Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the ears without an external source, with symptoms including ringing, buzzing, and hissing. It can arise due to various causes such as medications and ear disorders, and is categorized into subjective and objective types. Treatment options include tinnitus counseling and mechanical devices like hearing aids, which help by amplifying surrounding noises, though individualized approaches are necessary for effective management.

1. Tinnitus

2. Tinnitus is described as hearing noises in ears when there is no
outside source of the sounds. The sound ranges varies from
high to low pitch, single tone to multi-tonal, or having no tonal
quality. Tinnitus may begin suddenly or progress gradually.

3. Symptoms
Tinnitus symptoms include the below types of noises in ears:
 Ringing
 Buzzing
 Roaring
 Clicking
 Hissing

4. Causes of Tinnitus
There are many different causes of tinnitus. Some of the most
common causes include:
Medications
Meniere’s disease
Disorders in the outer ear
Disorders in the middle ear
Disorders in the inner ear
Note : Though the majority of tinnitus sufferers also have
hearing loss, the presence of tinnitus does not indicate that one
is losing hearing.

5. Types of Tinnitus
There are two broad types of tinnitus:
Subjective tinnitus is tinnitus in which only the particular
person can hear. This is the most common type of tinnitus. It
can be caused by ear problems in your outer, middle or inner
ear.
Objective tinnitus is tinnitus in which doctor can hear when
he or she does an examination. This is rare type and it may be
caused due to blood vessel problem, an inner ear bone
condition or muscle contractions.

6. Treatment
Generally there are two types of treatments are available for
tinnitus. They are:
 Tinnitus counseling
 Use of mechanical devices such as hearing aids or white noise
generators

7. How can hearing aids help
tinnitus?
Person those who have a tinnitus problem can opt to hearing
aids which distracts from the tinnitus and make able to hear
much better. The hearing aids amplify surrounding noises so
that the tinnitus will be no longer heard. Hearing aids are ideal
if there is an associated hearing loss with the tinnitus.

8. Unfortunately, tinnitus is not a simple problem with a simple
solution. Everybody's tinnitus noise is specific to them, and as
a result treatments need to be tailored to the individual.

9. Art of Hearing offers free hearing check where you can
discuss your problem or arrange an assessment with one of
our audiologists

10. The Art of Hearing
2/2 Ecko Rd, Mt Nasura
Armadale WA 6112, Australia
 Phone : (08) 9390-8811
 Email : info@artofhearing.com.au
 Website : http://www.artofhearing.com.au/