An Interesting Observation to Somatic Tinnitus from the Large Survey (> 5000 Participants)

[Tinniger]

I refer to the following survey:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/attachments/hub-survey-report-pdf.9777/

I am surprised that 32.83% of those questioned answered yes to the following question:
Do you have somatic tinnitus?

I think that is a remarkably high percentage.

 

[Steve]

It is high. Previous studies have been quite biased as they are clinic based and can be as high as I believe 80%.

Our question was very generic in that first survey. We followed up with the physical links survey which I will link to when I'm not about to eat pizza and watch a movie

In this we had very specific things about which movements caused a rise in tinnitus volume.

 

[Tinniger]

Even in large textbooks, somatic tinnitus is at best a marginal chapter.

 

[Tempest]

Cool to see a survey such as this, though reading the data is kinda hard. I'd wish the results would be sorted from highest to lowest.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

The true honest numbers is why I focus a lot on somatic physical T and it's not just because I have it. The 32.83 figure may actually be low because many don't realize that a physical element or condition can connect or complicate their noise induced trauma.

There's never been a complete diagnostic manual written for physical/somatic T. It's can be complicated and treatment can often only be advised case by case. That may include diagnostic testing, blood work and a medical team of care givers. Many researchers have said it's the 'neck' but many believe the 'jaw' or mouth may have a large influence as well. Something that some dentists won't admit to.

 

[Steve]

Here's the chart from the survey. This was a "select all that apply" question. Nearly 44% could modulate their tinnitus via one or more of these movements.

 

[Tinniger]

E.g., very interesting would be to correlate the data of somatic tinnitus with the the primary cause of tinnitus...

 

[Tinniger]

Linking this fact to the causes of tinnitus would be very interesting!
Maybe the raw data are still available...
Oh, I see, I repeat myself....

 

[Tinniger]

Obviously nobody can understand my aim....

 

[Hazel]

We heard you @Tinniger

Yes, the raw data are still available. We'll do an analysis on this and get back to you.

FYI, I already tried a similar analysis comparing the group with hearing loss to the group without, in terms of primary causes. There were differences but they didn't seem very great and I struggled to make something meaningful of it.

Anyway, I'll try to post some more analysis soon. More suggestions on potential correlations or comparisons from this data set are welcome!

 

[Tinniger]

Hi ,
it is only an idea, but trying to correlate this data:
28.70% - Don't know the cause
13.73% - Noise-induced hearing loss (continued noise exposure, occupational noise)
9.59% - Acoustic trauma (explosion, exposure to gunfire or extremely loud, sudden noise)
8.33% - Other (please specify)
7.65% - Virus (ear infection, flu, cold)
6.42% - Spontaneous onset (no apparent cause)
4.84% - Psychological (stress, anxiety, depression)
4.56% - Ototoxic (from drugs or medication)
2.87% - Age-related hearing loss
2.79% - Head or neck injury
2.39% - Sudden hearing loss
2.31% - Meniere's
1.47% - TMJ (issues with the jaw)
1.00% - Ear wax procedure (syringing, candling or other related procedure)
0.68% - Dental treatment
0.66% - Barotrauma (due to change in barometric or water pressure)
0.62% - Ear wax build up
0.60% - Otosclerosis
0.40% - Allergy
0.38% - Metabolic (diabetes, thyroid, B12, hyperlipidaemia etc.)

with "somatic tinnitus" is obvious.
Maybe, e.g., somatic tinnitus is often (80%?) at head injury and seldom with ototoxity (10%?).
This would be a very important fact!

 

[Greg Sacramento]

My dentist who has an undergraduate degree in disease and infection said that 5% to 10% with tinnitus have an undetected infection and many of those could be helped with a round of antibiotics. He said just the connection to nerves in the mouth from bad dental is a reason to try an antibiotic.

 

[Tinniger]

We heard you @Tinniger

Yes, the raw data are still available. We'll do an analysis on this and get back to you.

FYI, I already tried a similar analysis comparing the group with hearing loss to the group without, in terms of primary causes. There were differences but they didn't seem very great and I struggled to make something meaningful of it.

Anyway, I'll try to post some more analysis soon. More suggestions on potential correlations or comparisons from this data set are welcome!

Apparently the possibilities of correlation formation were not further explored, although possibly informative associations would have been found...