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===Objective tinnitus=== A specific type of tinnitus, ''objective tinnitus'', is characterized by hearing the sounds of one's own muscle contractions or pulse, typically a result of sounds that have been created by the movement of jaw muscles or sounds related to blood flow in the neck or face.<ref name="entnet-hearing">{{cite web |date=18 August 2021 |title=MEM, Tinnitus and Ear Drum Spasms |url=https://tinnitusandyou.com/mem-tinnitus-and-ear-drum-spasms/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820064413/https://tinnitusandyou.com/mem-tinnitus-and-ear-drum-spasms/ |archive-date=20 August 2021 |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Tinnitus And You}}</ref> It is sometimes caused by an involuntary twitching of a muscle or a group of muscles ([[myoclonus]]) or by a vascular condition. In some cases, tinnitus is generated by muscle spasms around the middle ear.<ref name="entnet-hearing"/> [[Otoacoustic emission#Spontaneous OAEs|Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs)]]—faint high-frequency tones that are produced in the inner ear and can be measured in the ear canal with a sensitive microphone—may also cause tinnitus.<ref name=Hen2005/> About 8% of those with SOAEs and tinnitus have SOAE-linked tinnitus,{{Request quotation | date = October 2018}} while the percentage of all cases of tinnitus caused by SOAEs is estimated at 4%.<ref name=Hen2005>{{cite journal |last1=Henry |first1=James A. |last2=Dennis |first2=Kyle C. |last3=Schechter |first3=Martin A. |title=General Review of Tinnitus: Prevalence, Mechanisms, Effects, and Management |journal=Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |date=October 2005 |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=1204–1235 |doi=10.1044/1092-4388(2005/084) |pmid=16411806 }}</ref>
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