Tinnitus: Ringing in the ears and what to do about it

Constant noise in the head— such as ringing in the ears—rarely indicates a serious health problem, but it sure can be annoying. Here’s how to minimize it.

Tinnitus (pronounced tih-NITE-us or TIN-ih-tus) is sound in the head with no external source. For many, it’s a ringing sound, while for others, it’s whistling, buzzing, chirping, hissing, humming, roaring, or even shrieking. The sound may seem to come from one ear or both, from inside the head, or from a distance. It may be constant or intermittent, steady or pulsating.

Almost everyone has had tinnitus for a short time after being exposed to extremely loud noise. For example, attending a loud concert can trigger short-lived tinnitus. Some medications (especially aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs taken in high doses) can cause tinnitus that goes away when the drug is discontinued. When it lasts more than six months, it’s known as chronic tinnitus. As many as 50 to 60 million people in the United States suffer from this condition; it’s especially common in people over age 55 and strongly associated with hearing loss. Many people worry that tinnitus is a sign that they are going deaf or have another serious medical problem, but it rarely is.

Most tinnitus is subjective, meaning that only you can hear the noise. But sometimes it’s objective, meaning that someone else can hear it, too. For example, if you have a heart murmur, you may hear a whooshing sound with every heartbeat; your clinician can also hear that sound through a stethoscope. Some people hear their heartbeat inside the ear — a phenomenon called pulsatile tinnitus. It’s more likely to happen in older people, because blood flow tends to be more turbulent in arteries whose walls have stiffened with age. Pulsatile tinnitus may be more noticeable at night, when you’re lying in bed and there are fewer external sounds to mask the tinnitus. If you notice any new pulsatile tinnitus, you should consult a clinician, because in rare cases it is a sign of a tumor or blood vessel damage.

The course of chronic tinnitus is unpredictable. Sometimes the symptoms remain the same, and sometimes they get worse. In about 10% of cases, the condition interferes with everyday life so much that professional help is needed.

While there’s no cure for chronic tinnitus, it often becomes less noticeable and more manageable over time. You can help ease the symptoms by educating yourself about the condition — for example, understanding that it’s not dangerous. There are also several ways to help tune out the noise and minimize its impact.

What’s going on?

Most people who seek medical help for tinnitus experience it as subjective, constant sound like constant ringing in the ears or a buzzing sound in the ear, and most have some degree of hearing loss. Things that cause hearing loss (and tinnitus) include loud noise, medications that damage the nerves in the ear (ototoxic drugs), impacted earwax, middle ear problems (such as infections and vascular tumors), and aging. Tinnitus can also be a symptom of Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the balance mechanism in the inner ear.

Tinnitus can arise anywhere along the auditory pathway, from the outer ear through the middle and inner ear to the brain’s auditory cortex, where it’s thought to be encoded (in a sense, imprinted). One of the most common causes of tinnitus is damage to the hair cells in the cochlea (see “Auditory pathways and tinnitus”). These cells help transform sound waves into nerve signals. If the auditory pathways or circuits in the brain don’t receive the signals they’re expecting from the cochlea, the brain in effect “turns up the gain” on those pathways in an effort to detect the signal — in much the same way that you turn up the volume on a car radio when you’re trying to find a station’s signal. The resulting electrical noise takes the form of tinnitus — a sound that is high-pitched if hearing loss is in the high-frequency range and low-pitched if it’s in the low-frequency range. This kind of tinnitus resembles phantom limb pain in an amputee — the brain is producing abnormal nerve signals to compensate for missing input.

Most tinnitus is “sensorineural,” meaning that it’s due to hearing loss at the cochlea or cochlear nerve level. But tinnitus may originate in other places. Our bodies normally produce sounds (called somatic sounds) that we usually don’t notice because we are listening to external sounds. Anything that blocks normal hearing can bring somatic sounds to our attention. For example, you may get head noise when earwax blocks the outer ear.

