What Are Possible Reasons for Mild Tinnitus?

[Striveon]

What are possible reasons for mild tinnitus?

 

[Bill Bauer]

Lifetime of noise; one loud noise (acoustic trauma)(e.g., a kiss on the ear, a slap, being near a loud speaker); ototoxic medication; TMJ; ear being hurt at the dentist, by an ultrasonic teeth cleaning tool, during microsuction, by pouring hydrogen peroxide into an ear that has an eardrum with a small hole in it; a head trauma.

 

[1000]

Lifetime of noise; one loud noise (acoustic trauma)(e.g., a kiss on the ear, a slap, being near a loud speaker); ototoxic medication; TMJ; ear being hurt at the dentist, by an ultrasonic teeth cleaning tool, during microsuction, by pouring hydrogen peroxide into an ear that has an eardrum with a small hole in it; a head trauma.

Hydrogen peroxide can be a cause of t?

 

[Bill Bauer]

Hydrogen peroxide can be a cause of t?

Only when there is a hole in the eardrum. One finds out whether it is there if one feels burning pain after hydrogen peroxide is introduced into one's ear.

I learned this after reading the post that I will quote below. There might have been one more person who got their T as a result of hydrogen peroxide and a hole in the ear drum, but I can't find their post now.

... I never experienced such a hard slap in my entire life. I hear the buzzing noise immediately and started crying. After an hour the buzzing noise was gone except that I felt like there was a blockage in hearing. I waited 3 days couldn't get ENT appointment immediately so went urgent care on 29th Nov.

I mentioned them I couldn't hear as clearly as my right ear and probably due to Q tip. They saw that there is some ear wax in left ear and probably its blocking my hearing and they poured hydrogen peroxide. The moment they poured that it felt like they poured acid in my ear and i was crying horribly with pain and there started the continuous ringing..........

They told there is something wrong (probably a rupture). they do this procedure to many people and nobody was ever hurt so badly. The ringing started from Wednesday night after they poured hydrogen peroxide until then I just felt there was just blockage in hearing. Later the blockage feeling went off and the ringing was there from that night. So, I joined immediately in ER on that Wednesday night.

Next day I was seen by ENT specialist he did my hearing test and said that there is moderate hearing loss in left ear and there is a 2-3mm perforation. He told hydrogen peroxide was the wrong thing to put when there is a rupture and the combination did the damage. ...

 

[Bill Bauer]

I forgot to mention that T can begin as a result of suddenly Stopping a drug (e.g., Proscar/finasteride ), and as a result of an ear infection. Flying while being congested and sick can do it too...

 

[Bill Bauer]

Some sad ways people get an acoustic trauma involve a dog barking close to one's ear, and a balloon bursting inside of a closed space (e.g., a small room or a car). The causes I listed in all of my posts in this thread are based on the posts I read on this forum.

 

[Red]

The causes I listed in all of my posts in this thread are based on the posts I read on this forum.

one loud noise (acoustic trauma)(e.g., a kiss on the ear...)

Uhhh. What?
Am I still in real life?

 

[Bill Bauer]

Am I still in real life?

Unfortunately, you Are.
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-and-hearing-loss-from-a-kiss-on-the-ear.29274/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...loudly-after-being-kissed-on-the-cheek.14738/

Our bodies are THAT vulnerable. I can't believe what boxers and MMA fighters are doing, given how fragile our bodies are.

 

[Bill Bauer]

p.s. There was definitely another, older thread describing someone getting T from a kiss on the ear. Back when it was first posted here, I completely missed the post that I just quoted above.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@1000 Your posting history seems to rule a lot of possible physical problems. I will think that your burning ear pain is from hyperacusis with maybe your tensor tympani muscle tightening from noise.

 

[1000]

@Greg Sacramento

@1000 Your posting history seems to rule a lot of possible physical problems. I will think that your burning ear pain is from hyperacusis with maybe your tensor tympani muscle tightening from noise.

If is the tensor tympani muscle tightening should it resolved over a period of time and desensitization?

 

[Julien87]

Our bodies are THAT vulnerable. I can't believe what boxers and MMA fighters are doing, given how fragile our bodies are.

I believe our bodies are different, we don't all have the same vulnerability.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@1000 First I meant to say that 'Your posting history seems to rule OUT a lot of physical problems." Sorry about that.

If is the tensor tympani muscle tightening should it resolved over a period of time and desensitization?

I had very bad TTTS, ASD and hyperacusis. TTTS is gone, but when a dish is hit hard with a spoon I can feel a slight relax. ASD went away in a few months. Hyperacusis is generally gone, but will slightly reappear when I spend a day or two in almost total silence.

I'm sure that you read up on this stuff as there's many causes. Classic TTTS symptoms can include pain, numbness and/or burning sensations, fluttering sensation, feeling of fullness, muffled hearing and balance problems. The conditions that can cause symptoms are all the same as to what can cause burning ears.

