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Tinnitus: Patients
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Tinnitus is a common problem, affecting about 17% of the general population and causing significant suffering in many cases. Many patients have learned to live with this problem but for some, living with it is very problematic. For those patients CEI Hearing Device Center offers some help.
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The California Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Therapy Center has been treating patients with tinnitus, as well as hypersensitivity to sound (hyperacusis) since 1995. The Center's aim is to evaluate, diagnose, and treat tinnitus and hyperacusis, with the objective of making the condition(s) no longer burdensome to the affected individual.
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The Tinnitus Phase-Out™ system can start you in the right direction and, for some patients, can even turn off the tinnitus. You are likely to still hear some tinnitus sounds but usually at a reduced and more manageable volume. Sometimes you might forget it for some hours and even days. It is... advisable to treat the identifiable causes of tinnitus and most importantly any hearing loss.
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Tinnitus can affect both gender groups regardless of age. However, the exact cause of tinnitus is not known. Symptoms of Tinnitus may ... vary from one patient to the other by tone and extent of disturbance it causes.
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"Tinnitus can be defined as the conscious experience of a sound that originates in the head of its owner." Everyone has experienced sounds that did not originate from their outside world, at one time or another. But the true tinnitus victim suffers from a constant ringing, hissing, or buzzing sound that in some instances can drive the patient almost insane. They ... suffer from many of the complaints described above.
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Tinnitus can be perceived in one or both ears or in the head. It is usually described as a ringing noise, but in some patients it takes the form of a high pitched whining (cf. flyback transformer), buzzing, hissing, humming, or whistling sound, or as ticking, clicking, roaring, "crickets" or "locusts", tunes, songs, or beeping.[3] It has ... been described as a "whooshing" sound, as of wind or waves.[4]
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