The cause of tinnitus, a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears, is often unclear. However, there is one thing researchers agree on: you are more likely to develop tinnitus if you also are dealing with hearing loss. Up to 90% of people who experience tinnitus also have hearing loss according to HIAA.

As you most likely realize, your genetics, age, and lifestyle can all play a role in the advancement of hearing loss. And while many of us think of hearing loss as being obvious, the reality is that some minor hearing loss can go undetected. Even slight cases of hearing loss will raise your chance of tinnitus, making the situation even worse.

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

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

A traditional hearing aid can basically hide the buzzing or ringing associated with tinnitus by improving your ability to hear other sounds, which effectively drowns out the ringing. And, fortunately, traditional hearing aids aren’t the only option as more sophisticated treatment methods are being produced.

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

Hearing aids work by collecting natural sounds from the world around you and amplifying them to a level that allows you to hear. Although it may be simple in design, that amplification of noise, be it the rabble of a dinner party or the clank of a ceiling fan, is critical in teaching your brain to receive certain stimulations again.

You can enhance those amplification efforts by the combination of other approaches, like counseling, sound stimulation, and stress reduction for a more complete 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 constant and regular tones tinnitus sufferers hear.

Blending the natural sounds you hear with your tinnitus sounds is the objective of other sophisticated hearing aid options. This strategy will commonly use a white noise signal that a hearing specialist can adjust to guarantee proper 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 aim of distracting the attention away from the ringing or buzzing of tinnitus.

Hearing aids can improve quality of life and lessen symptoms of tinnitus even if there isn’t any cure.

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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