Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

Post by dghughes » Sun, Dec 03, 2023, 6:53 PM UTC

dathos wrote: post #332

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I have tinnitus I mean my ears ring constantly but I've never been diagnosed officially. It seems to be a middle C tone. For years I clenched my jaw and grind my teeth mostly at night to the point of damaging my teeth. I wore a guard and then didn't now again back at it due to jaw pain. The guard helps a bit mainly from damage when asleep and seems to protect my jaw joints. My point being even if my jaw is totally re…

Interesting, I have issues with jaw clenching and a damaged TMJ. I seem to always notice the (incorrect) position of my jaw, and when this is in a worse position the clenching increases and with that my tinnitus. I always assumed the softer bones around my ears get deformed because of this which in turn causes me to be affected by tinnitus. Honestly the thing that helped best was meditation. I tried guards, even a sp…

Post by smegger001 » Sun, Dec 03, 2023, 11:52 PM UTC

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That reminds me of the old crt tv my parents had for ages in their room that i could hear from the other side of the house but they couldn't that made the most awful high pitch whine. and as the screen would go black in some sort of sleep mode but it kept making that horrible noise with the only indicator that is was on still other than the noise, that apparently only i and dogs could hear, was the color of a small d…

Most children can hear very high frequencies and it usually causes them discomfort. For a while it was actually used as a deterrent for loitering youth in the Netherlands (the "mosquito device"), which was terrible for me: as an adult I can not only still hear that, but it's almost unbearable. Very old CRT monitors can have a similar effect, but they are usually not that loud. A friend once tried to test it using one…

Post by klardotsh » Mon, Dec 04, 2023, 8:45 AM UTC

financltravsty wrote: post #326

jader201 wrote: post #96

I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

Try putting your fingers in your ears and massaging around. I've found it gives me complete relief for about 10 seconds. I think mine might be related to stress, hypertension, and an all-around lack of relaxation.

Post by chakintosh » Mon, Dec 04, 2023, 10:43 AM UTC

rvba wrote: post #422

chakintosh wrote: post #268

It can also be a symptom of brain cancer. My aunt passed away last year after suffering from severe tinnitus for two years, and not a single doctor suggested and MRI, they all pretty much gave her magnesium supplements and drugs to treat the symptom (tinnitus) rather than actually thinking outside the box and suggesting an MRI to be sure (which is almost free in my country). Even I nearly suggested she does it very e…

Is there even chemo for brain cancer?

Post by jbd0 » Mon, Dec 04, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

manmal wrote: post #416

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Tea tree oil is an ototoxin. I had what I thought was a wart on the backside of one of my ears, and when I put a cotton ball with one drop of tea tree oil on it, I immediately heard ringing and ripped it off. The ringing has remained. It's not severe, but I've read stories online where people have put tea tree oil directly in their ear canal and were badly affected. This has to be relatively common, with how popular…

Any ideas how the oil would have transpired from the back of the ear inside? Sounds unlikely to me.