. So at least in my case, there's a definite connection to muscles around the ear. There appears to be at least some support for this in the literature, e.g. h…
I have mild tinnitus, it's not really bothering me but is noticeable in quiet environments. I find it interesting that I can exacerbate it by pulling on my jaw or clenching my jaw. If I'm feeling a bit under the weather, it is also exacerbated by moving my eyes. So at least in my case, there's a definite connection to muscles around the ear. There appears to be at least some support for this in the literature, e.g. h…
Two purchases have had a huge impact on my quality of life related to the tinnitus:
1. A pill case with some musicians earplugs on my keychain. Never feel like I need to decline an invite to a noisy place: https://www.amazon.com/Water-proof-Air-tight-Aluminum-Keycha...
2. The Bose qc20 noise cancelling earbuds - they don't go inside the canal, so they don't irritate or exacerbate the tinnitus, and for me at least the noise cancelling effect counteracts the tinnitus frequency.
> Martin’s resignation in the face of tinnitus isn’t rare, perhaps because tinnitus remains poorly understood. No. It's because you go to the doctor and you literally get sent home without being helped in any way whatsoever. Well, he looks into your ear and maybe you get some useless medication. Just save the money and time and deal with it, that's all you can do as of today.
Then, the doc told me they couldn't do anything, but if it distressed me there was counselling available to help you learn how to deal with it.
So while your experience may have sucked, they can do something, they just can't cure it.
I have mild tinnitus, it's not really bothering me but is noticeable in quiet environments. I find it interesting that I can exacerbate it by pulling on my jaw or clenching my jaw. If I'm feeling a bit under the weather, it is also exacerbated by moving my eyes. So at least in my case, there's a definite connection to muscles around the ear. There appears to be at least some support for this in the literature, e.g. h…
weird... I don't have tinnitus, that I know of, but if I put earbuds in that provide a lot of sound dampening and clench my jaw muscles, it makes a pretty noticeable roaring sound, kind of sounds like the inside of an airplane.
> Martin’s resignation in the face of tinnitus isn’t rare, perhaps because tinnitus remains poorly understood. No. It's because you go to the doctor and you literally get sent home without being helped in any way whatsoever. Well, he looks into your ear and maybe you get some useless medication. Just save the money and time and deal with it, that's all you can do as of today.
I remembered why, after seeing this guy once years before for another ent problem, I never went back to him.
Do you want tinnitus? Because thats how you get tinnitus.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does that contradict the quote? Maybe your doc sends you home with no help precisely because it is poorly understood and so they don't know how to help you?
Because the article makes it sound like Martin is an idiot who has a choice, he could at least try to understand it better, when really, Martin has no option other than resignating and sucking it up unless he's a brilliant doctor and neurologist and dedicates his entire life to this problem. The 'perhaps' is also completely out of place. How about some honesty: The doctors are completely clueless and can't do anythin…
I have mild tinnitus, it's not really bothering me but is noticeable in quiet environments. I find it interesting that I can exacerbate it by pulling on my jaw or clenching my jaw. If I'm feeling a bit under the weather, it is also exacerbated by moving my eyes. So at least in my case, there's a definite connection to muscles around the ear. There appears to be at least some support for this in the literature, e.g. h…
Same, also getting drunk makes it worse for me.
Also running, the harder I run the worse it is.