At one time or another in your life you’ve most likely heard some ringing in your ears. And that ringing has a name: tinnitus. According to most research, 15-20% of people experience tinnitus at any given time. In most cases, it’s not lasting. But chronic tinnitus, a ringing that won’t go away, can be uncomfortable and disconcerting. Luckily, there is a common and straight forward treatment for tinnitus: hearing aids.
Dealing With Chronic Tinnitus
Prolonged tinnitus can happen for a number of reasons, and some of them are better understood than others. Tinnitus can also manifest as a wide variety of subjective and objective noises, from pounding to clanging to metal buzz-saw noises, whatever beautiful symphony your ears can generate.
The noisier and more extreme the sounds are, the more invasive tinnitus can get. Over time, tinnitus can cause declines in mental health, create trouble communicating, and interfere with your daily life.
Tinnitus And Hearing Aids
While there is normally no way to cure the underlying cause of tinnitus, hearing aids have become pretty proficient at treating tinnitus symptoms. There are numerous ways that hearing aids accomplish this.
Making The Ringing in Your Ears Less Noticeable
The symptoms of tinnitus will frequently occur together with hearing loss problems. They can have the same underlying cause or not. In any case, as your hearing declines, your tinnitus could become more pronounced. There’s not as much competition, and that buzzing or ringing can really stand out (it’s like winning American Idol in a year with sub-par contestants).
When you’re using hearing aids the sounds of the external world will be turned up. You will get relief when your tinnitus is pushed back to a manageable level. This can help you give attention to and enjoy the day-to-day.
Canceling Out The Noise
Clearly, overwhelming your tinnitus isn’t the same thing as masking your tinnitus. So to help handle your ringing and buzzing, many modern hearing aids use a kind of noise cancellation technology. We can show you how to tune your hearing aid to produce certain white noises that help diminish your tinnitus. Basically, by generating particular types of sound, your hearing aid can help minimize the volume of your tinnitus symptoms.
This is a specialized technology and an appointment with us will help you figure out if this is right for you.
Most types of chronic tinnitus can’t be cured. But you still can find a way to deal with it. A correctly calibrated hearing aid can permit you to fully live your life and enjoy the world without being overcome by ringing, buzzing, or any other tinnitus-related sounds. For many people who live with tinnitus, hearing aids are ideal.