Reliable Tinnitus Treatment Solutions in Spring, TX
“The constant ringing in my ears is driving me nuts!” Have you heard yourself thinking or saying these words?
You’re not alone; about 50 million Americans experience symptoms of a neurological disorder called tinnitus. For most, the condition is only temporary, occurring after being in a noisy stadium, a loud concert, a night in the club, discharging a firearm, or after an explosion.
About 25% (12.5 million) of Americans experience continuous ringing in one or both ears 24/7. For them, chronic tinnitus makes it difficult to concentrate while working or studying, makes it a struggle to relax, or causes a great deal of difficulty when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep.
Though chronic tinnitus does not cause you to lose your hearing, it is often one of the symptoms related to the damage to your ears that leads to hearing loss. We understand your struggle and are the tinnitus specialists near you in Spring, TX at North Houston Hearing Solutions.
Our audiologists understand your struggle and we’re eager to provide answers to the ringing in your ears with tinnitus management solutions that provide tinnitus relief.
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What Is Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is unique to each person. Some experience a continuous tone, others hear a pulsating sound, and some experience ringing in the ears while others describe the sound as whirring, clicking, buzzing or whooshing.
The symptoms of tinnitus can also be subjective or objective. Subjective tinnitus is only heard by the person with the condition, but objective tinnitus can be heard by others and has known causes that can be treated with surgical or other medical methods.
There are several conditions that tend to be present along with or lead to tinnitus, such as:
- Hearing loss
- Exposure to loud noise (Noise Induced Hearing Loss, NIHL)
- Head and neck injuries
- Ototoxic drugs
- Meniere’s disease
- Acoustic neuroma
- Hyper/hypothyroidism
- Abnormal growth of bone in the ear
- Tumor on the cranial nerve
- Stress
- Depression
- High blood pressure
- Impacted earwax
Relief for tinnitus symptoms is a complex issue that requires ruling out certain causes while trying to communicate the intensity, type, and effect of subjective symptoms to your tinnitus specialist.
Tinnitus Relief Begins with a Tinnitus Assessment
One of the first steps in zeroing in on your unique type of tinnitus and the means for achieving tinnitus relief is to rule out any medical causes and hearing loss.
During your first tinnitus appointment, we will lay the groundwork for identifying your specific type and intensity of your symptoms in order to determine the tinnitus treatment options that will help you the most.
Our tinnitus evaluation includes:
- A case history including specific information regarding your condition, such as how it affects your quality of life, any medications you’re taking or medical conditions you might have, or other factors known to present with tinnitus symptoms.
- We do special in-depth testing of your ear drum, reflexes, cochlea, auditory nerve, and auditory pathways to the brain.
- We conduct a complete hearing evaluation to determine if your condition is associated with hearing loss. (Please let us know if you’ve had a recent diagnostic hearing assessment.)
- The tinnitus questionnaire and tinnitus evaluation measure the loudness and pitch of your symptoms.
- A Tinnitus Handicap Inventory may be used to determine the extent of its impact on your lifestyle.
- Discussion of appropriate treatment options.
Testing by an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist is sometimes necessary to help rule out other suspected vestibular or vascular medical conditions that are known to cause tinnitus symptoms.
How Will Hearing Experts Treat My Tinnitus?
Tinnitus management can be tricky, because your symptoms can be mild some days, destroy your capacity to concentrate other days, and sometimes even keep you up all night.
Here are some questions to help you determine if our tinnitus management program is right for you:
- Does your tinnitus frustrate you in a quiet room?
- Does your tinnitus keep you awake at night?
- Is it hard to focus on tasks because your tinnitus gets in the way?
After our Doctors of Audiology guide you through a series of tinnitus assessments, working closely with you each step of the way, we’ll be able to customize a tinnitus management program designed to address your unique tinnitus needs.
Schedule a Tinnitus Assessment at North Houston Hearing Solutions
Our tinnitus specialists are aware that each case of tinnitus affects individuals in different ways, which is why our personalized approach is the best way to help you manage the ringing in your ears and improve your quality of life. If your tinnitus symptoms are making it difficult to concentrate, relax, or get a good night’s sleep, your first step toward finding relief is a tinnitus assessment at North Houston Hearing Solutions.
Complete and submit the form to schedule a tinnitus assessment with one of our specialists in our Spring, TX hearing center so you can take your life back from the ongoing frustration of tinnitus.
