It’s generally unclear what’s causing tinnitus (a ringing or buzzing in your ears). However, there is one thing experts agree on: you are more likely to develop tinnitus if you also suffer from hearing loss. According to HLAA as much as 90 percent of people who have tinnitus also have hearing loss.

As you most likely realize, your genetics, age, and lifestyle can all be involved in the advancement of hearing loss. And while many people think of hearing loss as being obvious, the reality is that some minor hearing loss can go undetected. Even worse, even a slight case of hearing loss increases your risk and probability of developing tinnitus.

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

Tinnitus doesn’t have a cure. However, your symptoms can be minimized and your life can be improved by wearing hearing aids to address your hearing loss and tinnitus. Sixty percent of people struggling with tinnitus, in fact, saw relief of their symptoms, and twenty-two had substantial improvement.

A conventional hearing aid can essentially hide the ringing or buzzing caused by tinnitus by strengthening your ability to hear outside sounds, which effectively drowns out the ringing. And, fortunately, conventional hearing aids aren’t the only option as more sophisticated treatment methods are being produced.

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

Hearing aids boost the volume of environmental sounds to the point that you can hear them clearly. This basic technology is critical in teaching your hearing to receive certain stimulation by boosting sounds like the rattle of a ceiling fan or the rabble of a dinner party.

You can enhance those amplification efforts by the combination of other methods, like counseling, sound stimulation, and stress reduction for a more comprehensive approach to treatment.

Fractal tones and irregular rhythms are even being used by some hearing aid manufacturers. These rhythmically inconsistent tones can distract from the persistent and regular tones tinnitus sufferers experience.

Blending the normal sounds you hear with your tinnitus sounds is the objective of other sophisticated hearing aid options. This approach will generally use a white noise signal that a hearing specialist can adjust to ensure correct calibration for your ear and your disorder.

Whether it’s through sound therapy, blending, or a white noise mechanism, all of these specialized devices have a common objective of distracting the user away from the buzzing or ringing of tinnitus.

It’s true that there is no cure for tinnitus, but for at least some, 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