Evaluate and treat underlying problems

If you develop tinnitus, it’s important to see your clinician. She or he will take a medical history, give you a physical examination, and do a series of tests to try to find the source of the problem. She or he will also ask you to describe the noise you’re hearing (including its pitch and sound quality, and whether it’s constant or periodic, steady or pulsatile) and the times and places in which you hear it. Your clinician will review your medical history, your current and past exposure to noise, and any medications or supplements you’re taking. Tinnitus can be a side effect of many medications, especially when taken at higher doses (see “Some drugs that can cause or worsen tinnitus”).

Musculoskeletal factors — jaw clenching, tooth grinding, prior injury, or muscle tension in the neck — sometimes make tinnitus more noticeable, so your clinician may ask you to tighten muscles or move the jaw or neck in certain ways to see if the sound changes. If tight muscles are part of the problem, massage therapy may help relieve it.

Tinnitus that’s continuous, steady, and high-pitched (the most common type) generally indicates a problem in the auditory system and requires hearing tests conducted by an audiologist. Pulsatile tinnitus calls for a medical evaluation, especially if the noise is frequent or constant. MRI or CT imaging may be needed to check for a tumor or blood vessel abnormality.

Your general health can affect the severity and impact of tinnitus, so this is also a good time to take stock of your diet, physical activity, sleep, and stress level — and take steps to improve them. You may also be able to reduce the impact of tinnitus by treating depression, anxiety, insomnia, and pain with medications or psychotherapy.

If you’re often exposed to loud noises at work or at home, it’s important to reduce the risk of hearing loss (or further hearing loss) by using protectors such as earplugs or earmuff-like or custom-fitted devices.

Managing tinnitus

In addition to treating associated problems (such as depression or insomnia), there are several strategies that can help make tinnitus less bothersome. No single approach works for everyone, and you may need to try various combinations of techniques before you find what works for you. If you have age-related hearing loss, a hearing aid can often make tinnitus less noticeable by amplifying outside sounds.

There is no FDA-approved drug treatment for tinnitus, and controlled trials have not found any drug, supplement, or herb to be any more effective than a placebo. That includes ginkgo biloba, which is sometimes promoted for this purpose. Some patients believe that acupuncture helps, but it too has been found to be no better than a placebo.

The most effective approaches are behavioral strategies and sound-generating devices, often used in combination. They include the following:

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT uses techniques such as cognitive restructuring and relaxation to change the way patients think about and respond to tinnitus. Patients usually keep a diary and perform “homework” to help build their coping skills. Therapy is generally short-term — for example, weekly sessions for two to six months. CBT may not make the sound less loud, but it can make it significantly less bothersome and improve quality of life.

Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT). This technique is based on the assumption that tinnitus results from abnormal neuronal activity (see “What’s going on?”). The aim is to habituate the auditory system to the tinnitus signals, making them less noticeable or less bothersome. The main components of TRT are individual counseling (to explain the auditory system, how tinnitus develops, and how TRT can help) and sound therapy. A device is inserted in the ear to generate low-level noise and environmental sounds that match the pitch, volume, and quality of the patient’s tinnitus. Depending on the severity of the symptoms, treatment may last one to two years.

When TRT was developed in the 1980s by neuroscientist Dr. Pawel Jastreboff, it was designed to be administered according to a strict protocol. Today, the term TRT is being used to describe modified versions of this therapy, and the variations make accurate assessment of its effectiveness difficult. Individual studies have reported improvements in as many as 80% of patients with high-pitched tinnitus.

Masking. Masking devices, worn like hearing aids, generate low-level white noise (a high-pitched hiss, for example) that can reduce the perception of tinnitus and sometimes also produce residual inhibition — less noticeable tinnitus for a short time after the masker is turned off. A specialized device isn’t always necessary for masking; often, playing music or having a radio, fan, or white-noise machine on in the background is enough. Although there’s not enough evidence from randomized trials to draw any conclusions about the effectiveness of masking, hearing experts often recommend a trial of simple masking strategies (such as setting a radio at low volume between stations) before they turn to more expensive options.

