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Pulsatile tinnitus
Started getting heart beat sounds in right ear only. Got an MRA to check the arteries (no results yet). Strangely the sounds start in the evening and continue when I go to bed. I have no idea why it's quiet during the day. Has anyone else had this experience. If my arteries are okay in my brain then I have to look for other causes. Any ideas. I checked medication side effects but that doesn't seem to be the cause. One night I exercised in the evening and I had no sounds, but that didn't work yesterday. I'm perplexed.
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I developed pulsatile tinnitus after a penetrating ear injury that perforated my eardrum, fractured the Incus hearing bone & pushed the Stapes into my vestibule (balance system). I’ve had 3 ear surgeries since 1/2/2/2024. The first surgery was to repair the injuries and the last two surgeries were to graft and seal a perilymph fistula. Right after my first surgery, I had pulsatile tinnitus that turned into a roaring ocean. It was an ocean like sound until I returned to work in May. After I returned to work, it turned to pulsatile. It was very difficult to sleep. When I woke up from my last surgery in May, the pulsatile tinnitus was gone and my tinnitus was a low cricket/locust sound. I was so happy it was gone. That was short lived though. The roaring ocean has since returned and becomes pulsatile when I am at rest in the evenings. I believe the roaring ocean has returned due to another failed perilymph fistula graft.