Can Your Own Voice Cause Tinnitus?

[CrystalB]

I got my tinnitus one morning, 2 or 3 days after I had a ocular migraine. When I had the ocular migraine it scared me because my vision was leaving and I saw flashing lights, I panicked and screamed so loud. It finally went away after lying down.

A couple of days after the episode of the ocular migraine, I woke up one morning with high pitch tinnitus, and it's not gone away in 5 years.

Has anyone heard of this happening to anyone? Could my own scream have caused the tinnitus? Would the ocular migraine cause it? My family has ocular migraines as well but hasn't developed tinnitus. Could the stress have caused my tinnitus?

I wish I could go back in time and not freak out so bad. Maybe I could have prevented the tinnitus.

I'm so confused. I've talked to doctors who have no idea what happened to me. I am a very anxious person who worries so much and used to panic even before tinnitus, but since tinnitus I've gotten worse.

I'm going down hill fast.

 

[GregCA]

Could my own scream have caused the tinnitus?

Unlikely. Our ears have a protection mechanism when we expect loud sound/noise, which your brain would have triggered when you started screaming.

I'm going down hill fast.

Has your tinnitus changed at all since you got it?

 

[CrystalB]

Unlikely. Our ears have a protection mechanism when we expect loud sound/noise, which your brain would have triggered when you started screaming.

Has your tinnitus changed at all since you got it?

It's still been the same since it started. The more my ears feel open, the louder it is. The more stuffed up they are, the quieter it is.

 

[nogg]

How are you doing? Have you seen an ENT? From your last post it sounds atypical to me and could be a medical problem.

 

[Matt G]

Not really sure if this is what you are getting at @CrystalB but when I first developed hyperacusis, my own voice would raise my tinnitus in my right ear if I projected my voice enough. I recovered from that after 6 months, but a spike has caused it to come back.