In most cases, tinnitus is related to noise-induced hearing loss, having nothing to do with amalgam fillings or other toxins. Its not uncommon for people with tinnitus to have sensory abnormalities involving the external ear and canal, such as feelings of fullness or stuffiness. I suspect that the itch that you experience is the result of damage to the sensory organ of the ear. An analogy would be referred pain, which is pain that is experience at a site removed from the actual site of injury.
The Red Green Tinnitus reducer
Okay, no duct tape but still a little wacky. Since we just had an interesting thread, I thought I'd follow up with this one. I'm wondering if any of you have discovered the same thing or if it's just me. I've had tinnitus for the last ten years. I would not consider it a severe case, albeit significant. Not sure if this is always accompanied by hearing loss but in my case it is due to abuse. I've never made a connection between my tinnitus and itchiness and am still not sure there is one. I'm speaking strictly of the outer ear, nothing to do with my ear canal. I have a constant itch deep in the flesh of my ears, not just surface. The central location is about 2/3 up the outer rim and about 1/4"-1/2" in. Constantly relieving this itch has become almost second nature.
One day while listening to my system I accidentally stumbled on a strange and pleasant phenomenon. Reaching up to relieve my itch while turning to look out my front window and thus focusing the ear in question solely in the direction of the sound, I experienced a marked transitional increase in fidelity. This just blew me away. Not only that, but I also noticed an incidental decrease in my tinnitus simultaneously when experimenting. As I stated, this itch is deep in the flesh of my ears so simply scratching doesn't change anything. I sometimes, not always, pinch said area quite hard between thumb and forefinger with shifting motion. It was during one of those moments this happened. It seems to be pressure that causes it. I have verified it over and over and it is real. Just to clarify, I don't sit clinging to my ears in front of my system. For the most part I consider it a novelty. But it wouldn't take much to build a pair of cool punk clamps for your ears:)
So do any of you out there relate to this? Or willing to discover you do?
One day while listening to my system I accidentally stumbled on a strange and pleasant phenomenon. Reaching up to relieve my itch while turning to look out my front window and thus focusing the ear in question solely in the direction of the sound, I experienced a marked transitional increase in fidelity. This just blew me away. Not only that, but I also noticed an incidental decrease in my tinnitus simultaneously when experimenting. As I stated, this itch is deep in the flesh of my ears so simply scratching doesn't change anything. I sometimes, not always, pinch said area quite hard between thumb and forefinger with shifting motion. It was during one of those moments this happened. It seems to be pressure that causes it. I have verified it over and over and it is real. Just to clarify, I don't sit clinging to my ears in front of my system. For the most part I consider it a novelty. But it wouldn't take much to build a pair of cool punk clamps for your ears:)
So do any of you out there relate to this? Or willing to discover you do?