tinnitus

Ear abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), (FM), (COVID) and long-COVID, sick-building syndrome (SBS), (PoTS), and (ASIA): A systematic review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568997224000971 Thelma L. Skare, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Italo Roberto Torres de...

Abstract Tinnitus, reduced sound-level tolerance, and difficulties hearing in noisy environments are the most common complaints associated with sensorineural hearing loss in adult populations. This study aims to clarify if cochlear neural degeneration estimated in a large pool of participants...

A friend of mine with severe ME has a very severe case of tinnitus, which gets worse with exertion (even minor mental exertion). He says it feels like a pickaxe constantly hitting his brain. Some nights, he vomits because of how severe the tinnitus is. He has tried seeing multiple neurologists...

I found this site tinnitus.org.uk which reviews treatments for tinnitus. One of the only recommended treatments is CBT for which it says: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - Tinnitus UK there is a link to the full information sheet on CBT for tinnitus (pdf) In it it cites the following...

Hello all, I'm never quite sure if a symptom or symptom(s) are "part" of ME, or something else coincidental etc etc, but got a few newish ones that I'm wondering if anyone else has any experience of. Basically an earache in my left ear, since around Oct 2022, present pretty much all of the...

This post has been copied and discussion moved from this thread: Tinnitus treatment It's common in both ME and LC. Some after vaccines too, although it's still unclear whether it's vaccines alone, or the immune system's reaction to the vaccine. Temporary in some cases, chronic in others. It's...

Tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness are symptoms commonly reported among Long and Post COVID patients, however the severity of these symptoms has not been assessed in large trials. Therefore, in this study a large cohort of Long COVID patients was surveyed about the presence and severity of tinnitus...

Abstract: Objectives: Extensive studies indicate that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) involves human sensory systems. A lack of discussion, however, exists given the auditory–vestibular system involvement in CoV disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present systematic review...

BBC Radio programme on tinnitus I haven't listened to this yet so don't know how relevant it is to ME. Hearing me The Documentary (This programme contains audio effects that may cause discomfort to people living with hearing conditions. There is a modified version of this programme, with...

Dear All, There has been a poll previously about Tinnitus. Interestingly i read that some people made the connection that tinnitus relates to their symptom severity. Looking more into this symptom i found that there are two types of tinnitus : The one that occurs in both ears and a second type...

Edited abstract : https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000307

Not at all sure of the value of this. Paywall at https://journals.lww.com/otology-neurotology/Abstract/publishahead/Can_a_Chronic_BPPV_With_a_History_of_Trauma_be_the.96598.aspx

Wasn’t sure where to post this as it’s not an ME/CFS study, so please move if necessary. (Moderator note: thread has been moved.) I’ve only read the abstract and skimmed the rest but this study looks so bad – an open label uncontrolled trial relying on self-reported subjective outcome measures...

Just curious to see how many of us suffer tinnitus that can't be attributed to a particular cause i.e. not caused by exposure to extreme noise levels etc. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus): Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present.[1] While often...