Tinnitus types
T-Gone Remedies have been advising and treating tinnitus sufferers since 1999 and to date have supplied over 90,000 tinnitus treatment remedies.
Over this period we have answered many thousands of email questions and in the process have isolated many causes of tinnitus.
It is our experience that over 85% of tinnitus cases are caused through cochlear damage resulting from exposure to noise or inner ear infections but there are quite a few other causes of tinnitus.
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It is important to determine the root cause of your tinnitus as each remedy is different and is especially formulated to treat one specific type of tinnitus.
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Exposure to loud noise may cause tinnitus. It causes tinnitus because constant exposure to loud noise can cause damage to the hearing of a person. Temporary and permanent hearing loss have been identified as the most common cause of tinnitus.
People may wonder how loud noise can possibly damage our sense of hearing. It is quite alarming to know just how many cases of hearing losses are related to exposure to loud noise. There are even times that a single exposure to loud noise is all that it would take to damage your hearing.
This is why ear plugs are so important and must be worn by those who could to be exposed to loud noise like explosions. Our ears can only take a certain degree of decibels. The safest would be something below 80 decibels. If you value your sense of hearing then there is no reason for you to neglect your ears.
Loud noises can cause damage to the hair cells in the cochlea and when the hair cells are damaged, hearing loss takes place. Because there is hearing loss, naturally there is also tinnitus. Sometimes people are more annoyed when they have tinnitus than with the fact that they have hearing loss.
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Tinnitus may be caused by several medical conditions like ear infections, tumors, otosclerosis, Meniere's Disease, Lyme disease, presence of impacted ear wax and loud noises.
Head trauma has also been identified as one cause of tinnitus. But those who experience head trauma would not immediately complain of a tinnitus as this would often take place several weeks or months after they encountered head trauma. Common cause for head trauma would be vehicular accidents.
A tinnitus in one or both ears which may be accompanied by hyperacusis (hypersensitivity to sound) and hearing loss would result from the head trauma. But very few may seek for consultation as they would only do so if symptoms would become persistent.
It is believed that the trauma brought by an impact on the cochlea caused the hearing loss and tinnitus. Conductive hearing loss takes place as a result of the breaking of delicate chain of bones in the ears. The thin membranes in the cochlea may also rupture from serious head trauma which may result to vertigo.
Tinnitus from head trauma would often be chronic and persistent. It is often heard as a high pitched ringing sound which increases in volume.
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Damages on the temporomandibular joint after a dental surgery can cause tinnitus. This usually happens to those who undergo root canal extraction surgery. This tinnitus can be caused by some problems in the cochlea.
Surgeries in the head including that of the teeth may cause accidents that can have an effect or damage the ears because of its relativity in position. Some may experience profound deafness as a result of it which would then eventually lead to tinnitus.
Tinnitus results as an effect of the hearing loss that was caused by the effect of the dental surgery on the inner ears. There have also been some complaints raised about tinnitus caused by problems in the teeth and was later found out to be caused by mercury amalgam fillings as the tinnitus disappeared totally when the tooth with amalgam filling was removed.
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Tinnitus from Stress or Anxiety
A sick person naturally becomes stressed and anxious and this exagerates the tinnitus symptoms. Even if tinnitus could not be called an illness since it is just a symptom, the fact that a person is experiencing non stop ringing in the ears can cause them to feel ill too.
Those who have annoying tinnitus sounds feel irritated with their ringing in the ears making them feel uneasy and causing them to feel anxious. Unwittingly the more they give attention to their tinnitus, the more anxious and stressed they become and their tinnitus sounds worsen causing them more stress and anxiety.
Relaxation is very important for those who have tinnitus. Even if they are bothered by the noises in their ears they must learn to adapt to it by relaxing and doing some deep breathing so that their tinnitus sounds would not be that noisy and frequent.
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Many people have this conviction that tinnitus can be caused by depression. So they have this belief that when the depression is treated then the tinnitus can be relieved. But according to experts, this is a false belief and that it is more likely for tinnitus to cause depression on the person than for depression to cause tinnitus.
Although this is the situation, the depression of the person with tinnitus needs to be addressed and treated. Antidepressants may be used but precautions have to be taken as there are antidepressant drugs that have been identified as ototoxic drugs and may also cause tinnitus.
