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Tinnitus causes and fixes

Tinnitus has many causes, including noise exposure, medications, and head/neck trauma, with no guaranteed cure.

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Feb 3, 2026

How does somatic tinnitus differ clinically and in treatment response from other tinnitus subtypes in randomized trials?

(or somatosensory) tinnitus is clinically distinct in that patients can modulate their tinnitus with head, neck or jaw movements and it is more common in younger people and often not linked to measura...

Jan 26, 2026

Which diagnostic tests best separate conductive (ETD-related) tinnitus from sensorineural or vascular causes in persistent unilateral tinnitus?

demands a targeted diagnostic partitioning: simple bedside maneuvers and otoscopic exam first to detect such as Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), formal audiometry and middle‑ear testing to distingui...