What is tinnitus?

What is the main cause of tinnitus? The cause of tinnitus is a disorder of fluid balance inside the ear, infection or disease that attacks hearing bone and eardrum.

The most common cause of abnormal tinnitus is damage of nerve inside the inner part of ear. Aging process is an important factor of nervous system damage in the ear. Recently, sounds that too loud or noisy are often leading to tinnitus in addition to disrupt hearing function. Some drugs (such as: aspirin) and middle ear disease can also cause tinnitus.

How do I diagnose tinnitus? Interview about previous disease history, physical examination and a series of tests can help doctors in diagnosis of tinnitus attack. Other examinations such as: Auditory Brain Stem Response (ABR), CT Scan and MRI are still very rarely done, although in some cases can help determine the cause of tinnitus. Perhaps it is caused by cost considerations, so these tests are not routinely done.

How to cure tinnitus? After a thorough examination, doctor will be able to determine the cause of tinnitus and do the treatment. In some cases, the cause of tinnitus cannot be identified so that tinnitus cannot to be given appropriate treatment. This situation forces patient to experience tinnitus in his life.