Tinnitus FAQ

What is tinnitus?

Tinnitus, "ringing ears" or ear noise is a phenomenon of the nervous system connected to the ear, characterised by perception of a ringing, beating or roaring sound (often perceived as sinusoidal) with no external source. According to the American Tinnitus Association, tinnitus is pronounced two distinctly different ways, with both being acceptable: ti-NIGHT-us, or TIN-i-tus.

What does tinnitus sound like?

Many sufferers report that their tinnitus sounds like the high-pitched background tone emitted by some computer monitors or television sets. Others report noises like hissing steam, rushing water, chirping crickets, bells, breaking glass, or even chainsaws. Some report that their tinnitus temporarily spikes in volume when under extreme stress, with sudden head motions during aerobic exercise, or with each footfall while jogging.

In a database of 1544 tinnitus patients, 79% characterized the sound as "tonal" with an average loudness of 7.5 (on a subjective scale of 1-10). The other 21% characterized the sound as "noise" with an average loudness of 5.5. When compared to an externally generated noise source, the average loudness was 7.5dB above threshold. 68% of patients were able to have their tinnitus masked by sounds 14dB or less above threshold.

Can tinnitus be cured?

Although there is no simple cure for tinnitus, people have managed to drastically improve the condition by trying a number of treatments to see what works for their particular case. A combination of external masking and psychological counseling known as tinnitus retraining therapy is widely practiced. Many report that it becomes much less disturbing and in some cases the offending sound is no longer heard at the conscious level (Habituation of Perception).

Tinnitus News

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PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 10, 2010 – There are many who do not know much about tinnitus. For starters, a condition called tinnitus occurs in the form of noise in the ear region. More so the noise is not because of the external atmosphere, it ...

Discover Cures for Tinnitus - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 09, 2010 – Tinnitus is ringing or buzzing sound in your ears. As you already know that it is a vast difference of hearing a constant buzzing or ringing sound, and occasionally hearing of those sounds day-by-day. You ...

How to Stop Tinnitus in Your Ears With a Simple Way by ... - PRLog (free press release)

DETROIT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fifty million people live every day with ringing in their ears. It's called tinnitus , and there is no cure. A new treatment could silence the ringing and give thousands of sufferers relief. You need Flash Player 8 or ...

Silence the Ringing in Your Ears - Ivanhoe

... upcoming issue of Men's Journal magazine he was born with "sticking-out ears", but his right one was pressed back in following surg ery to save his hearing following a bout of tinnitus. Butler says, "I didn't realise it until I had to shave my ...

BUTLER SHOCKED BY DEFORMED EAR=20 - PR Inside

... upcoming issue of Men's Journal magazine he was born with "sticking-out ears," but his right one was pressed back in following surgery to save his hearing following a bout of tinnitus. Butler says, "I didn't realize it until I had to shave my ...

Gerard Butler Shocked By His Deformed Ear - Starpulse.com

More than one-third of participants reported experiencing tinnitus (ringing or buzzing) in one or both ears. Average hearing levels among those who reported using hearing protection during work were 1dB to 2dB better than those who did not use ...

Shure, NHCA release hearing test results from AES - Broadcast Engineering

Article Description: Tinnitus, or ringing of the ears, is the most common injury experienced by veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The distressing condition may also temporarily affect 75 percent of people ages 18 to 30 who frequent ...

Ear, Nose and Throat - eMaxHealth.com

Symptoms include attacks of vertigo, dizziness, nausea, hearing loss, and tinnitus (TIN-IT-US), or ringing in the ear. It may begin in one ear and spread to the other. While there's no absolute cure, an ear, nose and throat specialist may develop a ...

Meniere's disease - WXYZ

Other symptoms include: intermittent hearing loss (which may eventually become permanent), tinnitus (the perception of sound, like ringing or buzzing, that isn’t really there) and the sensation of pain, pressure or fullness in the ear.

Meniere's DNA Study - WSOC-TV

December 29th, 2009 LONDON - For people suffering from tinnitus, listening to music may spell the end for their pain, say researchers. According to the research team from Westphalian Wilhelms University, individually designed music therapy may help ...