Does different T noises, mean different things?

[Momoko79]

I was wondering what peoples opinions are/experiences with the type of sound that they hear and whether certain sounds mean different things? i.e high pitch ringing could mean hearing loss/damage and humming/buzzing could mean carotid arteries and blood follow issues? i'm interested to see what other T suffers think

[NicBTA Partner]

There's not always a correlation - although it's thought high pitched tinnitus can mean losses of hearing in the higher frequencies.

Pulsatile tinnitus - ie tinnitus in time to your heartbeat - is more likely to indicate some connection with blood flow, but not always - sometimes it's just where the blood vessels lie.

Best wishes

Nic

[Wringing1212]

If only the audiologist and ENT S would ask the same question. It amazes me how simple their approach is to trying to understand T. Perhaps T patients could help neurologists map the simptoms of T or compare the many cases that have been documented independently.

They tend to look at you dumb founded like a deer in the headlights. When I refer to them, cases or research that yielded helpful data, I realize how little attention they've actually given to the topic. I'm trying to get my doctors at University of California San Francisco to collaborate on the subject. Although they already have a department for tinnitus, I've proposed that the subject be included in the UCSF "round table" discussions. This is where the heads of all departments in the university's medical school address a list of cases that could benefit from a colabrerative effort between the different specialties.

Stephen Cheung MD spear headed a research program in 2010 that has since been concluded. Although they may have given up on a cure for tinnitus, there is an increasing number of cases that will inevitably attract the attention of the medical "industry"/field. It could be just a matter of demand.

Regarding pulsating base sounds, my ENT found me to have overactive eardrums.

Regarding high pitched wringing: Twenty years ago, my Audiologist explained that sound is perceived by tiny hairs in the inner ear bending over from sound waves and touching a neighboring hair. This creates the conductivity like an electrical loop of current. If the hair gets blown over and can't stand up again, it lies against the neiboring hair producing a constant signal.

Fast forward to today, in the same hospital, a much younger Audiologist explains it as the hair fails to deliver any signal to the nerve, and the brain simulates it own signals. This is why they believe that by not cooperating with the brains search for the impulse, you train your brain to stop looking for it. The hopes is that the brain gives up and stops simulating its own sound.

I believe my high pitched T to be created by neuropathy instigated by a stenosis in my spine. Clinicians are reluctant to support this idea but clearly recognize it's on the list of legitimate causes of tinnitus.

[Momoko79 in reply to Wringing1212]

That’s interesting about the hairs bending over.

I found this website shows some of the different sounds and what it can usually mean mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

[Wringing1212 in reply to Momoko79]

Thanks for the tip, I’ll check it out.