Understanding Tinnitus and Its Treatment

What people need to understand about tinnitus is that it’s a condition that many people suffer from and can also be a symptom of an underlying disease.  With that being said, having tinnitus means that you have impairments in your auditory system. A damaged cochlea (hair cells inside of your ears) is one of the reasons you are experiencing this symptom, as it is linked to the nerves in your ears that produce sound. If these hair cells are damaged, they won’t be able to send sound waves back to the brain to perceive sound.

Another reason is age-related hearing loss. It’s common for a person to experience tinnitus when they are exposed to prolonged noise exposure and ototoxins (ear poison caused by drugs). So, tinnitus may be a sign of hearing loss for people taking chemotherapy.

Tinnitus is incurable. The extent can be mild …