{"id":112,"date":"2019-05-06T17:36:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T17:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balancemd.fm1.dev\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-treatments\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T00:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:58:31","slug":"tinnitus-treatments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinnitus Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\r\n{\r\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\r\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\r\n  \"mainEntity\": [{\r\n   \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"What is acoustic therapy?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Sounds are used to cover up, or mask, the tinnitus. This distracts your brain and helps you tune out the ringing in your ears. Electronic devices that produce white noise, air conditioners, fans, soft music, etc. can all be employed. Audio files, sleep noise generators, tinnitus specific earbuds can all be used. \"\r\n }\r\n }, {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"What is tinnitus retraining therapy?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Tinnitus retraining therapy utilizes a portable sound generator that produces soft patterned tones to help desensitize the brain to the sounds of tinnitus.\"\r\n }\r\n }, {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"Are steroid injections helpful?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Meniere\u2019s disease has a number of symptoms, including hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo that fluctuate due to increased fluid pressures in the ear organs. The resulting hearing loss and tinnitus can be treated with a series of injections of a potent steroid, which has an 85 percent chance of reducing symptoms.\"\r\n }\r\n }, {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"Can surgery treat tinnitus?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Those with a benign tumor of the cranial nerve that connects the inner ear and the brain known as an acoustic neuroma also suffer from tinnitus. The tinnitus may be resolved through a surgical removal of the acoustic neuroma.\"\r\n }\r\n }, {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"Can hearing aids help manage tinnitus?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Hearing aids are used to amplify background sounds, which can mask tinnitus. These devices can also help you distinguish one sound from another, improving communication and helping with focus and concentration difficulties. \"\r\n }\r\n }, {\r\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\r\n    \"name\": \"Can counseling be used to help manage tinnitus?\",\r\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\r\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\r\n      \"text\": \"Counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be practical in helping you manage your tinnitus symptoms by reducing the stress, anxiety and sleeplessness that are often associated with tinnitus.\"\r\n }\r\n}\r\n ]\r\n  }\r\n<\/script><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Do you experience ringing in your ear(s)? If so, you are not alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-overview\/\">Tinnitus<\/a> affects an estimated 50 million Americans \u2013 about 20% of the population. It can range from a mild annoyance to a full-fledged problem that severely impacts quality of life. While there is no cure for tinnitus, there are treatments that make it less of a distraction. Because tinnitus is typically related to an underlying condition causing hearing loss, identifying the problem may lead to a medical or surgical solution. Unfortunately, most cases of tinnitus are simply related to presbycusis (age related hearing loss) or noise induced hearing loss and amplifying external sounds with hearing aids is often the best option for treatment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iStock-510566859.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hearing aids<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When certain regions of the brain do not receive noise input from the ears, abnormal neuronal activity results, causing tinnitus. So, tinnitus comes from the brain, not the ears. It is as if the brain is making up noise to replace what it is missing. This is why improving hearing loss with hearing aids commonly results in a reduction in tinnitus. <a href=\"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/hearing-aids\/hearing-aid-styles\/\">Hearing aids<\/a> can also help you better distinguish one sound from another, improving communication and helping you focus and concentrate. Many hearing aids also come packaged with noise generators to replace ambient sounds if amplification alone does not reduce tinnitus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Masking Devices or Acoustic Therapy<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/device.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1071\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Masking devices are worn like hearing aids and emit \u201cwhite noise\u201d that often dampens tinnitus. But other ambient noises may be used to reduce tinnitus, including fans, soft music and television playing in the background. These noises help \u201ctune out\u201d tinnitus. Tinnitus can be extremely bothersome at night when trying to fall asleep. Use of a sound machine, such as the one pictured, can give your brain another stimulus to focus on enabling you to fall asleep more easily by \u201cmasking\u201d the tinnitus.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Treatments<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Psychologic Treatment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/ptsd-guideline\/patients-and-families\/cognitive-behavioral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cognitive Behavioral Therapy<\/a> (CBT), Biofeedback and simply better management of stress can help alter the way you perceive and respond to tinnitus.<\/p>\r\n<p>Medication or Herbal Supplements: No herbal supplements, vitamins or medications have ever been shown to reduce tinnitus. This includes ginkgo biloba, lipoflavinoids and \u201cQuietus\u201d. Acupuncture has also been determined to be no better than placebo in reducing tinnitus.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<p> Call Indiana Hearing Specialists at <a href=\"tel:+13176718000\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(317) 671-8000<\/span><\/a> for our Indianapolis office or <a href=\"tel:+17655881231\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(765) 588-1231<\/span><\/a> for our Lafayette office for more information or to schedule an appointment. <\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you experience ringing in your ear(s)? If so, you are not alone. Tinnitus affects an estimated 50 million Americans \u2013 about 20% of the population. It can range from a mild annoyance to a full-fledged problem that severely impacts quality of life. 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