Trying To Find The Possible Causes Of Your Tinnitus

Make no mistake about it, but that ringing in ears sensation that you now constantly feel is not the real problem you should be addressing. Rather, it is an indication that you may be suffering from a more serious medical condition or two. In order to ascertain this, you need to figure out first when you first experienced tinnitus or that incessant ringing of the ears syndrome. Only then can you actually work on trying to find a cure for your problem. The key here is to think back on the precise moment when you thought you found a discernible noise invading your conscious thoughts.

Was it a couple of days after this very loud concert you attended recently? Was it during the height of you cold? Was it a few hours after taking a new kind of prescription medicine? The truth is: many people simply cannot recall the exact moment when the ear ringing incident started happening. It is with all probability that the tinnitus started very early on, but at a pitch that can easily be tolerated and ignored. However, by helping narrow down possible causes, you and your health care provider can seek tinnitus treatment sooner. And in which case, the damage done to your hearing can still be repaired in time.

Did the ringing in the ears start some time after a concert or any loud event you attended? Usually, rock concerts can reach about 120 to 150 decibels. Even blasting on an ear-piercing note on your electric guitar can reach 100+ decibels already. A firecracker exploding nearby can give off a blast of 180 decibels in a heartbeat. The street work with the jack hammer can reach 150+ decibels. And if you like listening to your mp4 player at full volume for say, the entire 45 minutes it takes for you to get to one place, then that would be an easy 110 decibels screaming in your ear canal. According to the World Health Organization, any noise beyond 100 decibels can cause irreparable damage to one’s hearing in as short as 15 minutes. The safe limit for hearing is pegged at only 70 decibels. If you are wondering how to gauge safe listening modes, try to keep in mind that the normal dial tone of any phone is set usually at 80 decibels already.

After any loud event, you will very often feel your ears “full” or muffled. Everything around you seems to be muted or even gibberish. This is an indication that you have already damaged the sensitive hairs in your ear canal. Although these hairs usually heal, some damages can be permanent, especially when you subject yourself to more loud noises in the next few days. If you have experienced this, then it is time to schedule a trip with a hearing specialist. This is a very apparent sign of hearing loss.

Did the tinnitus start during the height of any illness? Many people feel a persistent ringing especially during bouts of cold and fever. This is due to an imbalance of the fluid-build up within the ear canal. However, as soon as the person overcomes the illness, the ringing usually stops. In case you did come down with any form of ailment, but the tinnitus still lingered after a couple of days, then this is an indication of possible ear infection. A trip to your health care provider should help you overcome the infection and keep the ringing sensations at bay.

Another point to consider is that some medicines also affect the fluid build up within the ear canal. These medicines, particularly aspirin and aspirin based medications, can give you symptoms similar to ear infections. Ask your health care provider about possible substitute medications to tone down the ringing sensation in your ears.