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Bilateral objective tinnitus secondary to congenital middle-ear myoclonus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

G D Howsam ,
A Sharma ,
S P Lambden ,
J Fitzgerald  and
P R Prinsley
G D Howsam
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
A Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
S P Lambden
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
J Fitzgerald
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
P R Prinsley
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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Abstract

Subjective tinnitus (heard only by the patient) is a common otological complaint. Objective tinnitus (heard by the examiner as well as the patient) is extremely rare. There are only a few cases of objective tinnitus, secondary to middle-ear myoclonus, described in the literature.

We present the case of a child with bilateral, congenital, objective tinnitus, secondary to middle-ear myoclonus, with otherwise normal hearing thresholds (250Hz-8kHz), and with no evidence of intra-cerebral or systemic disorders. No similar case has been reported in the world literature.

Keywords

TinnitusMyoclonusMiddle EarPaediatric
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 119 , Issue 6 , June 2005 , pp. 489 - 491
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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