Biofeedback and stress management. Tinnitus is stressful, and stress can worsen tinnitus. Biofeedback is a relaxation technique that helps control stress by changing bodily responses. Electrodes attached to the skin feed information about physiological processes such as pulse, skin temperature, and muscle tension into a computer, which displays the output on a monitor. Patients learn how to alter these processes and reduce the body’s stress response by changing their thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques may also help.

Not all insurance companies cover tinnitus treatments in the same way, so be sure to check your coverage. If you’re willing to enroll in a research study, you may be able to receive a cutting-edge treatment free. (For more information, go to www.clinicaltrials.gov, and enter the search term “tinnitus.”)

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How To Sleep With Tinnitus

While there is no known cure for ringing in the ears caused by tinnitus, treatments are available to decrease its effects on sleep and other areas of a person’s life. If persistent ringing in the ears is bothersome enough to affect sleep, it’s important to work with a doctor to address what may be causing tinnitus and to find relief. 

Up to 12 million adults in the U.S. report that tinnitus disrupts their daily life and the symptoms of tinnitus can become difficult to ignore at bed time. In fact, ear ringing affects the sleep of around 10% of U.S. adults in any given year.

What Is Tinnitus?

Tinnitus is not considered a disease, but rather a common symptom of conditions related to how the body processes sounds. While temporary tinnitus is not often associated with an underlying health issue, chronic tinnitus can be.

People experience tinnitus in a variety of ways. It’s often reported as an unpleasant ringing, buzzing, hissing, or whooshing sound that occurs in one or both ears. While the sounds may seem to be coming from a distance or right next to a person’s head, these sounds are actually created by the brain. 

Researchers believe that tinnitus is the brain’s attempt to make up for sounds it can no longer hear. Essentially, when a specific frequency of sound is no longer detected, the brain may attempt to fill in this gap with a sound of its own. The pitch of the ringing can be low or high and is thought to match the gap in hearing. 

How Tinnitus Affects Sleep

Ringing in the ears tends to be more pronounced in quiet environments, such as a bedroom at night. In fact, up to half of individuals with tinnitus report that the ringing in their ears at night makes it difficult to sleep. These disturbances can even contribute to the development of insomnia. 

When tinnitus affects sleep, it can lead to sleep deprivation. Not getting enough sleep can impact daytime functioning by making it more difficult to focus and affecting a person’s mood. 

Ways to Stop the Ringing in Your Ears at Night

Ringing in the ears tends to be more pronounced in quiet environments, such as a bedroom at night. In fact, up to half of individuals with tinnitus report that the ringing in their ears at night makes it difficult to sleep. These disturbances can even contribute to the development of insomnia. 

When tinnitus affects sleep, it can lead to sleep deprivation. Not getting enough sleep can impact daytime functioning by making it more difficult to focus and affecting a person’s mood.

Ways to Stop the Ringing in Your Ears at Night

There is no cure for tinnitus, though treatment for hearing loss can reduce symptoms for around 50% of people with tinnitus related to lost hearing. There are also treatments available that can help people manage their symptoms and improve both their sleep and quality of life.

Sound Therapy

A common treatment for improving sleep in people with tinnitus uses sounds to reduce the effects of nighttime ear ringing. 

Sound therapy involves playing simple and calming sounds such as sounds from water or a simulated nighttime environment. Also called sound masking, treatment can help a person shift their focus from ringing in the ears to a more pleasant sound. Using a tabletop sound generator at night may mask ear ringing, especially in people with mild tinnitus.

Counseling

There are several psychological treatments that can help people cope with the symptoms of tinnitus. These therapies focus on changing the way a person thinks and behaves in response to the ringing in their ears. Therapies include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), relaxation training, biofeedback, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

In some cases, counseling may be combined with a device that helps the brain learn to interpret the sounds of tinnitus as normal background noise. This type of treatment is called tinnitus retraining therapy and is typically provided within a specialized tinnitus treatment center.

Other Treatments

Additional treatments may be given to reduce tinnitus, treat its underlying causes, or address complications such as anxiety, depression, and sleep loss.

