Thumping/drumming in one ear

If your situation is debilitating as in like you described that you feel like a vegetable, in that case, you can talk to your ENT and discuss a cochlear implant. If it is too expensive you could consider offshore like Singapore or India. You might have to stay in that country for some time my guess would be 3- 12 months for therapy and to manage complications. It will be an emotionally traumatic journey for the first couple of years but then you can expect life to live more normally. Other choices would be to do resection surgery to decrease the impact I do not know how successful that would be. My sincere prayers for you. Keep us updated.

Has anyone had a CT Angio and CT Brain because of pounding/ thumping in ear. My ENT ordered that for me to eliminate the possibility that blood vessels in the brain might be the reason.

@zoomer925 and anyone else. I started acupuncture a couple weeks ago. I've only had two sessions. The first session was to address my acid reflux (its really bad) and the 2nd session I decided to mention my thumping. My acupuncturists english isnt the best, so I just mentioned middle ear. He did his thing. Now, something that was alarming was, when he put the needle in near my ears, I felt like the room was spinning for about 5 minutes. I do sometimes get that feeling for 30-seconds to a minute when laying down (before the acupuncture), so to have it stay that long was scary, however it went away. But good news! While my thumping is still here in terms of frequency, it is only a few thumps. Also, I'm used to the thumping coming on its own, however so far I haven't had any spasms except for when I yawn or burp or hiccup, and again its only a few thumps and then it stops. SWEET RELIEF! Again, not perfect but a vast improvement. I'm debating to have him do the ears again, and see if it improves even more, but so far its much more manageable. Truly if anyone hasn't tried acupunture yet, I urge you to do so. Its been two weeks since I've had it last for more than a few seconds each time. Granted it may not help everyone, but it certainly doesn't hurt to give it a try.

My ear thumping returned and now I'm thinking it's more related to low iron than low B12

Hello. I wonder if your thumping noise has stopped by now? I have exactly the same problem in my left ear and stops when I put my finger in it. Really irritating like a pulsating thump. I don’t think it’s blood pressure. Did you get any resolve?

How long did it go away for?

I feel like it went away for about 4-5 months

Ah ok, I'm sorry its back. Mines been nearly gone since March, I mostly don't worry about it but I do get the feeling it can come back at any time.

Thanks. How did you get rid of yours?

I have the same exact issue. I have a rapid vibrating in my ear that doesn't match my pulse...it's a significantly faster rhythm as if there is jackhammer or an electric transformer station down the street (I checked, and there isn't). However, I can feel a physical vibration in my ear. I have also noticed that I get especially triggered when listening to videos or calls on my speaker phone. I also have a variety of high-end headphones, and I noticed that my headphones that cause it to spike the most are my planar magnetic headphones. So yeah, it does make sense that an electromagnetic field may have something to do with it and the weird electric pulsating.