Question: I have a whooshing sound in my left ear. It's not constant but only when I turn my neck to the right ( max) or I bend forward ( then very short) while I have a muscle tension (CSM).. it disappear when I go back to normal neck posture. When I wake up in the morning my ear ( sometimes ) feels heavy and like there is some pressure in it. It stops when I squeeze my scm muscle or I touch infront of bottom of the ear. Like the picture shown. ( sure in the positions mentioned above) and it turns back when release squeezing or touching. It's now there for months and sometimes it's worse sometimes is better ( worse when tired ) I have been to ENT and provided hearing test and looked. so he said I have some hearing loss because of loud voices. And my right eat is worse than the left with tennitus.. He said the hearing loss might be the reason. But I don't believe it's that because it stops when I squeeze that muscle or touch that point. I also have been to physiotherapy and he said I have some muscle spasm on my left side more than the right one. But tinnitus is still there. I went to Jaw surgeon and he made pictures of my jaw but nothing showed as a reason for tinnitus. My physiotherapist told me that it might be due to an irritation of the hearing nerve because of my last dental visit to put me a crone. Is this the reason of my tinnitus you think ? I know there can be many other scary reasons but I mean why it does stop in cases I mentioned? On Monday I have a consult at a neurologist as per my gp information and he scared me to dead as my gp was talking about possible neurinoma while my cousin who is an ETN told me that I can't be this due to the modulating the tinnitus which happens when I turn or touch the points mentioned . Can u give me your opinion please ? I'm a little scared

Thank you very much for your quick and prompt reply. I also searched you in linked in and i could see that you have an advanced experianse in neurology. I some other questions: If it was related the hearlingloss and hearing nerve, my left ear ( with this tinnitus ) is the best one. I dont know if i can attach my test report but i will try. So this is my best ear. And if it was related to the hearing loss .. What makes it only appeat by turninh head? And stop it by normal posture or by touching under the ear? Were you able to open the picture i attached? I know and understand that you cant assure me 100% that this is not a neuronoma as only MRI can assure that 100% even by any other heathy person.. What could be the hearing nerve problem? Irritation? If so, can this last for very long? Possible causes? Forgot to mention that i have a low tennitus ( peep ) at my right ear but that is not annoing and as it is the bad ear, it can be related to the hearing loss..

Thanks once again doctor. I am so worried about myself. And not really worried about the tinnitus. I can live with it. But I am really nervous that it is something very serious. You say that nerve problems can be caused by a lack of blood flow, this doest make you think about any tumor at the first stage? If I would be your patient at a consult and I told you all this, would you immediately require and MRI? Or think it would be a serious issue? I dont have any medication, I am a healthy person who sports 4-5 times a week.

I wanted to close this case but I didn't want to do this without thanking you honestly for your support and answers. My cousin who is an ETN in sweden told me also that it doesnt sound like serious issue. He said it might be due to muscle spasms. Or maybe be the tensio tempany muscle in the middle ear. If you probably think the same, I would like to know. if not, please accept my apologies for making it a long discussion. I thank you again