Hearing Your Heartbeat in Your Ear? What It Means

Hearing Your Heartbeat in Your Ear? What It Means

A rhythmic whooshing or thumping sound timed to your pulse is a different clinical presentation than standard ringing tinnitus — and it deserves a different evaluation. Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., founder of Timpanogos Hearing & Tinnitus, breaks down what pulsatile tinnitus actually is, why most cases trace back to manageable causes like elevated blood pressure, and why idiopathic intracranial hypertension deserves more attention than it usually gets. He walks through a real patient case where the cause turned out to be blood pressure, not something more serious, and outlines the specific signs — one-sided, new or worsening, paired with headaches or vision changes — that mean an evaluation shouldn't wait. This is medical-model audiology: recognizing the pattern accurately enough to make the right referral

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5 Common Hearing Aid Problems and How to Fix Them

5 Common Hearing Aid Problems and How to Fix Them

If your hearing aids still feel noisy, uncomfortable, frustrating, or not helpful enough, it can be easy to wonder whether you bought the wrong devices — or whether hearing aids just do not work for y...

18 Sep 11min

Sound Preference Testing: What It Reveals

Sound Preference Testing: What It Reveals

More than one in three people who invest in hearing aids stop wearing them regularly. Dr. Garrett makes the case that this outcome is almost entirely predictable — and preventable — with two steps mos...

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The Tinnitus-Antidepressant Connection: A Clinician's Take

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A 2026 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified a direct neural pathway from serotonin-producing brainstem neurons to a key auditory relay station. Activating ...

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Treating Hearing Loss Before 70: Why Timing Matters

Treating Hearing Loss Before 70: Why Timing Matters

A major 7-year study just found that hearing aids significantly reduced dementia risk — but didn't improve memory test scores. This week, Dr. Garrett unpacks why those findings aren't in conflict, and...

4 Sep 8min

Why Tinnitus Gets Worse on Headache Days

Why Tinnitus Gets Worse on Headache Days

Most tinnitus patients who also have migraines have never been told the two are related — let alone that one may be driving the other. In this episode, Dr. Layne Garrett, Au.D., FAAA, CH-TM explains t...

1 Sep 9min

Why Two Hearing Aids Are Better Than One (The Neuroscience Explained)

Why Two Hearing Aids Are Better Than One (The Neuroscience Explained)

Being told you need two hearing aids instead of one can raise an honest question: is this actually necessary, or is it just an upsell? It's a fair thing to wonder, especially when hearing aids represe...

28 Aug 9min

Tinnitus Explained: Why It Starts and What Helps

Tinnitus Explained: Why It Starts and What Helps

Tinnitus can feel confusing, frustrating, and deeply isolating — especially when someone has been told to "just ignore it" or "learn to live with it." In this episode, Dr. Layne Garrett of Timpanogos ...

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