 CLIENT ASKED
I am 64; ear doctor and auditory testing at his office suggest hearing loss at high frequency in left ear, where tinnitus is most severe. They say that tinnitus increases as hearing loss decreased. They discount the sinus theory, though I don't because sinus remedies help a little. I don't fit your profile for sinus induced tinnitus as ringing is high pitched and constant. Will get quieter at times, louder at others.I've had low level ringing for many years; it just started to get louder such that I can no longer forget about it. In the last 7 years, I had all mercury fillings removed and replaced with composites, I had two root canals, one resulted in losing the tooth on the right side (ringing is most severe in left). We monitor the other root canal for health problems associated with it. Three teeth are capped. When I was a teen, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. One alternative provider suggests I have a panagram taken to assess for infection . . . thanks for your help
Our Response:
Hello Virginia,
I believe that you are suffering from two separate causes of tinnitus. The reason I think you are experiencing from two separate and distinct causes of tinnitus is the fact that the tinnitus noises vary in frequency and pitch.
The fact that you have high frequency hearing loss defintely indicates cochlear damage tinnitus.
You also make mention of the fact that sinus remedies help with the tinnitus. This certainly indicates Type 3 tinnitus or sinus related tinnitus.
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