The cause of tinnitus, a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears, is often ambiguous. But one thing we know for certain is that if you have hearing loss your chance of developing tinnitus goes up. According to HLAA as much as 90 percent of individuals who have tinnitus also have hearing loss.

Your lifestyle, age, and genetics can all take part in the development of hearing loss as you probably know. Often, minor cases of hearing loss go undetected and hearing loss, in general, isn’t always obvious. Even minor cases of hearing loss will raise your likelihood of tinnitus, making the situation even worse.

It’s Not a Cure, But Hearing Aids Can Help Manage Tinnitus

There is no cure for tinnitus. However, hearing aids can treat both hearing loss and tinnitus in ways that can reduce symptoms and improve one’s quality of life. Sixty percent of people coping with tinnitus, in fact, experienced relief of their symptoms, and twenty-two had considerable improvement.

When you can suddenly hear outside sounds better because hearing aids have raised the volume, your tinnitus symptoms will be drowned out. And, fortunately, traditional hearing aids aren’t the only solution as more sophisticated treatment possibilities are being produced.

Tinnitus Symptoms Will be Decreased by These Types of Specialty Hearing Aids

Hearing aids increase the volume of environmental sounds to the point that you can hear them clearly. This simple technology is crucial in training your hearing to receive specific stimulation by boosting sounds like the clattering of a ceiling fan or the rabble of a dinner party.

You can take an even more complete approach to your tinnitus management by augmenting hearing aids with other strategies, like stress reduction, sound stimulation, and counseling.

Some hearing aid manufacturers even utilize the irregular rhythm of fractal tones to minimize the symptoms of tinnitus. The persistent tone of tinnitus can be interrupted by the uneven tones of these inconsistent rhythms.

Other specialty devices attempt to blend your tinnitus in with the normal sounds you’re hearing. Your condition and ear have very personal needs and this technique will use a customized white noise that will be calibrated by your hearing professional.

Whether you use sound therapy, blending, or a white noise mechanism, all of these specialized devices have a common goal of distracting the user away from the buzzing or ringing of tinnitus.

It’s true that there isn’t any cure for tinnitus, but for at least some individuals, hearing aids help reduce symptoms and improve your quality of life.

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References

• https://www.hearingloss.org/wp-content/uploads/HLAA_HearingLoss_Facts_Statistics.pdf?pdf=FactStats
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17956798
• https://www.ata.org/managing-your-tinnitus/treatment-options/hearing-aids
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197965