![]() ![]() ![]() The night with the grinding sound of iron rubbing together, I would I have spent thousands of dollars trying toįind out what has happened to me-I would wake up in the middle of Had to seclude myself in the confines of my house and listen to I could not go into a noisy enviroment and The noise was dibilitating, IĬould do nothing, relationship was tested with my best friend andįiancee, work suffered. Klemons in South Amboy, NJĪ interesting post I found today about the spasm of the stapedius muscle: If I can't find a suitable TMJ doctor here, I will fly out to see Dr. In addition, dysfunction of other muscles, such as the tensor veli palati, may prevent the Eustachian tube an air passage connecting the middle ear to the throat) from functioning normally, causing fullness and pressure behind the ear drum.įorward head posture as mentioned by Wave could be a contributing factor also to the muscle spasms. This spasm may cause a slight vibration which is heard within the ear as a ringing, buzzing or hissing sound. In certain cases, tinnitus may be a result of spasm of a tiny muscle (called the stapedius) in the middle ear. I believe it is caused by the description below: I recently had trigger point therapy to my neck & facial muscles and the noise went away for a day. It is too loud to be caused by noise exposure. I am almost certain the hissing sound in my left ear is caused by a muscle spasm, but how to correct it is another matter. Perhaps my experience is not representative of others (hopefully that is the case I would be willing and open to hearing about them). Really sorry if this is discouraging anyone my intent is to help others avert the disappointment I went through (not to mention forcing my wallet to go on a crash diet in the loss of 500 dollars). I found that a run to my chiropractor (for 40 bucks) does more than NUCCA. When they promised they could get rid of my T (100%) I should have immediately looked out their door for the ten mile line of fellow T sufferers. Unfortunately, I was so enthralled with the idea of NUCCA (at the time) that I failed to ask the critical questions or make the fundamental observations. If you suspect upper cervical issues, get a simple x-ray or pay your chiropractor 40 bucks for an exam. I'm just positing that it's worth checking out the simple things first. I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from exploring NUCCA (although I may have already discouraged - sorry). Those x-rays were expensive (500 bucks) I could have simply had a single/simple x-ray that would have told me the same thing (for about 70 bucks). I did the hours long x-ray studies only to learn that I have very little/no cartilage between C 5/6/7 and, therefore, they could do nothing for me. It is not uncommon for poor sleepers to wake up with ringing in their ears and headaches,Ĭlick to expand.Debs / went the NUCCA route because I knew I had upper cervical issues and NUCCA made so much sense (to me) although I believe in the merits of NUCCA (achieve balance via 0/0/0 upper cervical alignment in the x/y/z plane) they were not able to do anything for me. Fatigue can play a major role in exacerbating tinnitus, as well as stress and depression. This is a dose related to ototoxicity, so don’t be nervous if you are taking the 81mg dosage, but higher doses can cause problems. Medication can also be a common cause of tinnitus. This is actually a temporary hearing loss which seems to resolve over a number of hours, but in severe cases may last indefinitely. A very common cause of tinnitus is loud noise. This happens with TMJ abnormality (arthritis of the jaw joint) and cervical neck problems like arthritis of the cervical spine. Other potential causes could be irritation of nerves in the head and neck that cross over into the acoustic nerve or nerve of hearing. Another possible explanation would be the “revving up” of hair cells in the cochlea which are trying to work harder to deliver the message to the brain. ![]() This is similar to “phantom limb pain” when an amputee may experience pain in an extremity that is no longer present. The brain then begins to create its own information. This is due to the fact that the ear is not providing the brain with the appropriate amount of information at a given frequency. You may not appreciate the fact there is hearing loss, but most likely it is present. The causes of tinnitus are multiple, and often multiple causes can be occurring at the same time. ![]()
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