@chelmsford ....Gosh, no wonder some of us are hesitant to have surgery or procedures done when possibly the situation is worse after.... maybe it's a 50 per cent chance of success if so they should have warned you?? ENT who was not that interested in my situation said doesn't like tubes put in ears of older patients like me as 50 per cent of the time they get infected... wonder if this is true. I have tinnitus, hyperacusus, pain in ears, and like first comment constantly blowing mucous out of my nose several times an hour for 2 years but clear, no odour, so is that contributing. I see on my glaucoma drops that sinusitis is a side effect!Well have to wait a year for ent appointments here and my last one over phone ... as above someone saying tmj and i have had that over the years too on and off....combination maybe. Oh started to get musical ear year ago and 'hear' singing or music that isnt there....upsetting. Hope you all get some help , me too as driving me over the edge with other problems dealing with. Last week to emerge with odd headache more sort of mix of dizzy inside with pain, stretching, pulling pushing feeling in head scared me a lot... but they did not check ears, found nothing. It was like inside head being torn apart... and tinnitus was much louder, another medical mystery. J.