How To Help Tinnitus
Often called ‘ringing in your ears’, tinnitus is when you hear sounds that aren’t being made around them. It often sounds like humming, hissing, whistling, buzzing or clicking.
The noise can be loud or quiet, in one or both ears, constant or irregular – it’s different for everyone meaning some people can learn to live with it and, for others it can be very distressing and can affect mental health.
Is there a cure for Tinnitus?
If your tinnitus is becoming worse, affecting your sleeping patterns or daytime concentration you should seek help.
While tinnitus is incurable (it will stop on it’s own if it is ready to) there are some useful and effective ways to manage the symptoms.
6 Ways to help tinnitus
- Limit your caffeine intake from coffee, tea and soft drinks.
- Make a journal of when the tinnitus is worse. Look for any patterns that can trigger it, and try and remove them.
- Try and relax (some of our patients swear by Yoga) as stress can heighten tinnitus.
- During quiet times, like when you’re trying to sleep, use background noise or white noise to cover the tinnitus.
- Have your ears examined and cleaned if needed. Tinnitus can sometimes be caused by a blockage in your ear. This is called Conductive tinnitus and usually clears shortly after the blockage is removed. This may be caused by earwax, infection or something stuck in your ears which shouldn’t be there.
- If you are taking any long term medications, such as antidepressants or arthritis medication, speak to your GP about the symptoms.
If you have exhausted these methods yet still suffer with life-impacting tinnitus and need help; you can book specialist tinnitus counselling or treatments such as Acoustic Modulation or Desensitisation Therapy.
Got a question?
No problem. Call us on 01429 233 091 or visit the NHS web page on this subject for some independent info.
