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“Surgery ends woman's 4-year ‘heartbeat noise’ in her ear”

A 35-year-old woman had heard a constant humming that kept time with her heartbeat for four years. Dr. Srivastava's team at Artemis diagnosed sigmoid sinus dehiscence, a rare defect in the bone over a large vein behind the ear, and repaired it in a three-hour operation.

“Many patients are told to live with the condition, but pulsatile tinnitus often has a treatable cause.”