The cause of tinnitus, a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears, is generally ambiguous. But one thing we know for certain is that if you have hearing loss your probability of experiencing tinnitus rises. According to HLAA up to 90 percent of individuals who experience tinnitus also have hearing loss.
Your lifestyle, age, and genetics can all take part in the development of hearing loss as you probably know. Often, mild cases of hearing loss go undetected and hearing loss, in general, isn’t always apparent. Even minor cases of hearing loss will increase your likelihood of tinnitus, making the situation even worse.
Hearing Aids Won’t Cure Tinnitus But They Will Help
There isn’t a cure for tinnitus. However, your symptoms can be reduced and your life can be improved by using hearing aids to manage your hearing loss and tinnitus. Sixty percent of people dealing with tinnitus, in fact, saw relief of their symptoms, and twenty-two had considerable improvement.
A conventional hearing aid can basically hide the ringing or buzzing associated with tinnitus by improving your ability to hear outside sounds, which basically drowns out the ringing. The good news is that there are other, more advanced solutions beyond just conventional hearing aids to manage the symptoms related to tinnitus.
Types of Specialized Hearing Aids to Reduce Tinnitus Symptoms
Hearing aids work by gathering natural sounds from the world around you and amplifying them to a level that allows you to hear. Although it may be simple in design, that amplification of noise, be it the rabble of a dinner party or the rattle of a ceiling fan, is crucial in training your brain to receive certain stimulations again.
You can take an even more complete approach to your tinnitus management by enhancing hearing aids with other techniques, like stress reduction, sound stimulation, and counseling.
Some hearing aid manufacturers even utilize the irregular rhythm of fractal tones to decrease the symptoms of tinnitus. The persistent tone of tinnitus can be interrupted by the uneven tones of these inconsistent rhythms.
Blending the normal sounds you hear with your tinnitus sounds is the objective of other sophisticated hearing aid options. Your condition and ear have very personal needs and this strategy will use a customized white noise that will be calibrated by your hearing professional.
Whether it’s through sound therapy, blending, or a white noise mechanism, all of these specialized devices have a common aim of distracting the user away from the ringing or buzzing of tinnitus.
It’s true that there is no cure for tinnitus, but for at least some individuals, hearing aids help reduce symptoms and improve your quality of life.
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References
- https://www.hearingloss.org/wp-content/uploads/HLAA_HearingLoss_Facts_Statistics.pdf?pdf=FactStats
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17956798
- https://www.ata.org/managing-your-tinnitus/treatment-options/hearing-aids
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197965