Tinnitus refers to the situation where you can hear noise in one or both ears. These noises can be ringing, buzzing, roaring, clicking, hissing, or humming. This is a common problem that affects About 15% to 20% of people are especially common among the elderly. In some cases, the sound may be loud and interfere with your ability to concentrate or hear other sounds. It is difficult to predict when tinnitus will come or go.
Reason
Hearing loss: When your ears receive sound waves, the tiny and fragile hair cells in your inner ear (cochlea) move to trigger electrical signals along the nerves. This is how you hear the sound. If these hairs are damaged due to aging or long-term exposure to loud sounds, they may generate random electrical impulses that cause your brain to “think” that there is a sound, and therefore, you “hear” tinnitus.
Ear infection or ear canal blockage: Your ear canal may be blocked by accumulated fluid, earwax, dirt, or other substances. Blockage can change the pressure in the ear and cause tinnitus. Head or neck injuries: Head or neck injuries can damage your inner ear, auditory nerves, or the part of the brain that processes sound signals. These types of injuries can cause tinnitus.
Medications: Tinnitus can also be a side effect of certain medications, including some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), certain antibiotics, anticancer drugs, water pills (diuretics), antimalarials, and antidepressants. Generally speaking, the severity of tinnitus is directly proportional to the dose of these drugs, and these unnecessary noises usually disappear when you stop using these drugs. Other diseases, such as Meniere’s disease, ear bone changes, and inner ear muscle spasms may also cause tinnitus.
Treatment
Earwax removal: Removal of earwax blockages can reduce tinnitus symptoms. Hearing aids: If your tinnitus is caused by noise or age-related hearing loss, using hearing aids may help improve your symptoms.
Change your medication: If the medication you are taking seems to be the cause of tinnitus, your doctor may recommend stopping or reducing it or switching to a different medication.
Treat underlying diseases: Sometimes, tinnitus is caused by other health conditions such as infections, and when these conditions improve, it may disappear.
For incurable tinnitus: White noise machines or masking devices can produce white noise that suppresses tinnitus symptoms, and behavioral therapy can also help you change the way you think about and feel the symptoms, thereby helping you tolerate tinnitus.
Tinnitus is an annoying disease that is not easy to cure, but you can take care of your ears before it happens. If you are a person who is often exposed to loud sounds due to work or living environment, then wearing hearing protection devices is very useful necessary. If you use headphones, you should also keep the volume low.
If you want to use Spooky2 to treat tinnitus, the following procedures may help you:
