Pulsatile tinnitus, also known as objective tinnitus, is when others can hear the sound and the sound is inside the patient. Subjective tinnitus is described as when the sound is only audible to the patient. No computer equipment of any kind can detect the sound. There are also two degrees of tinnitus, normal and significant. Normal tinnitus, whether subjective or objective, causes the patient little discomfort.
Significant tinnitus is noticeable enough to interfere with the patient s normal life.
These noises that are heard by patient of tinnitus are generally reported as a ringing sound. There are also other types of sounds reported such as, hissing, buzzing, humming, clicking whistling, throbbing, growling, and tweet like noises. Meniere s disease is quite rare. Deafness, tinnitus, and dizziness are associated with this disease. The attacks come in phases and lessening occurs which may last month or years, but if it doesn t go away, the hearing may deteriorate completely.