[Objective tinnitus and palatal myoclonus. A new therapeutic approach]

The syndrome combining velar myoclonia with objective tinnitus is rare and, in adults, it corresponds most of the times to a neurological lesion of the dento-olivary tractus. Its functional manifestations are often invalidating and propounded medical treatments uneffective. The authors report a case in which local injection of botulinus toxin allowed to obtain satisfactory functional improvement. Such therapy may prove useful when conventional management is failing.