Tinnitus - Causes
What caused your tinnitus?
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What causes tinnitus?
Tinnitus can arise in any of the following areas: the outer ear, the middle ear, the inner ear, or by abnormalities in the brain. Some tinnitus or head noise is normal. If one goes into a sound proof booth and normal outside noise is diminished, one becomes aware of these normal sounds. We are usually not aware of these normal body sounds, because outside noise masks them. Anything, such as ear wax or a foreign body in the external ear, that blocks these background sounds will cause us to be more aware of our own head sounds. Fluid, infection, or disease of the middle ear bones or ear drum (tympanic membrane) can also cause tinnitus.
One of the most common causes of tinnitus is damage to the microscopic endings of the hearing nerve in the inner ear. Advancing age is generally accompanied by a certain amount of hearing nerve impairment, and consequently chronic tinnitus.
Today, loud noise exposure is a very common cause of tinnitus, and it often damages hearing as well. Unfortunately, many people are unconcerned about the harmful effects of excessively loud noise, firearms, and high intensity music.
Some medications (for example, aspirin) and other diseases of the inner ear (Meniere's syndrome) can cause tinnitus. Tinnitus can in very rare situations be a symptom of such serious problems as a brain aneurysm or a brain tumor (acoustic tumor).
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I had a mild tinnitus that was only present at night when I went to sleep, and after few years it got worse and had trouble to fall asleep. I went to doctors and they said that my hearing at high frequency is damaged and that is why I got the tinnitus. It happens because of Coclea damage in inner ear but there are lots of remedies and methods that helps relief the symptoms so it vanishes 90% so you can hardly notice it and it's a GREAT relief! You can visit the T-gone remedies website on which you can find explanations and great relief for your problems, if you try to do everything that is explained success is guaranteed, try it and good luck to all T-sufferers to find the relief!!It helped me very much!
I went to a concert last night and knew it was loud but didn't know it caused this horror known as tinnitus! Overpowering, all-consuming humming noise...I could barely hear, everything was covered up by this noise. I felt like I wanted to rip my skin off! Thankfully however, it seems to be dissipating after 15-16 hours. I think I might be in that group of temporary sufferers. The hum is very low now. I am hopeful it will be gone by tomorrow. But that's a wait and see. I was so afraid that loud hum was permanent. I couldn't figure out how I'd be able to work any longer, I couldn't hear people very well; everything sounded muffled. Everything was covered up by that noise. No longer able to sing or work oh the horror. My heart breaks for those who suffer from the long-term version of this disease. It's terrible and something I never knew about until today. I'm going to an audiologist and I'm going to work at taking care of my hearing. And I'm going to be thankful for the second chance.
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