Tinnitus Definition, Symptoms & Treatment

1. Tinnitus Review

2. Definition
• Ringing in the ears
without any outside
sound.
• The sounds may be
heard as a ringing,
buzzing, roaring,
clicking, and hissing
sounds.

3. Who is Affected
• Older women • Tinnitus can worsen
with age.
• 25 to 50 million
people will experience
some tinnitus.

4. Two Categories of Tinnitus
• Subjective Tinnitus
• The perception of
sound without an
outside noise and
heard only by the
sufferer.
• Objective Tinnitus
• The doctor can hear
the sound using a
stethoscope that may
be caused by
“turbulent” blood flow
or by spontaneous
contractions of the
muscles in the soft
palate or middle ear.

5. Where does tinnitus occurs

6. What can cause tinnitus

7. Treatment of Tinnitus
• If there is no
underlying condition
for tinnitus then the
tinnitus has to be
treated.
• One treatment is to
use sound therapy to
mask the tinnitus and
decrease the
phantom sounds
• If there is an
underlying condition,
then the underlying
problem must be
treated.
• The tinnitus will
usually disappear
when the underlying
condition is taken
care of