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What causes "heartbeat" in ear? was seen by ent. thoroughly checked out. next step is mri, very expensive even with insurance.
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Lying on the: Ear, many people can hear their pulse.This is the most common cause of this complaint.
Answered 9/16/2013
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Pulsatile tinnitus: Most commonly, no cause is found. An MRI (or mra) is a reasonable test to get to rule out an aneurysm or an avm, but it is typically normal. The best treatment turns out to be trying to mask the noise with background sounds.
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