Those who have tinnitus may be depressed because of the annoying sounds that they continuously hear in their ears especially if they have the chronic type of tinnitus. But depression will not do good as it will make their tinnitus sounds appear to be louder and will just cause more annoyance to them.
Depression usually sets in when tinnitus patients feel helpless with their tinnitus especially when they discover that there is no cure for tinnitus. This is why remedies play an important role in calming the person with tinnitus avoid depression.
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Tinnitus from Sinus or Allergies
Sinusitis is usually triggered by colds and allergies may cause tinnitus and this can be attributed to the fact that when a person has sinusitis there could be problems with the sinuses that become inflamed and this may cause pressure or fluid build up in the ears.
There have also be reports of sinus sufferers who already have hearing problems and would have tinnitus taking place only when they have attacks of colds or sinusitis. This cis called aggravating factors to their tinnitus. They actually have tinnitus in the absence of colds or sinusitis but it's very mild that they cannot even notice it to be there.
What happens is whenever they have colds the tinnitus becomes more noticeable as it becomes louder and annoying. They would also notice that if they relieved with their colds their tinnitus would also seem to disappear. It actually does not disappear but just calms down as the colds or sinusitis are treated.
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Tinnitus from Prescription Drugs
It is the job of our physicians to provide us with prescriptions on the drugs that we must take to help cure or treat us from our illnesses. Unfortunately there are some drugs that have side effects of ototoxicity. This is dangerous as it can potentially affect the ears and worse it may cause permanent hearing loss.
This is the reason why some patients who complain of tinnitus must be thoroughly investigated if they have previously taken in some drugs and the drug literature of those medications must be checked for ototoxic adverse reactions.
In cases when a person is still on medication and there are doubts that the medicines are causing the tinnitus, it would be best to return to the physician who prescribed the drug to have it properly assessed. Medication must not be stopped without physician's advice. Dosage must not also be altered in the hopes of reducing or eliminating the tinnitus without any instructions from the physician who prescribed it.
Tinnitus from High Cholesterol
High levels of cholesterol in the blood may cause the cholesterol to deposit in the blood vessels. When this happens, there is a tendency to have problems with the blood flow as the blood vessels become narrower. The flow of blood becomes restricted when it is supposed to be flowing freely.
There are two types of tinnitus, the pulsatile and non pulsatile type. This type of tinnitus comes from problems with blood vessels and it is referred to pulsatile because the tinnitus sounds are in synchronization with the pulsating beat of the heart.
Intake of cholesterol must be limited to avoid having problems with the blood vessels which may eventually lead to the pulsatile type of tinnitus. When the blood vessels become narrow the flow of blood is not smooth and the sudden gush of blood can cause the tinnitus sounds.
Damage to the ear drum can bring about conductive hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss is a type of hearing loss which has to do with the capacity of the ear to conduct sound waves through the ear into the auditory nerve.
When the ear drum has a hole or a tympanic membrane perforation happens, there is a reduction in hearing or a partial hearing loss. Any type of hearing loss can cause tinnitus because there is partial or total absence of sound signals being sent to the brain.
Tinnitus occurs as a result of the absence of sound signals being received by the brain. The brain searches for sound signals coming from the ears but as it fails to get sound signals it gets confused in the process and comes up with its own sound which is heard as a tinnitus sound by a person with tinnitus.
Since ear drum damage is irreversible, tinnitus eventually also becomes irreversible. The severity of hearing loss will depend on the extent of the damage in the ear drum. The tinnitus sound will also depend on the severity of the hearing loss.
Tinnitus from Inner Ear Infections
Viral infections commonly cause inner ear infections. But since the symptoms for bacterial and viral infections have similarities, proper diagnosis must be done because their treatments are not the same.
A viral infection in the inner ear can be an outcome of a viral illness that has affected other parts of the body. But there are also instances that the viral infection is purely in the labyrinth or vestibule cochlear nerve of the ear. Inner ear infections usually occur only in one ear.
Once inner ear infections are not treated it can lead to permanent hearing loss. Hearing loss is associated with tinnitus. This explains the connection of inner ear infections to tinnitus.
It is important to immediately address inner ear infections as they occur to prevent it from complicated and eventually leading to hearing loss and worst causing tinnitus.
