Tinnitus: medical causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Tinnitus: medical causes. Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Whiplash, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Vestibular schwannoma. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Neurological causes
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Whiplash
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Vestibular schwannoma
- Cerebellopontine angle tumours
- Palatal myoclonus
- Lyme disease
- Meningitis
- Syphilis
- Idiopathic stapedial muscle spasm
Otological causes
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Systemic causes
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References
- Han BI, Lee HW, Kim TY, Lim JS, Shin KS. Tinnitus: characteristics, causes, mechanisms, and treatments. J Clin Neurol 2009; 5:11-19.
- Crummer RW, Hassan GA. Diagnostic approach to tinnitus. Am Fam Physician 2004; 69:120-126.
- Levine RA. Typewriter tinnitus: a carbamazepine-responsive syndrome related to auditory nerve vascular compression. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2006; 68:43-46.