• Supplements: Some people see improvements in the symptoms of tinnitus from using supplements like ginkgo biloba or melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone important for sleep that is available over-the-counter as a sleep aid.
• Medications: Doctors may recommend medications to treat tinnitus or associated conditions. For example, people with tinnitus may experience depression or anxiety and medications to treat these conditions may help people cope with their symptoms and sleep better at night.
• Sleep position: Some experts suggest that people with tinnitus elevate their head during sleep. This sleeping position may decrease congestion in the sinuses and make it harder to notice ringing in the ears.

To reduce the impact of tinnitus on sleep, people can take steps to improve their sleep habits, also called sleep hygiene. Improving sleep habits involves keeping a regular sleep schedule, taking time to relax before bed, and avoiding activities that interfere with sleep, such as using technology in the last few hours before bedtime. 

What Causes Tinnitus?

The cause of tinnitus is often related to changes in the ear or other parts of the brain’s auditory system. Tinnitus is most often associated with a loss of hearing and can be an early sign of hearing loss. Age-related changes in the inner ear, infections, or medications can cause hearing loss accompanied by tinnitus.

Intense or prolonged exposure to loud noises can also damage parts of the inner ear and contribute to tinnitus. Some occupations have a higher risk of developing tinnitus due to exposure to loud sounds, such as construction workers, musicians, and people in the military. These individuals are encouraged to limit ear damage by using ear protection at work.

In addition to hearing loss, there are many other known causes of tinnitus.

• Temporomandibular joint disorders: The temporomandibular joint is in the jaw, located next to the ear canal and other parts of the auditory system. Disorders or injuries affecting this joint or the surrounding muscles can lead to tinnitus.
• Medications: Tinnitus can be a side effect of hundreds of medications, including certain anti-anxiety medications, antidepressants, antibiotics, and drugs used in cancer treatment. Ringing in the ears can occur both when someone starts taking a medication or when they stop taking it. 
• Blockages or sinus congestion: The buildup of earwax or other debris in the ear canal can cause pressure in the ear and lead to tinnitus. Congestion due to a sinus infection, cold, or flu can cause temporary tinnitus. 

Other health conditions linked to tinnitus include:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Hormone changes
• Thyroid conditions
• Hardening of the bones in the middle ear (otosclerosis)
• Tumors affecting the brain’s auditory system 

While tinnitus is not often associated with a serious health issue, it can still be disruptive to both day and nighttime activities.

When to Talk to a Doctor

Anyone having difficulty sleeping due to ringing in the ears should consult with their doctor. Although tinnitus can’t be cured, working with a doctor can help people find treatments to improve their sleep and boost their overall quality of life.

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About The Author

Amielle has a doctorate degree in neuroscience from Emory University and has dedicated her career to science communication, news coverage, and academic writing and editing. Based in Seattle, she has been published in the journal Hearing Research, written for science websites, and has worked as a research scientist at the University of Washington. Amielle loves to dig into the latest research on the brain, sleep, and behavior. When she is not writing, researching, or editing, she hosts a comedy podcast on neuroscience.

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Tinnitus, ringing in the ears – symptoms, causes, treatment

What is tinnitus?

The word tinnitus comes from the Latin tinnire, “to tinkle” , but tinnitus can sound more like a hum, hiss, chirp or a thin squeak.

About 40% of adults experience tinnitus from time to time. About 8% suffer from it often or constantly. For 1% of people, tinnitus is a serious problem that interferes with a normal life. It almost never affects children and very often elderly people with hearing loss.

This noise is not associated with external sounds and is “heard” better in silence than with external noise. Tinnitus lasts for a long time (more than 5 minutes) and should be distinguished from a short, transient sound that lasts a few seconds or occurs after a strong sound stimulus. Such noise is in no way connected with the mechanical processes occurring in the ear, its cause is in the nerve cells.

IMPORTANT! Information from the article cannot be used for self-diagnosis and self-treatment! Only a doctor can prescribe the necessary examinations, establish a diagnosis and draw up a treatment plan for a consultation!

Why does tinnitus occur?

There are two theories about its origin.

1) Due to the constant high level of noise in the life of a city dweller, cells in the inner ear are constantly dying, turning sounds into nerve impulses. They do not die immediately, but for some time they are in a “death” state. They can still send information to the brain, but are no longer able to generate impulses specific to each sound. The result is “noise”.

