can tinnitus be caused by whiplash
Somewhat surprisingly, the second most common cause of tinnitus is head and neck injuries. In a clinical study of 2,400 tinnitus patients at the Oregon Health Science University, more than 12% reported that their tinnitus had been caused by head or neck injury. (1) There are two broad categories of head and neck injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and whiplash.
Whiplash trauma from a car crash is one of the most common causes of neck injury, resulting in pain and dysfunction. We report on an unusual case of post-whiplash pseudoaneurysm of the right common carotid artery, which led to acute massive hemorrhage and death days after the initial trauma.