The audiologist I went to said tinnitus is anything you can hear that doesn't have an external source. In his case, he's always been able to hear his own heartbeat.
On that note, I can usually hear my heartbeat after any mild physical effort. Like a short brisk walk or waking up a flight of stairs very quickly. I’m not very athletic or fit, perhaps that could be a contributing factor. Not all the time though - if that is what your audiologist meant, that’s very cool.
There is research I only learned about recently that is showing that some tinnitus can be heard with a microphone (surprisingly), this is showing that some are due to spasms causing actual sound!
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