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Does anyone know what causes Ear ringing? I tried putting olive oil in my ears. It did not help. My left ear has vibrating sensation. I am puzzled.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Common Causes
Ear ringing can be the result of hearing loss as a person grows older. Around the age of 60 years old, the average person begins to experience some hearing loss. This can cause ear ringing. Damage to the cells in the inner ear can also bring about tinnitus. Exposure to very loud noises can precipitate short-term ear ringing. Construction equipment, airplanes, gunshots and chain saws are all loud enough to bring about ear ringing, but this type will normally subside as long as the exposure isn't over a long period of time. Blockage from earwax present in the ear canal can also cause tinnitus. When a person's ear bones stiffen in the middle ear, ear ringing can also occur, a problem that seems to actually be prevalent in some families.
Uncommon Causes
Meniere's disease is an ailment of the inner ear in which a person's ear fluid pressure or how the fluid is composed causes ringing in the ear. Depression and stress have been linked to ear ringing, where no other cause can be detected. Injuries to the neck or to the head can produce a neurological problem that brings on ear ringing. A benign tumor called an acoustic neuroma can grow on the cranial nerve from the inner ear to the brain and make ear ringing possible in the ear. Rare blood vessel ailments associated with such things as high blood pressure, tumors, narrowed arteries and irregular capillaries can also cause tinnitus. Medications taken for malaria, cancer drugs, high dosages of aspirin and some antibiotics are also responsible for ear ringing in some patients.
Cures
Ear ringing that doesn't disappear on its own can be cured sometimes if a doctor can determine that the problem that is causing it is treatable. Earwax buildup in the ear can be readily removed by a physician and bring an end to tinnitus or at least make it much less noticeable. Blood vessel conditions producing ear ringing can be surgically fixed, or medications can bring the problem under control. If certain medications are the reason for ear ringing, then switching to another drug or discontinuing the medication can end the trouble.
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It's called "tinnitus" (pronounced "TIN a tiss" or, rarely and incorrectly, "tin NIGHT iss") and can have numerous causes but is usually chronic and mild. Some forms such as Meniere's Disease are associated with hearing loss and vertigo.Does anyone know what causes Ear ringing? I tried putting olive oil in my ears. It did not help. My left ear has vibrating sensation. I am puzzled.
Sorry to hear that - but it does explain a lot.I have "suffered" from this condition for years (40?).
Sorry to hear that - but it does explain a lot.
Anyway, there is nothing that can be done -- other than avoid loud noises (turn the TV down) which seems to irritate it.
There is a school of thought that it is not in the ear anyway but in the Brain. I subscribe to that theory... if only because the ears can't "hear"; only the Brain does that. The "sound" only seems to originate in the ear because that is where sound is "supposed" to be heard.
I don't have a link, but I read of an interesting study recently (might have been Discover magazine). They also said it was commonly a brain/nerve issue, not physical (though it can be).
Anyway, what they did was determine which frequencies the individuals ringing was at (the very few times I've had it, it sounded like a high pitched tuning fork - a real 'pure' tone), ...
The theory was that the removal of the tones would give the brain a rest, or allow different paths to form or something. IIRC, they had something like an 80% success rate at reducing the ringing.
Mine plays in-a-gadda-da-vida.I have had Tinnitus for as long as I can remember. It doesn't normally bother me and most of the time I don't even notice it. But mention it (or post something like this) and there it is ringing away. I can imagine that a sudden onset would be hard to ignore.
DangerMouse said:It can also be the side effect of some medications.
DH suffers from this and it gets considerably worse the tireder he gets.
I have "suffered" from this condition for years (40?). I suspect ear damage when in my Teen's/early 20's -- playing in a Rock Band
Thanks for help. I am going to try Ibuprofen, see if it works.
That is, I thought it was real sound.
It can be quite annoying if you pay attention to it.
Do you guys get this: every week or so, the ringing stops for about a second, followed by a new, quite loud ring. This one gradually declines over the course of about a minute, and then things are back to normal. I mentioned this to an ENT doc once, and he wasn't concerned. He also said the tinnitus can get better with age, as hearing acuity declines, but I think that's wrong.
With really good ear plugs in, I've realized that there are actually a number of different tones.
... but every once in a while, I sit down and shut that baby completely off.
Hypnosis is worth a try, but YMMV.
Then, it is truly a mind thing after all.
(Forgetting, for the moment, those that have actual physical damage to the ear or some other trauma.)
Mine plays in-a-gadda-da-vida.