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Tinnitus: Hearing Loss
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In many cases the cause of tinnitus cannot be determined. There are many potential catalysts that are known to trigger or worsen tinnitus The accumulation of earwax, exposure to loud sounds, head or neck injuries, problems with blood circulation, jaw misalignment, ear or sinus infections certain types of tumors, cardiovascular disease, and even certain medications can trigger tinnitus. The majority of people who suffer from tinnitus ... have hearing loss.
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Good quality and properly fitted hearing aids reduce and even eliminate most tinnitus associated with hearing losses. Hearing aids take away the strain of listening and distract from the tinnitus by bringing you more environmental sounds from the outside world.
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Note ... that tinnitus nearly always consists of fairly simple sounds -- for example, hearing someone talking that no one else can hear would not ordinarily be called tinnitus -- this would be called an auditory hallucination. Musical hallucinations in patients without psychiatric disturbance is most often described in older persons, years after hearing loss, but they have also been reported in lesions of the dorsal pons (Schielke et al, 2000).
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People with hearing loss are more likely to experience tinnitus, and about 70% of those with tinnitus have hearing loss. Often the tinnitus is louder at night, when the surroundings are quiet.
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There are many causes of tinnitus. In about half the cases, tinnitus is connected with hearing loss, but it is ... caused by frequent or sudden exposure to loud noise, by some medications, by head injuries or frequently for no apparent reason.
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