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Tonic tensor tympani syndrome is a disease of the tensor tympani muscle, described by Klochoff et al. in 1971. [1] [2] The tensor tympani muscle is one of the two middle ear muscles that support the three middle ear bones, called the ossicles.
Physical therapy for tinnitus focuses on relaxing jaw and neck muscles that may contribute to symptoms. Muscle tension, particularly in the jaw muscles like the masseter and medial pterygoid, can radiate to the ears, leading to somatic tinnitus. Specialized physical therapists use neuromuscular techniques to alleviate tension in these areas ...
Secondary symptoms: hyperacusis, heightened sensitivity to certain volumes and frequencies of sound, resulting from "recruitment" tinnitus, ringing, buzzing, hissing or other sounds in the ear when no external sound is present; Usually occurs after age 50, but deterioration in hearing has been found to start very early, from about the age of 18 ...
Hearing loss is sensory, but may have accompanying symptoms: [citation needed] pain or pressure in the ears; a blocked feeling; There may also be accompanying secondary symptoms: [citation needed] hyperacusis, heightened sensitivity with accompanying auditory pain to certain intensities and frequencies of sound, sometimes defined as "auditory ...
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Tinnitus Retraining Therapy or TRT, Round and Oval Window Reinforcement Hyperacusis is an increased sensitivity to sound and a low tolerance for environmental noise. Definitions of hyperacusis can vary significantly; it often revolves around damage to or dysfunction of the stapes bone , stapedius muscle or tensor tympani ( eardrum ).
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“When people worry about the normal, age-related, middle-aged pauses and ‘senior moments,’ their memory performance can worsen compared to someone who accepts these mild changes.”