TINNITUS - 2

What is tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a ringing sound in the ear or it could be other noises that seem to originate in the ear or in head.
These noises are many times associated with many forms of hearing loss. Ringing in the ear vary in frequency and pitch it could be loud or low, even type of sound also vary like wheezing, whistling, swashing, roaring etc.
The sound and their pitches varies from person to person. The sound could be continuous or may come and go, thus it becomes extremely disturbing to people who have it. Tinnitus is usually a subjective phenomenon.

Cause of tinnitus symptoms
Tinnitus is not a disease in itself but it is a reflection of something in ear and brain. It could be because of:

Hearing loss
Trauma to hearing apparatus
Certain drugs like aspirin and quinine
Brain tumor
Meniere’s disease
Infection, fluid in middle ear
Exposure to loud noise
Aneurysms
Allergies
Advanced age
Low thyroid levels
Depression
Stress
Wax in ear
Foreign body

Tinnitus symptoms
Tinnitus is a subjective symptom. It can be heard in one or both ears or in the head. The various sounds experienced by patients are:

Wheezing, Buzzing, Hissing, Screaming, Humming, Whistling, Clicking, Roaring, Sounds of wind, waves, Tree frogs, Beeping, etc.