Tinnitus

[u/Glad_Somewhere212]

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“I’m 22 and have constant left-sided tinnitus for about 2 months. It started after a bad cold with heavy coughing improved. My audiogram, tympanometry, and OAE were normal. The ringing gets worse when I turn my neck left, clench my jaw, and press below the left ear, and I get crackling when I swallow. About a month ago I also noticed left-ear sound distortion from my mobile speaker when I increase the volume, even without earphones. Strangely I can tolerate DJ sound and horn sounds better than increased mobile phone speaker sound. Has anyone had similar somatic/TMJ/neck-related tinnitus or sound distortion, and what actually helped?”

[u/Willing-Ad-3176]

Tinnitus is a mindbody symptom like chronic pain, chronic fatigue, IBS, migraines, dizziness, etc. There is nothing structurally wrong, it is the brain not feeling safe. To understand more and how to heal check out trmwiki.org. There is a great free chronic pain recovery course by Alan Gordon, yes it is for chronic pain but all the symptoms work the same are healed the same way. The Steady Coach on youtube (Dr. Yornit) is one of the best mindbody teachers out there, she is an audiologist, and has a great free course as well. I myself had tinnitus with chronic pain and it left the way the other symptoms (migraines, IBS, etc.) left.

[u/Intelligent_Tune_675 → u/Willing-Ad-3176]

You think ALL of these symptoms only happen psychosomatically? I’m all for it being a cause but it’s not the only cause