Tinnitus
Never ending buzzing, ringing, intermittent noise in one or both ears? You may be experiencing a condition called Tinnitus. If you have ever experienced an intermittent or ongoing ringing in one ear, both ears or inside your head, you could be suffering from the condition known as Tinnitus. This can be very stressful and annoying!
While there is no specific cure for Tinnitus, the good news is there are many things you can do to manage the tinnitus and make it a little more bearable. There are a range of therapies which help to lesson your symptoms. It is just a matter of finding the right combination for you and we can help you with that!
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Tinnitus Management
There are many different therapies present to help relieve the effects of tinnitus. There is no one fix that cures tinnitus but these tips have definitely helped people manage their tinnitus better. We hope they will be useful to you as well.
Create some time to relax
It’s not always easy to get time to relax with the speed of life today, however this can be a very powerful way to manage tinnitus.
Stress is thought to be one of the main triggers of tinnitus, and so it only makes sense that taking some time out relaxing and forgetting about our worries will work wonders when it comes to tinnitus. Easier said than done but certainly worth a try!
Mindfulness and Meditation are also useful practices and have certainly helped some people.
Sound Therapy
Many people are now using sound therapy to relieve the symptoms of tinnitus. In essence, people listen to environmental sounds or relaxing sounds like the sound of birds, the ocean or sounds like a busy street or office chitter chatter.
Focusing on these background noises helps to distract the sufferer from the noise of tinnitus and gives them something different to listen to which can be quite refreshing!
Bedside Sound Generators
People who suffer from tinnitus often find it difficult to get over to sleep. Bedside Sound Generators have built-in timed relaxing sounds which will automatically turn off after a certain period of time.
The generators can be linked to a pillow speaker. Your very own night time lullaby!
Use of Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids have proven to be very helpful in managing Tinnitus. They both distract your brain from hearing the irritating Tinnitus sounds and strengthen the sounds around you!
Your Clever Hearing Audiologist will be able to advise you on whether a hearing aid will be helpful to you in managing your tinnitus.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a very useful treatment for depression. As we know anxiety and stress are common triggers of tinnitus. CBT helps you to deal with the underlying issues to stress, depression, etc.
When we deal with the stress in our lives in many cases it has shown to also significantly relieve the symptoms of Tinnitus.
Medication
Currently there is no medication to treat tinnitus alone! However if depression, anxiety or stress is a key factor in triggering tinnitus, people may be given anti-depressants which will help the depression and perhaps lessen the effects of tinnitus.
Your GP is the person to best advise you on this matter.