My thumping is my heart beat in my left ear. If I walk faster or pedal my bicycle faster. the thumping in my ear gets faster. Drives me crazy. It never stops, which I guess is a good thing!!!! Must be a problem with a blood vessel somewhere.

I also stumbled across this when i was researching my symptoms. The first I noticed the thumping was about 7 or 8 years ago when I was working in a private clinic where the boss made me very anxious. I would only get it when he would speak during our patient care meetings. Not when anyone else spoke. So, I associated that with him making my blood pressure spike. I only ever had it in my right ear and since then I have noticed it with certain television hosts speaking or my new boyfriend. It is not rhythmic but almost seems like what Morse code sounds like. When I mute the television, it stops; I turn the the sound back on, the thumping returns. I am so confused

The other two replies do not resemble my situation (anxiety or working out). Yours are very much like mine, though. Only when seated and watching TV - trying to relax! It is so distracting and persistent! It is my left ear (only), and I have to keep the volume down low to avoid the thumping in that ear with frequency of the noise, usually background music, with certain midrange frequencies causing my left ear to thump along with the sound. It stops when I sit up straight with my feet on the floor. Does that make sense to anyone? This has been happening for over a year. I have been to my PCP and have build-up in both ears. She irrigated them but no change in symptoms.