My tinnitus was caused by listening to loud music on headphones...
Client asked:
Tinnitus: I can't remember exactly when my tinnitus began. I'm pretty certain that it was caused by listening to loud music on headphones. I'm not sure when I started noticing it, but I'd say a good estimated age would be about 12 since that's when I began using headphones frequently. Now that I wear ear plugs often, I've noticed that there are actually two tones. One is a sort of high-pitched hissing ring and the other is a lower sort of vibrating sound. Every once in a while, the ringing will get very loud for a duration of a few seconds in one ear.
I noticed lately that anything slightly loud irritates me. Factors that may also affect me are my chronic allergy problems, allergy medicines, antibiotics I've taken in the past,and stress and depression for most of my life. I am now 18. I am also a migraine sufferer, and I find that when my head aches occur the tinnitus is even more irritating and leads me to feeling nautius.
If I don't think about it I can forget it's even there, but its always on my mind because I'm afraid one day I'll wake up and just be deaf. I haven't been tested recently, but I don't think my hearing has been altered in any way. Not even deafness to any high or low tones. Is hearing loss always the case with tinnitus?
Our response:
Hello Sara ,
You have hit the nail on the head! It is obvious that your exposure to loud noise has caused damage tp the nerve endings of the tiny hairs in the cochlea. Damage to the cochlea does not always mean that tinnitus will occur immediately but sooner or later something will trigger it off. Stress can play a major role in aggravating and even causing tinnitus. There are thousands of tiny hairs situated in the cochlea that move when you perceive noise.
As and when an external noise is picked up the tiny hairs sway and send impulses through the auditory nerve which is interpreted as a sound by your brain.
The agitation of the hairs in the cochlea can be likened to a field of long grass moving in tune with the wind.
The hairs in the inner ear are easily broken from the huge pressures generated by sudden bursts of sounds. Obviously those that are unfortunate enough to work in a very loud environment or visit loud pubs over a period of time will suffer further damage.
These delicate organs can also be damaged from a knock on the head. If damage occurs and those tiny hairs are damaged or bent they can send random signals to the brain which are interpreted as a sound even though none is present.
Noise induced cochlear damage tinnitus which can cause a ringing in the ears often is a result of ear wax removals, ear candling, swimming accidents, hurting yourself playing sports, head or dental surgery.
Hearing loss is incurable nevertheless the tinnitus remedies have been very successful at reducing the tinnitus levels from a damaged cohlea.
The fact that you have listened to loud music with headphones for many years would definitely confirm cochlea damage induced tinnitus. Normally tinnitus as a result of cochlea damage is accompanied by hearing loss in the higher frequencies, however this may only happen at a much later stage in your life.
Our tinnitus relief remedy for cochlea damage induced tinnitus has achieved excellent results and helped many people get relief from tinnitus.
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