Tinnitus is commonly defined as a high-pitched whine or noise that only you can hear in your ears and head. It can be a challenging condition to cope with since it sometimes appears and disappears depending on the time of day, your body posture or even your mood. While there is no obvious treatment or cause, it affects millions of individuals worldwide on some degree and can be difficult to deal with. Fortunately, it is perfectly possible to live a regular life while dealing from tinnitus. In this article, we will provide some advice on how to deal with tinnitus.

Wearing Hearing Aids to Eliminate the Noise

Because the nerves in your ear are involved in both hearing loss and tinnitus, many people discover that hearing loss is frequently accompanied with tinnitus. This indicates that those who have tinnitus or hearing loss are more likely to get the other ailment. Therefore, wearing hearing aids to hide your tinnitus and manage hearing loss might be a convenient approach to solve it while continuing to live your regular life.

If you have both hearing loss and tinnitus, your audiologist will most likely recommend a hearing aid with masking characteristics. Masking functions are standard in most contemporary hearing aids, although they may need to be enabled by a setting or button on the hearing aid itself. If you do not have hearing loss and simply have tinnitus, you may still be able to purchase hearing aids with masking capabilities or a sound producing device that you could use while sleeping.

Hearing aids are perhaps the most efficient strategy to cope with tinnitus if you experience hearing loss. If you do not have hearing loss but do have tinnitus, hearing aids may not be the most practical option.

Using Sound Machines for Relieve Tinnitus

As briefly discussed above, sound machines are an option to hearing aids for those who have tinnitus but not hearing loss. Sound machines operate by producing white noise that masks your tinnitus, allowing your brain to lose focus of the high-pitched whine or buzz that is linked with tinnitus.

Sound machines are available in several types. The most popular type of sound machine is a device that sits on your bedside table and generates noise to help you fall asleep or to be utilized when you're resting. Portable sound devices, comparable to hearing aids, are also available. 

They lack a microphone and cannot operate as a hearing aid, but they offer a portable and often inconspicuous solution to conceal tinnitus. A more recent approach is to utilize your mobile device to search for applications that can function as sound machines; however, this requires the use of high-quality headphones.

Attending Therapy to Deal with Your Tinnitus

Tinnitus retraining therapy teaches your brain to suppress tinnitus noises. It may take many sessions with your audiologist to get the full benefit, but it can be a very efficient method to live with tinnitus. Because it is a way of retraining your brain to avoid the frequencies and noises of your tinnitus, it may be seen as a long-term remedy to the ailment. Audiologists provide tinnitus retraining therapy. Speak with your audiologist to see whether tinnitus retraining therapy is a possibility.

Have Your Earwax Safely Removed

Finally, earwax removal can be used to alleviate tinnitus. This isn't always doable depending on what's causing your tinnitus, but it can be a good method to deal with it. One of the most common causes of tinnitus is impacted earwax, which is typically caused by using cotton swabs and other ways of cleaning your ears that push the earwax deeper into your ear canal. 

Your audiologist will check your ears and determine whether earwax removal can improve your tinnitus. This is frequently accomplished by inserting a tiny vacuum into your ear to remove big clumps of earwax that may be generating excessive pressure in your ears, resulting in tinnitus.

If you're sick of trying to deal with your tinnitus and want a practical and effective treatment, call Atlantic Audiology at (401) 262-0170 or make an appointment online now. You will be connected to a helpful staff member who will be able to advise you further and help you in scheduling an appointment with an audiologist.