ear flutters - Hearing Disorders Message Board

joe banks · 01-09-2001, 10:46 PM

My ear is making a fluttering or bubbling sound sort of like a kitten's purring. No pain or loss of hearing...more like a distraction. What is it...can it get worse?

vjs1 · 01-18-2001, 06:16 PM

I just started having the same problem today! It sure is weird. I've had ringing in the ears before...but this is totally different. I also noticed that the muscles around my ear seem to tense when the flutter occurs. I don't know which comes first though, the tension or the flutter. Hopefully someone has an answer.

Twitchy · 03-12-2001, 08:56 PM

Wow, I thought I was the only one! I have the fluttering too. It happens mostly when there is a noise close to my ear. It's most noticeable at night, especially when I move my head on the pillow. Seems like it happens in the opposite ear of the one the noise is in. It does it occasionally while on the phone too. My mom said it happens to her too, sometimes. Someone help us flutterers!!!

Twitchy · 06-21-2002, 09:17 AM

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vernon123 · 06-25-2002, 02:27 PM

The fluttering that you all are getting may be caused by a muscle in the middle ear. I have these horrible thumping sensations in both ears. The ENT said they are caused by this muscle. I had the muscle in my L/H ear cut (The surgery was pretty gruesome, cutting through the ear drum to get at the muscle) and now I only get isolated thumping sensations in that ear. My R/H ear also only gets isolated thumping sensations. Only ask about the surgery if this problem is really bothering you. It's better to go without surgery if that is possible. Also, beware of botox injections. I had botox injections done in both ear muscles and I got patulous eustachian tube dysfunction in my L/H ear, a condition you don't want to get! The best of luck to you all>