Can you hear murmuring, humming or whistling in your ears? These and other unpleasant noises in your ear or head can accompany a disease called tinnitus.
Characteristics of Tinnitus and its causes
Tinnitus is a kind of hearing perception, which does not have a sound source outside of the human body. Its source can be inside or outside of the ear.
Tinnitus can be accompanied by vertigo (dizziness), and may cause anxiety and sleeplessness. Symptoms tend to worsen during mental strain.
Objective tinnitus is a rare occurrence, in which case the examining doctor can hear it, too. Objective form is usually tied to a malformation of some part of the auditory system. It could be a gaping tuba auditive, palatine muscle twitching, an aneurism near the ear or other causes.
Subjective tinnitus can be only heard by the patient. Subjective symptoms are very common. They can be tied to hearing impairment, decreased blood perfusion, inflammation, hearing damaged by extremely loud noises, professional deafness, injury to the ear and a range of others.
Tinnitus can also be induced by stress, noise, smoking, alcohol, drug abuse, high blood pressure, vascular or heart disease, damage to the cervical spine, brain tumours or hormonal dysfunction.
Tinnitus is a symptom that can accompany Meniere’s disease. Tinnitus also is noted in cases where there is no sign of damage to the hearing.
Occurrence of tinnitus increases with an age of 60 and above.
Tinnitus treatment – rid yourself of the pain
Strategies for treating tinnitus differ as much as its causes. While interviewing the patient, subjective features of tinnitus are examined.
Audiometric exams are performed to determine the extent of damage. Additionally, otomicroscopy and examination of the bone conduction system of the ear (similar to examining ears with a microscope) are also performed. Often, it is necessary to perform neurological, internal, ocular and psychiatric examinations.
If the cause of tinnitus is found, treatment lies in removing this cause.
With chronic forms without apparent cause, it is necessary to lessen the symptom, e.g. by a noise masking device, or by cochlear implant.
Stimulation of cerebral cortex in the area of the left temporal lobe by 3D Biomag pulse therapy has been applied as a therapeutic method in recent years.
3D Biomag pulse therapy helps solve tinnitus.
