A patient suffers of a tinnitus phenomenon. She complains about a causal dependance between her tinnitus and some specific movement of the homolateral eye !
I know that eardrum is made of collagen(type II)as well as some parts of the eye, but it is difficult to guess an explanation for connecting these two remarks...
Have you any idea about that ?
I would suspect some kind of transmitted vibrations through a third window in the ossseous labyrinth. A posterior canal dihecienc is possibility that can be concluded by inner ear imaging
Curious... Does it happen for both saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements? Can you describe the associated eye movement in more detail?
I am a researcher rather than a clinician, but it seems to me that if tinnitus is associated with some vestibular as well as auditory problems, then when it is happening, you would get spontaneous nystagmus. Have you considered vestibular contributors? E.g., do you know if the patient has normal caloric response, normal rotating testing (vestibulo-ocular reflex), no history of concussion or inner ear infection, etc?
Tinnitus volume may fluctuate with certain eye movement -intermittently-, jaw & neck movement including teeth grinding and yawning.
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