If You Have Tinnitus, Your Jaw Could Be the Problem!

TMJ Could Be the Cause of Your Tinnitus
Dr. Rachael Cook, audiologist at Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona, talks about the relationship between TMJ and tinnitus.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Most Common Tinnitus Cause
01:33 Other Causes of Tinnitus
02:21 TMJ and Tinnitus
03:18 Factor 1: Close Proximity between Jaw and Ear
04:04 Factor 2: Muscle Tension and Bloodflow
04:44 Factor 3: Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
05:38 Treating Tinnitus from TMJD
07:05 Final Thoughts

[lauriestokes]

In my experience after having various examinations, tests, scans etc. with several ENT specialists I have concluded they don’t know anything about treating tinnitus

[sridharthumiki]

God bless you for your simple and beautiful advice.Being a sufferer of Tinnitus i have been seeing all the people like you giving some hope but it's not going to come because some big mafia don't want to come out with any cure.God save us. Thanks🌹

[khemnathpaudel]

This sounds relevant to my problem because I am having problem in my salivary glands and tinnitus since 7 months back

[lauramaeda]

I have had tinnitus since August 1982 and possibly before that time. I believe it happened due to exposure to loud music because I became aware of it after a three day misadventure involving an extended rock and roll event. I have had constant tinnitus since that event. I had a period of time in 2002 of extreme vertigo and even after extensive testing, the cause of vertigo was not determined. I also have TMJ and arthritis. The intensity of the tinnitus varies mostly from stress. I also have presbycusis. I decided that treating my mild but continuing hearing loss was something that i could actively do. I noticed the tinnitus less since I started using hearing aids this year. Although i have grown used to having tinnitus, there have been periods where the tinnitus was not present. The relief has been sporadic but amazing since i believed the tinnitus was untreatable . It made me a little anxious when it happened at first. I was more concerned that some change in my health had caused the tinnitus to stop. Hearing more sound and more understandable speech dail makes my tinnitus more manageable. Thank you for this additional information

[AliciasHealingChannel]

Ear ringing went away when I started taking estradiol and progesterone for menopause - lots of issues disappeared when I started hormones.

[Michael_Wood]

I have an Acoustic Neuroma on my right side, as well as the "severe to profound" hearing loss on the right side that apparently goes with it. I started having what sounded like live crickets deep in my right ear canal that very quickly escalated to profound hearing loss in the same ear. I also have really bad balance likely caused by this. Shortly afyer this diagnoses, I was diagnosed wothbilayeral Avascular Necrosis in both hips (subsequently had both totally replaced, now I have a bone disease that is extremely aggressive in my spine. 218 days in hospital in last 2 years. Ugh.

[yb]

It is! Have pulsating tinnitus driving me crazy. Jaw cracked one day and boom gone, but it comes back once in a while.

[ferret]

I suffer with tmj and have been seeing some success with acupuncture. my last treatment gave me about 5 days with almost no symptoms. I find that a lot of my problem stems from the TMJ muscle and subsequent nerves extending from the base of my neck. I had a few months there where I was extremely depressed however my acupuncturist really pulled out all the stops to try and help me with rehabilitation. so far it's looking really hopeful

[Rileys_dad]

I had a head injury in 2019 and severe tinnitus since I woke up in the hospital. It’s driving me insane and I don’t know what To do about it.

[jackier]

I have tinnitus and unbalancement and dizziness
Been to ent and neurologist no answer also have pain in face
Please help

[thinline]

I have chronic tinnitus, TMJ... I developed TMJ in my 20s. tinnitus late 20s.. which is chronic since it never goes away.. so been living like this for 10 years... I mean.. its sucks, but what can I do about it...

[SamScott-vbym]

Man my right jaw has been locked up for days and I had no idea it has anything to do with my tinnitus

[notwozeefx]

I've actually had this weird bone crunching sounds whenever I open my jaw at a certain area (yes I have tinnitus) I've had this problem for the past 6 months and I genuinely have no idea what I'm going to do. There aren't any doctors in my city who specializes in ear treatment with is unfortunate. I also experience an uncomfortable sensation in both ears sometimes but that feeling mostly occurs every afternoon

[Mav.]

Tinnitus is really frustrating but recently my jaw starts to hurt is this part of it 😬

[mattnobrega]

I have been dealing with tinnitus for over 20 years. It first started in the military while firing rifles on the range. We had earplugs in but i didnt know my left one popped out as mine and two other rifles were fired simultaneously . I found put after that my ear plug came out but my hearing was still muffled. Went to the doc after the range and found out inhad compacted ear wax on that ear as well. Didnt get diagnosed with tinnitus until a few years after i got out of the military in 2006. Been dealing with it ever since 🤷‍♂️ ill have to tell my pcp about this. Thanks for sharing

[maddcharity]

My jaw always clicks or clanks for years n now I have tinnitus that drives me nuts

[jasond]

Good info but just because someone has hearing loss doesn’t automatically mean that’s the primary reason they have tinnitus. Their tinnitus could be entirely due to tmjd or something else. I have hearing loss and my tinnitus is not related to that. I know that for a fact because I’ve had the hearing loss for many many years before tinnitus. My tinnitus is due to stress tension, bruxism and neck issues. Some days it’s almost non existent and others it’s absolutely brutal. I can modulate it with many jaw movements and neck muscles. That’s not at all how tinnitus due to hearing loss behaves.

[Henochmiro]

I have tinnitus due to hearing aids from listening to music almost all day, the intensity has decreased a lot and I have normal hearing I don't have acoustic trauma, but my symptom worsens due to neck and jaw pain.

[Henochmiro]

This is exactly the information you need, excellent work and thank you very much for the information

[lexishannon]

Hamilton Anxiety Scale lists tinnitus as a symptom of anxiety, also Dr John Sarno considered it as a TMS symptom (ie psychogenic) also a study done in the 1950's demonstrated that 95% of subjects put in a totally silent sound proof room reported hearing ringing in their ears.... so maybe some people just become obsessed with it?