The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog

As a medical student, I often use the American Association of Family Physician review article series when I want to get a broad overview on how to approach a certain clinical problem. They offer great summary articles that can provide helpful, accessible information for both patients and physicians.

If you read this article, you’ll understand why, prior to trying AudioNotch, we strongly recommend that a tinnitus sufferer consult a medical professional. The reason for this is that, although the majority of tinnitus cases are caused by noise induced hearing loss and associated loss of cochlear hearing cells, there are other causes that are entirely curable with medical treatment, and other diagnoses which may necessitate very invasive surgeries in order to preserve an individual’s life, such as an acoustic neuroma. I don’t want to scare anyone – these causes are rare – but please ensure that your doctor is at least aware of your condition. In some cases, a referral to an ENT physician who subspecializes in hearing disorders will be warranted.

Here is a link to the article entitled “A Diagnostic Approach to Tinnitus.”

Some causes listed in the article include:

Subjective tinnitus
Otologic: hearing loss, Meniere’s disease, acoustic
neuroma
Ototoxic medications or substances
Neurologic: multiple sclerosis, head injury
Metabolic: thyroid disorder, hyperlipidemia,
vitamin B12 deficiency
Psychogenic: depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia

Objective tinnitus
Vascular: arterial bruit, venous hum,
arteriovenous malformation, vascular tumors
Neurologic: Palatomyoclonus, idiopathic stapedial
muscle spasm
Patulous eustachian tube

Cheers,
AudioNotch