title: [Myoclonus of the middle ear : A rare, differential diagnose for objective tinnitus].
abstract: Myoclonus of the musculature of the soft palate, as well as middle ear myoclonus resulting from abnormal contraction of the stapedius and/or tensor tympani muscles, are two of the rarer causes in the differential diagnose of objective tinnitus.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Here we describe a childhood case. To our knowledge, no case has previously been described in a child.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our patient is a six year old girl with a bilateral 40 dB sensorineural hearing loss and a high frequency objective tinnitus. The methods of clinical investigation, possible differential diagnoses and therapeutic options are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both intracerebral changes and systemic disorders have been described in some adult patients with palatal myoclonus. Whereas these cases are unlikely to respond to therapy, there is the chance that in some patients with objective tinnitus middle ear myoclonus may be the cause. This should be excluded by appropriate otoneurological investigations.
authors.affiliation: Sektion für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie der Abteilung für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Universität Ulm, . sibylle.brosch@medizin.uni-ulm.de.|Sektion für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie der Universitäts Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Schillerstraße 15, 89070 Ulm, . sibylle.brosch@medizin.uni-ulm.de.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brosch
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riechelmann
authors.affiliation: Sektion für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie der Abteilung für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Johannsen
keywords: Children; Middle ear myoclonus; Objective tinnitus; Sensorineural hearing loss