I Rather Not Be Here Than Hear This Loud Scary Sound :(

[kelsey]

OMG!! This is literally making me go insane....Like I can't live with it anymore....Its so loud and vibrating my whole head and ear canal....Something is terribly wrong...7 months of this.....Loud Low pulsating humming (Sounds like a semi engine in my ear)....Had an MRI but they can't see a thing...Seen a neurosurgeon and he didn't do anything....What does one need to get too see what is causing this??? CTA??? of what the neck and head?? My life is totally destroyed....I can't sleep, function, breath, Its like this sound is making me go MAD! This is so terrible....Not to mention the jaw pain I've been having....No I don't have TMJ....Eagles syndrome....Long styloid process...God I'm so depressed...Im being punished...this is punishment....

 

[volsung37]

I've had the low humming in my right ear for 3 months now. It is annoying like a ships engine in the head. Had a spinal and head MRI. Nothing spotted but something is causing this. We just have to live with it unfortunately until such time as it goes away or we die. It is completely out of our control.

 

[glynis]

Welcome to Tinnitus Talk.
You could be picking up your pulse from your coroted artery .
Your doctor might be able try you on a small betablocker maybe as cann help some people or hearing aids.
@Karen im sure will be along soon and give you excellent advice on pulsitile tinnitus...lots of love glynis x

 

[GregCA]

OMG!! This is literally making me go insane....Like I can't live with it anymore....Its so loud and vibrating my whole head and ear canal....Something is terribly wrong...7 months of this.....Loud Low pulsating humming (Sounds like a semi engine in my ear)....Had an MRI but they can't see a thing...Seen a neurosurgeon and he didn't do anything....What does one need to get too see what is causing this??? CTA??? of what the neck and head?? My life is totally destroyed....I can't sleep, function, breath, Its like this sound is making me go MAD! This is so terrible....Not to mention the jaw pain I've been having....No I don't have TMJ....Eagles syndrome....Long styloid process...God I'm so depressed...Im being punished...this is punishment....

Have you done a CT-Scan?

 

[MikeP505]

.this is punishment.

Do you grind your teeth at all? While sleeping maybe?

 

[Dominic1955]

@kelsey, do u have hearing loss??
Vertigo?
Aural fullness?

 

[Karen]

Hi, @kelsey,

Yes, I think a CTA would be a good idea, to see if anything can be found. I'm not sure what could be causing the low humming along with the pulsating. Did it start suddenly, or come on gradually? Have you been to a neurotologist, or only to an ENT? You might want to try going to a specialist such as a neurologist, to see if he has any additional insight. If all else fails, it is often suggested on Whooshers. com that you circulate your scans to another doctor or doctors. There are some specialists who, for a fee, will review your scans and E-mail you any new findings.

Good luck, and I would like to hear what your doctor finds, if you decide to request a CTA.

Very best wishes,
Karen

 

[kelsey]

Hello, All, The sound came on gradually......then it started to get worse....some days I barely hear it some days its full force......No hearing loss, I get referred pain in my ears and jaw...I wear a splint....but it doesn't help...Ive been to a ear doctor and ENTS, and A neuro surgeon....Only thing was an MRI of my brain and neck...and CT of my neck but before the noise started...Its not a pulse I hear...its a LOUD vibrating humming noise and when my heart beats the noise will fluctuate......I first noticed it ONLY in my left ear with ear plugs on when my head was tilted down or too the side....Then it started on my right ear but I hear that ALLL the time only in the right ear....the left is is ONLY with earplugs on when head is down....I bet there is some type of compression going on.....no doctors believe that....And i told them that

 

[Ian Mac]

Option#1: it's called cochlear hydrops, it should stay a low humming unless it gets worse and you developed vertigo, at that point you have what's called minieres. You can get tested for hydrops at an otologist, only an otologist not an ENT.

Option#2: if the sound is like a typewriter in you ear? Then it's tensor tympani muscle spasm aka tensor tympani myoclonus. I had this for months when I was super stressed about my tinnitus. Thinking about your ears causes muscles spasms which sound like a thumping typewriter in your ear..

Luckily both will go away with treatment.

 

[dan]

Then it started on my right ear but I hear that ALLL the time only in the right ear.

Look on the bright side - its only in one ear, could be in both like it usually is! ;-)

 

[Pauline63]

OMG!! This is literally making me go insane....Like I can't live with it anymore....Its so loud and vibrating my whole head and ear canal....Something is terribly wrong...7 months of this.....Loud Low pulsating humming (Sounds like a semi engine in my ear)....Had an MRI but they can't see a thing...Seen a neurosurgeon and he didn't do anything....What does one need to get too see what is causing this??? CTA??? of what the neck and head?? My life is totally destroyed....I can't sleep, function, breath, Its like this sound is making me go MAD! This is so terrible....Not to mention the jaw pain I've been having....No I don't have TMJ....Eagles syndrome....Long styloid process...God I'm so depressed...Im being punished...this is punishment....

Hi Kelsey, I know exactly what you mean, my tinnitus came out of the blue this awful high pitched buzzing in both ears also thought I'd go insane! it's given me anxiety and sleepless nights... I have been on medication for 2 months to help me sleep it works only its making me confused while I'm working...So wish they would find a cure...Big hugs fellow sufferer

 

[snow47]

Had an MRI but they can't see a thing

I wish my MRI show something.

 

[MikeP505]

I wish my MRI show something.

I'm glad my MRI came out negative. If it showed anything it would most likely be a TUMOR! Thank you for a negative test!!!

 

[kelsey]

Option#1: it's called cochlear hydrops, it should stay a low humming unless it gets worse and you developed vertigo, at that point you have what's called minieres. You can get tested for hydrops at an otologist, only an otologist not an ENT.

Option#2: if the sound is like a typewriter in you ear? Then it's tensor tympani muscle spasm aka tensor tympani myoclonus. I had this for months when I was super stressed about my tinnitus. Thinking about your ears causes muscles spasms which sound like a thumping typewriter in your ear..

Luckily both will go away with treatment.

No mine sounds like a loud semi engine, Its not a hissing or buzzing or anything close to that........And its positional....It goes away slightly when I lay down, and when I sit I hear it very loud.....

 

[Ian Mac]

Yes that is the classic symptoms of cochlear hydrops. Roaring tinnitus that fluctuates.

 

[Ian Mac]

No mine sounds like a loud semi engine, Its not a hissing or buzzing or anything close to that........And its positional....It goes away slightly when I lay down, and when I sit I hear it very loud.....

Sound like it's getting worse.

 

[kelsey]

Sound like it's getting worse.

Then who would I need too see for this???

 

[Ian Mac]

An otologist that's the only doctor who can help you not an ENT an OTOLOGIST

 

[kelsey]

Ya seen 6.....

 

[SeekIngAlpha]

No mine sounds like a loud semi engine, Its not a hissing or buzzing or anything close to that........And its positional....It goes away slightly when I lay down, and when I sit I hear it very loud.....

Weird mine also goes away slightly when lying down. Sitting it acts up.