What Exactly Does Your "Pulsatile Tinnitus" Sound Like...?

[Ian Mc]

Hi, I'm keen to hear from other pulsatile tinnitus sufferers, could you please tell me what your PT actually sounds like, is it a whoosh, a heartbeat sound etc etc?

Mine is a heartbeat sound (a pulse sound / thump), not a whoosh) and it is totally in sync with my pulse. I can usually only hear it with my neck in certain positions, it is not very loud, and I can only hear it in a very quiet room (and in bed).

Thanks,
Ian.

 

[Imshael]

Hi @Ian Mc! Mine comes and goes, but it tends to be a "woosh" sound. It actually sounds pretty much exactly like the sound of a babys heartbeat (the one you can hear on ultrasound), only slower.

 

[Ian Mc]

Mmm, To date I have had 73 views and 1 reply..., surely someone must have something to add...??

 

[Simon Czt]

Mine was a "tum tum tum" but now it's a "whoosh", it's very light, I can only hear it in a quiet room

 

[boliston]

I sometimes get this if I bend right down and touch my toes then suddenly stand up, like the sound of blood rushing for a few seconds.

 

[SunflowerPT]

Hi @Ian Mc! Mine comes and goes, but it tends to be a "woosh" sound. It actually sounds pretty much exactly like the sound of a babys heartbeat (the one you can hear on ultrasound), only slower.

Mine is exactly like this, too!

 

[Duncan L]

Mine is a high frequency pulsating hiss which has grown with intensity over the last 5 years. One increase was major after I attended a long music show. I also have been experiencing vertigo and my ears have developed an internal pressure which seems to be directly wired to the T.

 

[tiniturtle]

whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh in time with heartbeat. Also, a low rumble like a car idling outside. Also, a long whoosh when getting out of bed like a pipe draining.

 

[lleyah]

Ive been having vertigo since may.
My tinnitus is like yours except it grows in intensity daily. It always goes back down though. Medicine lowers it, inflamation seems to make it loud. It goes over my head at its worst. But most of time I can control it. I have a drone with certain movements, a low eee, cicadas and a loud woosh. A couple others but medicine controls mine. So far I havent been able to help this damn Vertigo.

Mine is a high frequency pulsating hiss which has grown with intensity over the last 5 years. One increase was major after I attended a long music show. I also have been experiencing vertigo and my ears have developed an internal pressure which seems to be directly wired to the T.

 

[tiniturtle]

Actual recordings of PT from different patients here:

http://neuroangio.org/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-pulsatile-tinnitus/

 

[Mister Muso]

Like a motor vehicle idling outside. There are actually two tones, both low frequency.

 

[Deniseh]

Mines is like a tumble dryer/ boiler sound but with the door closed so sounds a bit muffled. It also revves up and down at times. I've also noticed that if I compress
the bridge of my nose with my thumb and finger then sometimes it stops/reduces the sound but not always

 

[Sean]

I sometimes get this if I bend right down and touch my toes then suddenly stand up, like the sound of blood rushing for a few seconds.

Mine was exactly like this. In the last few days it has increased and I hear it in certain positions especially at night.

 

[WIllyC]

Mine is high pitched and the volume is modulated in sync with my heart. It doesn't sound like a heartbeat - it sounds like regular tinnitus but with my pulse controlling the volume knob. Comes and goes.

 

[Kendra]

Mine can be high pitch or low pitch droning kind of sound in sync with my heartbeat. Sometimes it's there, other times it's not.

 

[WIllyC]

Actual recordings of PT from different patients here:

http://neuroangio.org/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-pulsatile-tinnitus/

...but do they sound like these recordings inside the head (like from the victims perspective)? I've listened to these as well but mine sounds NOTHING like any of them. I can't imagine any real world organically produced sound to be like what I hear inside my head.

@tiniturtle - you've said elsewhere that the sound you experienced was quite varied - but did it generally sound like what's in the recordings here? Mine sounds more like the sonar scan of an alien death robot (high pitched cyclical pulse, sometimes when louder it starts to sound like someone marching in the snow but up two octaves).

Matches my heartbeat perfectly though. I can hear the catch up beats when I swallow or the brief increase if I bend over and then Stand up again.

 

[tiniturtle]

...but do they sound like these recordings inside the head (like from the victims perspective)? I've listened to these as well but mine sounds NOTHING like any of them. I can't imagine any real world organically produced sound to be like what I hear inside my head.

@tiniturtle - you've said elsewhere that the sound you experienced was quite varied - but did it generally sound like what's in the recordings here? Mine sounds more like the sonar scan of an alien death robot (high pitched cyclical pulse, sometimes when louder it starts to sound like someone marching in the snow but up two octaves).

Matches my heartbeat perfectly though. I can hear the catch up beats when I swallow or the brief increase if I bend over and then Stand up again.

Yours sounds like typical PT.

 

[AliasM]

My 3 month old regular tinnitus turned pulsatile and somatic in my left ear about 6 weeks ago. It is whatever my regular tinnitus is doing but it pulses. Yesterday it was a pulsating hiss, today it is a pulsing ultra high pitch ring.

 

[Benja]

Mine is high pitched and the volume is modulated in sync with my heart. It doesn't sound like a heartbeat - it sounds like regular tinnitus but with my pulse controlling the volume knob. Comes and goes.

This is exactly how my tinnitus sounds, like "normal" tinnitus, but with the volume following the heartbeat.

 

[Mike O]

Mine always starts with feeling pressure in my head and then progresses into the whooshing sound that is in sync with my heartbeat. I also feel some pulsation throughout my body as well, usually the feet and arms. The whoosh for me sounds like when you are having an ultrasound and they record the blood flow and you hear the whoosh, whoosh, whoosh from the machine.

 

[Moremonie]

Mine sounds like a low pitch boom, boom, boom, ...

 

[volsung37]

My most recent pulsatile tinnitus developed a week after the Pfizer vaccine injection.

It started as a low hum which was manageable but quickly changed a booming sound superimposed on the hum.

It is in sync with my heartbeat.

I would give anything to lose the pulsatile tinnitus, even increase my normal tinnitus.