Does Tinnitus Usually Go Away?

[Holly1987]

After 2 months I've accepted mine is likely here to stay and have began therapy. If it goes away of course that will be amazing however sitting around waiting is torture, I figure I might as well begin the journey of acceptance.

 

[Alue]

It's my understanding that maladaptive neuroplasticity from amputees results from the brain failing to remap neurons associated with the lost body part, so how would someone get tinnitus from acoustic trauma if their hearing is perfect? I'm inclined to think nerve damage is the reason.

Yes. That is my understanding as well. Nerve damage. I had a neurotologist explain it to me in much more detail a while back.

 

[Paul13]

I believe more that is a failure of our brain/ear to close the path of certain frequency that creates the tinnitus, I will not bet on nerve damage. In other words our natural noise gates doesn't function properly and you can hear it what normally you won't.

 

[Mathew Gould]

It can. Tinnitus is considered "permanent" after 6-12 months. Even if you have had your T for over a year you can still wake up one day with it being totally gone. Don't panic, don't get anxious over it and do not firmly believe it will go away so you avoid getting disappointed.

Can T from a misaligned jaw just go away on its own?? I've had T now for 4 months, its reactive T in both ears... I went and seen the dentist and they gave me a splint to wear mostly at night. My question is I still have T and I've been wearing the splint for 2 months. Even if my jaw isn't perfectly realigned can the T still go away??

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Mathew Gould It could, but if not - your T could be greatly reduced. What that will depend on is not having other problems such as with your neck.

 

[threefirefour]

Can T from a misaligned jaw just go away on its own?? I've had T now for 4 months, its reactive T in both ears... I went and seen the dentist and they gave me a splint to wear mostly at night. My question is I still have T and I've been wearing the splint for 2 months. Even if my jaw isn't perfectly realigned can the T still go away??

Has it improved at all? If so maybe. I have tinnitus at least heavily influenced by my misaligned jaw and it's never improved as time progressed and my jaw became worse.

 

[threefirefour]

@Mathew Gould It could, but if not - your T could be greatly reduced. What that will depend on is not having other problems such as with your neck.

I agree here too. I can heavily reduce my tinnitus by pressing on the sides of my neck, but it becomes pulsatile. I don't know if it's really significant though.

 

[Bill Bauer]

pressing on the sides of my neck

where on the neck?

 

[threefirefour]

where on the neck?

The sides, right below my ears. All up that side, mostly directly at latitude with my adam's apple.

 

[XiviaN]

Hearing loss /= tinnitus. There are people with severe hearing loss that have no tinnitus (I know a few) and then there are people with no detectable hearing loss that have loud tinnitus.

Just to add to this, my father has fairly severe hearing loss in both ears and when I asked whether he hears any noise like hissing or ringing sounds in his ear he says he doesn't hear anything and that's it's just muffled and quiet when he doesn't have his hearing aids in.

 

[Mathew Gould]

@Mathew Gould It could, but if not - your T could be greatly reduced. What that will depend on is not having other problems such as with your neck.

My neck has definetly gotten better. I can still tell my jaw isn't 100% right, more like 85% and there is a weekness it my jaw.

 

[Mathew Gould]

Has it improved at all? If so maybe. I have tinnitus at least heavily influenced by my misaligned jaw and it's never improved as time progressed and my jaw became worse.

Yeah my jaw has improved greatly from the worst it was when I first got my splint. I never had full fledged TMJ, it was more of the TMD or discomfort one... I have the buzzing probably 90-95% of the time, alcohol and caffeine makes it worse. I can tell everything is still not aligned like it was before all of this happened... How long does it take wearing the splint to correct everything if correctable??

 

[Mathew Gould]

My neck has definetly gotten better. I can still tell my jaw isn't 100% right, more like 85% and there is a weekness it my jaw.

But my splint has been tightened like 3 times and it is pretty tight already... At this point the splint can only be tightened very little on the left side. I have had the splint now for over 2 months, prob gonna give it a few more months then if the buzzing hasn't went away I will get the left side of the splint tightened a little.

 

[threefirefour]

But my splint has been tightened like 3 times and it is pretty tight already... At this point the splint can only be tightened very little on the left side. I have had the splint now for over 2 months, prob gonna give it a few more months then if the buzzing hasn't went away I will get the left side of the splint tightened a little.

Perhaps you should consider a chiropractor. It may have gotten out of line because of a neck problem in the first place. My neck is pretty misaligned with my jaw too. Neck definitely plays a big role in TMJ and Tinnitus.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Mathew Gould Was there neck soreness before the jaw problem or the opposite? Jaw problems can cause neck problems, but way more often the neck causes jaw problems. If the neck soreness started first, was it caused by muscle trauma, lifting, bending head forward within some activity - head forward posture? The C1 vertebrate connects to the occlusal plane.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...ease-after-my-jaw-is-fixed.24036/#post-285637

I don't think that you should be alarmed, because it seems that your physical problems are in correction. Your T should fade away completely.