Tinnitus from Middle Ear Infections
Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear. An acute otitis media is one wherein there are fluids, usually pus, in the middle ear and it is accompanied by symptoms like fever, redness of the ear drum and pain. A chronic otitis media means there are fluids in the ear that has lasted for 6 weeks or more. There is also a so called otitis media with effusion where the fluids in the middle ear are temporary and it isn't necessarily infected.
The type of otitis media has to be identified properly since not all types can be treated with antibiotics. Otitis media is common among children because of the structure of their ear that can allow for bacteria and viruses to enter the middle ear.
Middle ear infections take place behind the ear drums and it is usually caused by bacterial infection. Excessive fluid in the middle ear can cause pressure to build up and can bring damage to the ear drum which can cause hearing loss.
A damaged ear drum that can lead to partial or complete hearing loss will eventually cause tinnitus.There are several causes of tinnitus but there are some people who have tinnitus coming from multiple causes. Such as the case of tinnitus caused by both noise and stress. Noise can cause tinnitus. Stress can also cause tinnitus in the same way that tinnitus may cause stress. Stress is an identified tinnitus aggravator too.
Excessive loud noise may cause tinnitus since too much loud noise damages the hair cells and if exposure is continuous it can degenerate the hair cells causing hearing loss and in due course tinnitus.
nce a person has tinnitus, they would have this feeling of being helpless or perhaps paranoia on the ringing sound that they hear in their ears which are not caused by external sounds. This can bring stress to them. Once they are stress they will notice that their tinnitus sounds become louder and more irritating. Thus it is important to relieve stress or to arm the patient with information on the background of tinnitus to remove the paranoia and help free them from stress.
Herpes zoster oticus is a medical illness that involves the facial nerves and is somewhat similar to Bell's palsy. Added to the manifestation of facial paralysis are the symptoms painful ear blisters, unsteadiness (vertigo), hearing loss and tinnitus. This condition is usually transitory and characterized by herpetic vesicles. The external, middle and inner ear are affected with this infection
It can be treated just like Bell's palsy and it makes use of antiviral medications and oral steroids. There are cases of herpes zoster oticus that is associated with Meniere's disease. A patient may exhibit the symptoms of herpes zoster oticus and some symptoms of Meniere's which is deafness, tinnitus, nausea and vomiting, vertigo and nystagmus.
What usually happens is there would be improvements with the herpes zoster oticus but the vertigo and tinnitus together with increasing hearing loss would be experienced by the patient.
Because this viral infection involves the ears, it is likely that there would be damages to hearing and eventually some problems with tinnitus would arise.
Auditory Nerve Damage Tinnitus
The auditory nerve is the one that is responsible for carrying sound information to the brain. It takes the electrical impulses from the semicircular canals and the cochlea to the brain.
Damages in the auditory nerve are often encountered when a person is too careless in taking care of their ears. It is important for people to know that even our ears need proper care so that we can avoid doing damages to it particularly in the auditory nerve.
When the auditory nerve gets damaged, naturally hearing is also damaged and it is but normal that a person would have tinnitus as a result of the hearing loss. When there is auditory nerve damage, it is irreversible and so the hearing loss also become irreversible.This makes tinnitus a lifetime condition.
Because tinnitus becomes a lifetime condition, certain steps have to be taken to give treatment or relief from the tinnitus, like homeopathic remedies, herbal therapy or masking technique to minimize the irritation from the tinnitus noises.
A person with a patulous Eustachian tube has a condition wherein the Eustachian tube of the ears is open most of the time. The Eustachian tube is the part of the ear that extends from the middle ear through the roof of the throat. It is partly muscular, partly cartilaginous and partly mucosal. This is normally closed almost all of the time and opens only a few times to allow air pressure from the middle ear to balance with the ambient air pressure.
When the Eustachian tube is left open for a long period of time, a person will have an unpleasant sensation and voice would become too loud, has echo and distorted. So vibrations are heard on the ear drum as a person breath, talks, swallows and the heart beat creating a pulsating sound on the head.
The pulsating sounds are interpreted as a tinnitus sound, particularly the pulsatile type of tinnitus. Pulsatile tinnitus being the type of tinnitus that is objectively heard by other people either by using stethoscopes or just being near the ears of the person with the tinnitus. This type of tinnitus can be easily resolved as often the pathological disorders are treatable.
