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What Is Tinnitus & What Causes Tinnitus?

Posted by admin in Uncategorized at September 18, 2009
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Most of us at some time or other in our life time have experienced a ringing sound in our ears this is usually experienced after attending a live concert or being close for any length of time to industrial noise.

Often this ringing sound will fade and we don’t suffer from any adverse affects, but for over 60 million people worldwide it is something that they have live with 24 hours a day every day of there lives.

Forms of Tinnitus

  • The most common form is a roaring, hissing or generally high pitched ringing or whistling sound.
  • A clicking or heartbeat type of noise.
  • The most common form of tinnitus is called subjective tinnitus where the sufferer hears a sound that others cannot.
  • A far rarer type of tinnitus is objective tinnitus where sometimes your Doctor can hear the sound when they listen closely for it.

What Causes Tinnitus?

Tinnitus is not actually a disease but rather a sign that something else is happening with your body in either your hearing or your brain. Usually the most common occurrence of tinnitus is the onset of hearing loss either through age, trauma to the ear or the ear becoming damaged in some way.


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