 

[Mathew Gould]

Perhaps you should consider a chiropractor. It may have gotten out of line because of a neck problem in the first place. My neck is pretty misaligned with my jaw too. Neck definitely plays a big role in TMJ and Tinnitus.

I did before I got my splint and my neck wouldn't even crack. Now its moving a little better and I can crack it myself from time to time.

 

[Mathew Gould]

@Mathew Gould Was there neck soreness before the jaw problem or the opposite? Jaw problems can cause neck problems, but way more often the neck causes jaw problems. If the neck soreness started first, was it caused by muscle trauma, lifting, bending head forward within some activity - head forward posture? The C1 vertebrate connects to the occlusal plane.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...ease-after-my-jaw-is-fixed.24036/#post-285637

I don't think that you should be alarmed, because it seems that your physical problems are in correction. Your T should fade away completely.

I'm not sure what came first if I had to guess I would say the jaw issues came first... My neck is much better now, at first was like almost popping out of place, now it feels much stronger... My neck has been pretty weak now for years, the jaw issues started about 5 months ago and at that time the neck got way worse. I know they are both the problem and are corrulated.

 

[dpdx]

Hey everyone

So I've had tinnitus for about 13 days.

Regardless on my condition, I just wanted to know if tinnitus usually goes away for the world population.

I'm not talking about people in this forum. I'm talking in general, if someone gets tinnitus...does the tinnitus usually go away? If so, whats the usual time frame? Months? Years?

Are there any statistics? I asked a few people in real life, they said they had it and it went away after some months/years.

So yeah, since I'm new to this, just wanted to know what the norm is. Thanks!

It dosent go away, if you maybe lucky it will go away! Damage has been done and Tinnitus is now a part of you.

 

[Mathew Gould]

After 2 months I've accepted mine is likely here to stay and have began therapy. If it goes away of course that will be amazing however sitting around waiting is torture, I figure I might as well begin the journey of acceptance.

What therapy have u begun?

 

[Bill Bauer]

What therapy have u begun?

Most likely - TRT

 

[Mathew Gould]

Has it improved at all? If so maybe. I have tinnitus at least heavily influenced by my misaligned jaw and it's never improved as time progressed and my jaw became worse.

Did u ever get a splint??? I'm wondering if my jaw/neck never gets back to perfect if my T will go away??? How long doesn it take for a splint to usually correct the T?

 

[threefirefour]

Did u ever get a splint??? I'm wondering if my jaw/neck never gets back to perfect if my T will go away??? How long doesn it take for a splint to usually correct the T?

No but I'm going to very soon. Will update.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Mathew Gould A misaligned jaw most always includes distortion of the C1 / C2. This is where the head joins the neck. This is why your neck was cracking. Besides using a mouth piece, correct posture is important. Not to bend forward improperly is important, as that can also weaken your chin. A mouth piece should make a very big difference, but correct body posture and neck posture is also important.

 

[Mathew Gould]

@Mathew Gould A misaligned jaw most always includes distortion of the C1 / C2. This is where the head joins the neck. This is why your neck was cracking. Besides using a mouth piece, correct posture is important. Not to bend forward improperly is important, as that can also weaken your chin. A mouth piece should make a very big difference, but correct body posture and neck posture is also important.

I don't think my splint is gonna be adjusted anymore, it could be a little on the left side. I've had the splint for 10 weeks now, how long does it usually take to correct the issue where the T goes away if it does?? The first time I got the splint the ear buzzing went away totally for a few days, then the splint became loose again and the buzzing came back.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Mathew Gould Gould It will probably take several more months and your T should fade away. Just be kind to your neck and don't bend it over a keyboard for hours at a time, day in and out. Relax and do some fun stuff.

 

[Niel S.]

It's hard for me to know what caused mine. I''ve had TMJ problems since last May, been listening to LOUD music daily for past 6 years, A LOT of ear wax (using olive oil currently) and it also started when I was extremely stressed and depressed. Also, I have terrible posture and my neck and jaw muscles ache all the time.

thoughts?

I've been out since I had T. Been to the mall, out shopping, loud restuarants...had no effect on my T. Hasnt made it worse. matter of fact, i cant even hear it when im out, unless i concentrate on it. Only hear it at home.

Do your jaws or ears sometimes hurt after wearing the headphones? Personally i have used headphones for sometimes up to 8 hours a day. I think excessive headphone usage can cause TMJ because it puts pressure on your jaw.