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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 03:43:26 +0100, "BJ" <nospam@thankyouverymuch.com>
wrote:
>
>"Laurence Payne" <l@laurenceDELETEpayne.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:via101d5mna40pgu211npc5j9026c7vsdg@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 03:44:02 +0100, "BJ" <nospam@thankyouverymuch.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >When we're on the subject...
>> >My tinnitus gets a LOT louder when I push my jaw forward.
>> >Anybody know why this happens, or if this indicates a special type of
>> >tinnitus?
>>
>> We all hear a little body noise if we listen hard in quiet
>> surroundings. And we can all induce that "rushing" sound in the ears
>> by tensing the face in a certain way. Are you sure you're chasing a
>> real problem?
>
>I've had tinnitus for about 6 years now. That's very real. It got worse a
>couple of months ago. Much worse. I just happened to notice that it becomes
>a helluva lot louder when I press my jaw forward. Hard.
>
>Modulation of tinnitus by voluntary jaw movements.
>
>Pinchoff RJ, Burkard RF, Salvi RJ, Coad ML, Lockwood AH.
>
>Cornell University College of Human Ecology, New York, USA.
>
>OBJECTIVE: The authors describe symptoms and population characteristics in
>patients with tinnitus who report the ability to control the loudness of
>their tinnitus by performing voluntary movements. DESIGN: The authors used a
>questionnaire. SETTING: The study was conducted at a tertiary care center.
>PATIENTS: Respondents have the self-reported ability to control the loudness
>of their tinnitus by performing voluntary movements. RESULTS: The authors
>describe symptoms and population characteristics in 93 patients with
>tinnitus (83% men, 17% women) who report the ability to control the loudness
>of their tinnitus by performing voluntary movements: 85% of these report jaw
>movements and 9% report eye movements affect their tinnitus. In the
>jaw-movement group, tinnitus loudness increased in 90%. Jaw movement
>affected the pitch in 51% with an increase in pitch reported by 90%. Other
>maneuvers, such as pressure applied to the head, affected tinnitus in many
>subjects. Tinnitus had a major impact on the lives of the authors'
>respondents: 27% registered mild to moderate depression and 8% moderate to
>severe depression as shown by the Beck Depression Inventory. CONCLUSIONS:
>The ability to modulate tinnitus by performing voluntary somatosensory or
>motor acts is likely the result of plastic changes in the brains of these
>patients with the development of aberrant connections between the auditory
>and sensory-motor systems. The strong predominance of men in the sample
>suggests the presence of a gender-specific factor that mediates these
>changes.
If your TMJ movement and alignment have a large effect on the
tinnitus, you might try working with a practitioner of the Alexander
technique (http
/ergonomics.org/articles/atoverview/)
or the Feldenkrais method: http
/www.feldenkrais.com/ I did some
intensive Feldenkrais training about ten years ago and my tinnitus
stopped. Lately I haven't been keeping up with that work, I've
returned to playing live gigs more often, and the ringing is back.
http
/ergonomics.org/articles/atoverview/
Al
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