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Whoever is suffering with tinnitus, try this - firmly press on your jaw muscles - if your tinnitus amplifies then it is related to your clenched jaw muscles! A therapy on these muscles will either reduce the tinnitus or will completely make it go away! Wish my doctor told me that years ago instead of doing useless ct scans and hearing checks. Wish you all silent nights!

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My tinnitus gets louder when I press my jaw/cheek, but no amount of neck/jaw therapy, exercises, or dry needling has made any difference.

The scans and hearing tests are not useless, they help rule out the nastier causes of tinnitus. Calling them useless and going straight for jaw therapy is potentially dangerous advice for some.

Sure, give it a try, but don't skip the rest of the diagnostic process.

Masseter botox?

Can you please tell what kind of therapy you did ?

physical therapy exercises, eg https://youtu.be/lwWDbZrGDPg

Yes. This pretty much. As soon as you know where to dig it becomes so much easier.

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