If you also have pain in your cheek, it may be your temporomandibular joint, but normally you would also have a headache. It also might be ETD, it seems to be TMJ maybe caused by your C1 and C2 being stressed or from pressing teeth together.

To answer your question, I found that very pink relaxing music does the trick. The best for me is a gentle flowing stream. I started off at whisper level and slowing increased over days to 35-40 decibels. I play the pink stream from You Tube when I'm on the computer or near by. I use a CD player at night about 9 feet from my head.

 

[Lane]

Lifetime of noise; one loud noise (acoustic trauma)(e.g., a kiss on the ear, a slap, being near a loud speaker); ototoxic medication; TMJ; ear being hurt at the dentist, by an ultrasonic teeth cleaning tool, during microsuction, by pouring hydrogen peroxide into an ear that has an eardrum with a small hole in it; a head trauma.

Good list Bill. Here's a few others I'm aware of... Diabetes and/or high blood sugar levels; coffee; sinus infections; overall or localized stress; earwax buildup; various kinds of structural issues in the spine or neck, even extending out further than that; energetic disharmonies between various internal organs (I posted about one man who had tinnitus for 17 years or so, and finally overcame it be doing some acupuncture); motorcycles; concerts; toxic exposures.

I suspect pH imbalances; oral cavitations; tooth infections; root canals; various kinds of eye stresses (including laser surgery); thyroid issues (and apparently, especially thyroid issues that can affect dopamine levels). There's more possiblities of course--the list is almost endless. Chemotherapy and other common antidepressant, anti-anxiety or anti-histamine drugs are also top contributors to tinnitus.

 

[Striveon]

Wow, the sad part is that literally ANYTHING can cause tinnitus (including flu vaccines, many other good kinds of vaccines, antibiotics, acne medications, salicylic acids, so on and so fourth) so it sucks that it's a long process down the road to be able to find if there is an internal problem to help resolve tinnitus. For example the 17 years of tinnitus mentioned above, it's crazy and it sucks, also, there was a man with tmj, he did 10 months of physical therapy and his tinnitus went away. It's a process but we have to keep pushing foward and trying to find ways to help against tinnitus if there is underlying problem you may suspect of. Thank you for all your good ideas, tinnitus is so broad I hope we at least are able to find ways to cope with tinnitus :/

 

[Lane]

It's a process but we have to keep pushing foward and trying

Hi @Striveon,

In a sense, life is all about solving problems. It just so happens we have a doozy on our hands! But I think the more flexible and creative we can be, the greater our odds of coming up with some kind of successful strategy(s) for ourselves and our unique, individual circumstances.

 

[Bill Bauer]

For example the 17 years of tinnitus mentioned above

I remember reading a post by someone who has had it for something like 50 or 60 years...... I find it shocking that some of the people who have had it for as long as they can remember (since the early childhood) never get used to it.

 

[Lane]

ANYTHING can cause tinnitus

Here's three more: Candida; Lyme; Mycoplasma infections. All hard to diagnose and treat.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

I had posted a link with all the causes of tinnitus and number of cases reported for each cause. I didn't do a count on causes, but it appears that it's over 7000. Facial including the mouth and teeth number probably over 2000. It's wasn't difficult for me from number of cases reported to narrow the A-Z list down to about 300 common causes. Facial and the mouth would be half of that. The neck about 15 with 3 being prominent. One problem is that facial and jaw between each other and with association to the neck has more wiring pathways than the internet. Nerve fibers and infection often have association to many causes.

I have treatment access and 750 links for most of the 300 common causes, but again there can be a lot of cross wiring. I would think that a super computer should be able program all of this.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

It took me 16 months to research and collect the 750 links, but only about 500 of them relate to conditions. The other 250 or so links are about health in relation to tinnitus, anatomy chart location, physiology, brain and other tinnitus related topics. The facial and mouth aspects of research was the most difficult project that I have ever undertaken.

Specific dental problems that can relate to tinnitus is very hard to understand. TMJ or nerve and facial/mouth damage has many causes and then other problems can develop. How can a dentist get to the bottom of one's cause, often they can't and often they don't have the knowledge. Then of course they won't tell you if the cause was from them.

 

[anusha]

Only when there is a hole in the eardrum. One finds out whether it is there if one feels burning pain after hydrogen peroxide is introduced into one's ear.

I learned this after reading the post that I will quote below. There might have been one more person who got their T as a result of hydrogen peroxide and a hole in the ear drum, but I can't find their post now.

It was my post. I did not know I had a hole in eardrum but felt air was going in ear and felt blocked ear for next 3-4 days. Couldn't get ENT appointment went to urgent care and she poured hydrogen peroxide when I told her I feel my ear is blocked and I feel air is going in ear.

