Tinnitus

Introduction: Tinnitus

Tinnitus: Tinnitus (ti-NI-tus) is also common in older people. Tinnitus is a symptom associated with a variety of hearing diseases and ... more about Tinnitus.

Tinnitus: Hearing noises in the ears: ringing, roaring, clicks, whistling, or hissing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tinnitus is available below.

Symptoms of Tinnitus

• Noises in the ears
  • Ringing in ears
  • Clicking in the ears
  • Buzzing in ears
  • Whistling in the ears

See full list of 11 symptoms of Tinnitus

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Medical Textbooks Online about Tinnitus

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Tinnitus?

• Misdiagnosis of Tinnitus
• Underlying causes of Tinnitus (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Tinnitus

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Causes of Tinnitus

• Hearing loss
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
• Earache
• Ear infection
• Fluid in the ear (see Ear discharge)

See full list of 24 causes of Tinnitus

More information about causes of Tinnitus:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Tinnitus (30 listings)
• Underlying causes of Tinnitus
• Tinnitus as a complication caused by other conditions
• Tinnitus as a symptom

Treatments for Tinnitus

• Hearing aids
• Maskers - electronic devices to hide the tinnitus noises.
• Listening to sounds - music, radio static (for sleeping), natural sounds, etc.
• Relaxation
• Tinnitus retraining therapy - learning how to not hear the noises as much.

See full list of 6 treatments for Tinnitus

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Patient Surveys for Tinnitus

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Reseach about Tinnitus

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Clinical Trials for Tinnitus

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Tinnitus include:

• The Effect of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy on Subjective and Objective Measures of Chronic Tinnitus - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Study of Tinnitus Treatment Methods - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Effect of Gabapentin on the Sensation and Impact of Tinnitus - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - gabapentin
• Brain Imaging of Tinnitus - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Vestipitant Or Vestipitant/Paroxetine Combination In Subjects With Tinnitus And Hearing Loss - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vestipitant,Vestipitant + Paroxetine

See full list of 11 Clinical Trials for Tinnitus

Prevention of Tinnitus

Prevention information for Tinnitus has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Tinnitus.

• Avoid noise exposure

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Statistics for Tinnitus

• Medical statistics for Tinnitus
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Tinnitus
• Death and Mortality statistics for Tinnitus
• Society statistics for Tinnitus

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Article Excerpts about Tinnitus

Tinnitus (ti-NI-tus) is also common in older people. Tinnitus is a symptom associated with a variety of hearing diseases and disorders. People with tinnitus have a ringing, roaring, or hear other sounds inside the ears. (Source: excerpt from Hearing and Older People - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Definitions of Tinnitus:

A nonspecific symptom of hearing disorder characterized by the sensation of buzzing, ringing, clicking, pulsations, and other noises in the ear. Objective tinnitus refers to noises generated from within the ear or adjacent structures that can be heard by other individuals. The term subjective tinnitus is used when the sound is audible only to the affected individual. Tinnitus may occur as a manifestation of COCHLEAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; and other conditions. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease - (Source - WordNet 2.1)