Pulsatile tinnitus is a rhythmical noise that beats in time with your pulse
. There may be single or multiple rhythmic beats that can be heard as a low pitched thumping or booming sound, or as a higher pitched clicking noise.Pulsatile tinnitus is one type of tinnitus. It is generally classified as objective tinnitus because the sounds of it can be heard by other people through specialized equipment or a stethoscope. With some types of tinnitus, there doesn't appear to be any actual sound that can be detected by another individual but with pulsatile tinnitus, there is. Pulsatile tinnitus is often caused by other conditions or actual physical damage or abnormalities in the ear.
The most common type of pulsatile tinnitus is an arterial turbulence which is plaques or kinks in the arteries of the neck or head region that cause a noisy blood flow. Hypertension can make this worse. If the blood flow is increased for some reason or the blood vessels are narrowed and restricting blood flow the turbulence can be heard.There is no acoustic sound produced. The Tinnitus is caused by some type of neural activity different from a person's heart beat. For example, if a blood vessel is pressing against the auditory nerve connecting the inner ear to the brain, a doctor may not be able to trace the cause of pulsating sound in a person because the disorder affects the hearing related activities of the brain.
Objective tinnitus that is strongly associated with the timing of the heart beat is most likely the product of a blood vessel malformation of the arteries and veins of the head or neck area. These blood vessels are located adjacent to the ear on the surface of the head or just inside the head.A change of diet, stress-alleviation as well as exercises may be necessary since they are all aimed to improve your blood circulation. Once treatment of the hypertension takes effect, you will be able to determine if the pulsatile tinnitus disappears along with the treatment of your high blood pressure.Cochlear implant is used with people who have acute hearing loss at the same time suffering pulsating tinnitus. The cochlear implant helps in sending electrical signal that directly stimulates the auditory nerve bypassing the damaged portion of the inner ear