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Friday, May 8, 2009

Ringing In The Ear - Tinnitus Treatment Options

By Matt Hellstrom

The type of tinnitus treatment you may need is highly dependent on the degree of tinnitus you have. Tinnitus is a condition that affects either one or both of your ears. All external sounds are suppressed and you experience a high-pitched noise. Many times this noise is like a high pitched whining, ringing or buzzing. There are many different types of tinnitus treatment that range from invasive surgery to simply cleaning the earwax out of your ear canals.

There are many different causes on tinnitus but most occur from otologic disorders such as external ear infections, acoustic shock, cerumen impaction, middle ear effusion, and superior canal dehiscence. Other causes can be from excessive or loud noises, presbycusis, meniere's disease, mercury poisoning, lead poisoning, analgesic medication, antibiotics, anti-viral drugs, psychedelic drugs, metabolic disorders and psychiatric disorders.

The type pf tinnitus treatment will vary depending on the degree of tinnitus you have. Objective tinnitus in which an actual sound emanates from your ear can be treated by gamma knife radio surgery, used commonly to treat brain tumors, it focuses concentrated radiation to very specific spots. Other types of treatment for objective tinnitus include botulinum toxin, propranolol, clonazepam and cleaning out your ear canal.

Subjective tinnitus occurs when the oscillations and vibrations from the hair cells in your ears are unbalanced and you experience hearing a high-pitched noise. This type of tinnitus is thought to originate from ear loss from loud noises or music as loud music has been found to kill hair cells.

There are different types of drugs and other nutrients that can be used to treat tinnitus including lidocaine, which can suppress tinnitus for up to 20 minutes when directly injected into the ear, ginkgo Biloba, small doses of benzodiazepines, small doses of tricyclics, avoiding salt, avoiding nicotine, avoiding caffeine, zinc, melatonin, electrical stimulation, surgery, and other external sound treatments such as Neuromonics Tinnitus treatment.

However the best type of treatment is ways to prevent tinnitus. Preventing tinnitus, which when severe enough can lead to hearing loss, revolves around avoiding loud environments. If you are in a loud environment like a rock concert then you should use earplugs that will minimize any ear damage.

You need to be aware of ototoxicity in medications. Ototoxicity is ear damage due to medication and you need to determine if you are taking any medication that causes even greater damage from noise if you are on a medication that harms your ears. - 17269

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