2) According to another theory, tinnitus is something like phantom pains. The auditory cortex of the brain “remembers” that information about external sounds should be transmitted through the auditory pathways, but the corresponding auditory cells have already died, and the brain “has to” find information that is similar to sound impulses. This information travels along pathways through the mood center, which is why tinnitus sufferers have such a hard time with noise. Gradually, as a result of incorrect adaptation, this path becomes the main one for the brain, and the person, as it were, gets used to hearing noise.

What can cause tinnitus?

• Tinnitus is usually caused by hearing loss from constant exposure to loud noises (tractor, lawn mower, loud music on headphones) or acoustic trauma.
• Otitis media, atherosclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cervical osteochondrosis, and hearing loss due to aging or other causes can contribute to tinnitus.
• Much less commonly, tinnitus can be a symptom of diabetes, kidney disease, or head or neck tumors.
• Some drugs cause tinnitus: quinine, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol, diuretics (furosemide…), a number of antibiotics (gentamicin, streptomycin, etc.), certain types of chemotherapy, some psychiatric drugs (amitriptyline, sertraline, anafranil, etc.). e.)

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How to “measure” strength tinnitus?

Since this is a subjective sensation, it cannot be measured in decibels. In fact, the most important thing is how much tinnitus causes discomfort to its “happy” owner.

Therefore, a qualitative scale is used that rates tinnitus from “mild” to “catastrophic”, based on whether the person hears it all the time, whether it interferes with sleep or does something that requires silence.

Severe tinnitus leads to nervous tension, insomnia, inability to concentrate and even depression.

How to cure tinnitus?

There is no cure for tinnitus. Drugs of different groups have been studied, including antiepileptics, antidepressants, tranquilizers, but none of them is able to significantly reduce tinnitus.

Based on the theory that the brain does not adapt properly to the death of nerve cells that conduct auditory impulses, tinnitus is treated with a method called tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT). This is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy in which a person is taught to be distracted from the noise, to relax, not to hear it. Gradually, a positive feedback is formed, the brain “unlearns” to use the wrong way of conducting impulses, and the noise level really decreases.

In addition to training, the TRT course uses sound therapy individually selected by means of noise measurement – a person is empirically selected “white noise”, which he should listen to from time to time. It can be the sound of the sea, the wind or the rustle of leaves. Such noise is evaluated in the subcortical auditory pathways as a neutral sound, its perception is quickly blocked and it does not reach the cortex, and tinnitus is blocked along with it – the patient ceases to be aware of it.

Both parts of therapy are equally important, but the first is the main one: the patient must stop paying attention to tinnitus, learn to live with it and reduce its significance. The TRT method allows you to completely remove tinnitus in terms of three months to two years.

If you suffer from nocturnal tinnitus, there are Tinnitus Therapy Pro and Tinnitus Therapy Lite mobile apps to help relieve it while you sleep. Applications offer so-called sound maskers (white noise and others), as well as sound tracks developed by doctors lasting 8 hours. There are other apps and tracks, paid and free, that can make life easier and “mask” tinnitus that occurs day or night.

causes and treatment, how to diagnose

Tinnitus (from Latin tinnītus “ringing”) is the sensation of sound in one or both ears in the absence of an external source of sound. This sensation is mostly described as ringing in the ears, but the sounds can also be hissing, humming, clicking, or buzzing. Noise, hum or ringing in the ears can be strong, mild or moderate, constant or intermittent. The perception of tinnitus is individual.

Although tinnitus is heard in the ears, it occurs in the nerve circuits of the brain, which causes us to hear sounds in the head. It is not yet known exactly what is going on in the brain to create the illusion of a sound that is not actually there. Tinnitus is the most common disorder affecting 10 to 15% of the world’s population.

Causes of noise or ringing in the ears

The appearance of tinnitus can be caused by prolonged exposure to loud noises or certain lifestyle habits. Ringing in the ears can also occur in healthy people and for no apparent reason. However, in many cases, the appearance of noise or ringing in the ears is associated with hearing loss.

