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Question: Can anyone tell me about pulsatile tinnitus?

(Posted by: linda c on 2008-09-07 21:07:32)

It is like a loud heartbeat in my ear...it has been happening on and off for about 2 years now. I did a little searching online and it said it could be pulsatile tinnitus....has anyone else been diagnosed with this, and how does the doc check to see if that is what you have? also...it is in my right ear, and if I press on my neck below my ear it stops...is that weird?

Posted by: douglas_haley on 2008-09-07, 21:44:31

I haven't been diagnosed but I do know how the doc will check to confirm you thought, they will send you to a audiologistogist (ear specialist), who will run a sound and hearing test (one will test your hearing by getting you to listen to different sounds, while the hearing test will check your brain activity to see if your hearing cortex is recognising the noise). Also when you push below your ear on your neck your actually reducing the blood flow past your ear in turn reducing the sound.