Immediately there was excruciating pain like acid was poured and I could feel peroxide until my throat and there started the horrible teeeee sound and it's been 8 months and even today after the hole is closed and hearing is normal I have tinnitus. She saw my ear before pouring god knows why she didn't see the perforation. Immediately I got emergency care ent and he saw there was perforation. ENT did say that it was nasty to pour Peroxide in a perforated ear drum ear. ENT did mention that people don't pour peroxide anymore and it was very old procedure. I recommend anyone not to experiment by going to non ent doctors for ear related issues not even urgent cares.

 

[anusha]

One sad story is my best friend came to visit me when I was really down and depressed with tinnitus in January. She came for the weekend I cried so much with anxiety with her. End of the weekend she said dude I think I can hear the sounds. I was like wtf don't joke maybe you're hallucinating. Then she left to her city. I thought she was fine and texted her after 2-3 days she said she was still able to hear it. I was like what did I cry so much that she started focusing and got it. Then after 15/20 days she couldn't take it and she went to see the ent. She had sudden hearing loss when they did audio test. She tried many things now even she has Tinnitus.

Idk what caused her sudden tinnitus but I literally stopped sharing with her cuz I didn't want to drag her down when I am having bad days.

On bright side we both are sucking up and living our lives now.

 

[Contrast]

1: hearing loss
https://www.google.com/search?q=central+gain+tinnitus
2: neck/jaw issues
https://www.tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-and-tmj
3: cervical issues
https://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/tinnitus/cervical tinnitus.html
4: brain injury

all four of this issues share one thing in common, they modify parts of the brain associated with hearing

acoustic trauma, ototoxic medicine, ear infections would all fall under the category of hearing loss.
so don't let that confuse you, literally ear wax and middle ear malfunctions can cause temporary tinnitus until the original problem is corrected.

 

[Contrast]

@1000 First I meant to say that 'Your posting history seems to rule OUT a lot of physical problems." Sorry about that.



I had very bad TTTS, ASD and hyperacusis. TTTS is gone, but when a dish is hit hard with a spoon I can feel a slight relax. ASD went away in a few months. Hyperacusis is generally gone, but will slightly reappear when I spend a day or two in almost total silence.

I'm sure that you read up on this stuff as there's many causes. Classic TTTS symptoms can include pain, numbness and/or burning sensations, fluttering sensation, feeling of fullness, muffled hearing and balance problems. The conditions that can cause symptoms are all the same as to what can cause burning ears.

If you also have pain in your cheek, it may be your temporomandibular joint, but normally you would also have a headache. It also might be ETD, it seems to be TMJ maybe caused by your C1 and C2 being stressed or from pressing teeth together.

To answer your question, I found that very pink relaxing music does the trick. The best for me is a gentle flowing stream. I started off at whisper level and slowing increased over days to 35-40 decibels. I play the pink stream from You Tube when I'm on the computer or near by. I use a CD player at night about 9 feet from my head.

your TTTS went away completely? awesome!

 

[Lora]

@Greg Sacramento
Hi Greg! Hope you don't mind me jumping on this thread but I've just been searching for threads related to TTTS and you seem to know more than most professionals! I've had TTTS since September but after a recent cold the thumping to voices, dishes and just every little noise is worse, also everytime I brush the side of my cheek I feel the inside of my ear fluttering - this has been going on for a while. It's also reacting/thumping when I'm chewing since I had the cold! I have a constant clicking in my jaw when I chew but don't know if that's related. It's so distressing!

Any advice or tips please?

Thank you, Lora.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

@Lora The tensor tympani muscle and the jaw are connected to the trigeminal nerve, where one problem can affect the other. TMJ can cause inflammation and swelling which can block the eustachian tubes causing ear pressure. TTTS, or a stapedius muscle reaction besides from noise can be the result of jaw joint problems or upper cervical spine problems caused by whiplash. TMJ problems can produce spasm and thumping of the tensor tympani muscle. It could have all started from respiratory - infection - a weak immune system - a cold, sinuses, or ETD. This could have traveled to your jaw joints and ears similar to otitis media.

What doctors to see first? ENT, dentist or GP.
I would first get blood work for infection done.
Try using some facial and dental heat wraps.

 

[Lora]

@Greg Sacramento thank you so much! I'll make an appointment asap. Would pink noise be any help like you mentioned in a previous post somewhere on the forum?

 

[Mister Muso]

You get mild tinnitus so that eventually you can think back to "the good ol' days" before you had moderate or severe tinnitus.

Edit: This was meant to be a funny post, not a negative one. Of course, your mild tinnitus days may yet return to you once again.

 

[Greg Sacramento]

Would pink noise be any help like you mentioned in a previous post somewhere on the forum?

Hi Lora: Studies have been done for use of pink noise and TTTS. With having had TTTS and hyperacusis, I used a bubbling brook CD. I placed the sound unit about 12 feet from my head on low volume - whisper sound - 25 decibels or a little above to start with - day and night. Listening to natural rain also greatly helped me.