Causes that can trigger tinnitus can be divided into the following groups:

Medical

• Diabetes
• Anemia
• Allergy
• Otosclerosis
• Meniere’s disease
• Earwax plug
• Head and neck tumors
• Low serotonin 9 0034
• Blood pressure problems
• Thyroid problems (hypothyroidism).
• Diseases of the outer, middle or inner ear.

Hearing impairment

According to statistics, 80-85% of patients suffering from tinnitus have some degree of hearing impairment. Despite the fact that tinnitus is not the cause of hearing impairment, but its impact negatively affects concentration, performance, because constant sounds in the head are distracting and prevent you from concentrating on really important sound information. Annoying noise distracts from daily tasks and interferes with meaningful communication with family, friends and loved ones.

Head injury and brain disease
Head injury, such as a concussion, can damage the inner ear and cause tinnitus. Also, neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, can lead to tinnitus, and acoustic tumors of the auditory or vestibular nerve, by putting pressure on the nerve endings, can create tinnitus. In this case, the treatment of tinnitus should begin with an appeal to a neurologist.

Heart and blood vessel problems

If your tinnitus is pulsating, it may be due to a problem with your blood vessels.

Drugs that cause tinnitus

The most common drugs that cause tinnitus are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (eg, aspirin, gentamicin), diuretics, some antibiotics, and cancer drugs. If you experience tinnitus after starting a drug or changing its dosage, contact your healthcare provider right away to determine further treatment.

Risk factors for tinnitus

Often tinnitus occurs in people with hearing impairment of different ages, but the elderly and those whose professional activities are associated with high-level noise exposure are at risk.

Age-related hearing loss

Hearing loss due to aging is called presbycusis and begins at age 60. The greater the hearing loss, the more likely it is that tinnitus will occur. To prevent the appearance of annoying noise, you must first contact an audiologist for a hearing diagnosis in order to assess its severity (i.e., at what frequencies a decrease is observed) and then select a method for correcting the identified violations.

Loud noise exposure

Regular exposure to loud noise in professional activities (airport workers, factories, construction sites, city transport drivers, military, hunters) is a common cause of hearing loss and tinnitus. Wearing earplugs at work will help protect your hearing.

Lifestyle
Listening to music at high volumes for extended periods of time or frequent concerts can also cause permanent hearing damage. Excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, abuse of foods and drinks containing caffeine can cause tinnitus. Frequent fatigue and stress can also be risk factors.

If you have tinnitus, start your treatment journey by contacting a hearing care professional who specializes in diagnosing tinnitus to help determine the underlying cause. If common causes of tinnitus are ruled out, your doctor will refer you to another specialist for further evaluation and treatment.

How to reduce the effects of tinnitus

Since tinnitus is purely subjective, it can be difficult to diagnose, so following the advice of your hearing care professional on your own can help alleviate the condition:

• Avoid tobacco, coffee, cola, tea;
• Learn to relax, arrange a relaxing minute for yourself;
• Try to control your blood pressure, measure it regularly;
• Avoid loud noise and use earplugs for occupational protection;
• Try to eat less salt, because. its use is one of the causes of circulatory disorders;
• Exercise regularly, exercise improves blood circulation, which helps reduce tinnitus;
• Use a hearing aid. It not only helps with hearing loss, but also has a masking effect that will help you get rid of annoying tinnitus and reduce its impact on daily life.

Hearing loss and tinnitus

Noise or ringing in the ears or head often cannot be treated, but the good news is that tinnitus can be controlled. The latest technological solutions in the field of audiology and deafness come to the rescue. Clinical studies show that digital hearing aids are not only effective in addressing hearing loss, but also help reduce the impact of tinnitus and provide overall relief.
Amplification of environmental sounds through the hearing aid provides activation of the auditory part of the nervous system, which reduces the perception of tinnitus. With constant exposure to amplified environmental sounds, the auditory part of the nervous system is rebuilt, which has a beneficial effect on the function of nervous activity, restoring it and weakening hypersensitivity to auditory sensations.