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Tinnitus (pronounced /tɪˈnaɪtəs/ or /ˈtɪnɪtəs/,^[1] from the Latin word for "ringing"^[2]) is the perception of sound in the human ear in the absence of corresponding external sound(s). Image File history File links Acap. ... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) is a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). ... // H00-H59 - Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H06) Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00) Hordeolum and chalazion (H000) Hordeolum and other deep inflammation of eyelid (H001) Chalazion (H01) Other inflammation of eyelid (H010) Blepharitis (H011) Noninfectious dermatoses of eyelid (H02) Other disorders of eyelid (H020) Entropion... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The Disease Bold textDatabase is a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications. ... MedlinePlus (medlineplus. ... eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... In electrical circuits, ringing is an unwanted oscillation of a voltage or current. ... This article is about modern humans. ... For other uses, see Ear (disambiguation). ...

Tinnitus is not a disease, just the ability to perceive sounds generated by the auditory (hearing) system, evidence of compensatory mechanisms that are part of its normal function. The problem is the distress created, not the type of sound.[1] This article is about the medical term. ...

Tinnitus can be perceived in one or both ears or in the head. It is usually described as a ringing noise, but in some patients it takes the form of a high pitched whining, buzzing, hissing, humming, or whistling sound, or as ticking, clicking, roaring, "crickets" or "tree frogs" or "locusts", tunes, songs, or beeping.^[3] It has also been described as a "whooshing" sound, as of wind or waves.^[4] For other meanings of the word Locust, see Locust (disambiguation). ...

Tinnitus is not itself a disease but a symptom resulting from a range of underlying causes, including ear infections, foreign objects or wax in the ear, nose allergies that prevent (or induce) fluid drain and cause wax build-up, and injury from loud noises. Tinnitus is also a side-effect of some oral medications, such as aspirin, and may also result from an abnormally low level of serotonin activity. A symptom is a manifestation of a disease, indicating the nature of the disease, which is noticed by the patient. ... This article is about the drug. ... For the professional wrestling stable, see Ravens Nest#Serotonin. ...

The sound perceived may range from a quiet background noise to one that can be heard even over loud external sounds. The term "tinnitus" usually refers to more severe cases. Heller and Bergman (1953) conducted a study of 80 tinnitus-free university students placed in an anechoic chamber and found that 93% reported hearing a buzzing, pulsing or whistling sound. Cohort studies have demonstrated that damage to hearing (among other health effects) from unnatural levels of noise exposure is very widespread in industrialized countries.^[5] A picture of an anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber is a room that is isolated from external sound or electromagnetic radiation sources, sometimes using sound proofing, and prevents the reflection of wave phenomena (reverberation). ... Roadway noise is the main source of exposure Noise health effects, the collection of health consequences of elevated sound levels, constitute one of the most widespread public health threats in industrialized countries. ...

Because tinnitus is often defined as a subjective phenomenon, it is difficult to measure using objective tests, such as by comparison to noise of known frequency and intensity, as in an audiometric test. The condition is often rated clinically on a simple scale from "slight" to "catastrophic" according to the practical difficulties it imposes, such as interference with sleep, quiet activities, or normal daily activities.^[6] For research purposes, the more elaborate Tinnitus Handicap Inventory is often used.[2]^[7] For other uses, see Phenomena (disambiguation). ...

Objective tinnitus

In a minority of cases, a clinician can perceive an actual sound (e.g., a bruit) emanating from the patient's ears. This is called objective tinnitus. Objective tinnitus can arise from muscle spasms that cause clicks or crackling around the middle ear.^[8] Some people experience a sound that beats in time with the pulse (pulsatile tinnitus^[9]). Pulsatile tinnitus is usually objective in nature, resulting from altered blood flow or increased blood turbulence near the ear (such as from atherosclerosis or venous hum^[10]), but it can also arise as a subjective phenomenon from an increased awareness of blood flow in the ear.^[9] Rarely, pulsatile tinnitus may be a symptom of potentially life-threatening conditions such as carotid artery aneurysm^[11] or carotid artery dissection.^[12] Bruit is the term for the unusal sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction in an artery when the sound is observed with a stethoscope. ... In human anatomy, the carotid artery is a major artery of the head and neck. ... Post surgical photo of brain aneurysm survivor. ... Carotid artery dissection is an important cause of stroke in young patients. ...

Measuring tinnitus

The basis of quantitative measurement of tinnitus relies on the brain’s tendency to select out only the loudest sounds heard. Based on this tendency, the amplitude of a patient's tinnitus can be measured by playing sample sounds of known amplitude and asking the patient which he or she hears. The tinnitus will always be equal to or less than sample noises heard by the patient. This method works very well to gauge objective tinnitus (see above.) For example: if a patient has a pulsatile paraganglioma in his ear, he will not be able to hear the blood flow through the tumor when the sample noise is 5 decibels louder than the noise produced by the blood. As sound amplitude is gradually decreased, the tinnitus will become audible, and the level at which it does so provides an estimate of the amplitude of the objective tinnitus. A paraganglioma is a rare neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, and in the head and neck region. ...

Objective tinnitus, however, is quite uncommon. Often patients with pulsatile tumors will report other coexistent sounds, distinct from the pulsatile noise, that will persist even after their tumor has been removed. This is generally subjective tinnitus, which, unlike the objective form, cannot be tested by comparative methods.

If a subject is focused on a sample noise, they can often detect it to levels below 5 decibels, which would indicate that their tinnitus would be almost impossible to hear. Conversely, if the same test subject is told to focus only on their tinnitus, they will report hearing the sound even when test noises exceed 70 decibels, making the tinnitus louder than a ringing phone. This quantification method suggests that subjective tinnitus relates only to what the patient is attempting to hear. Patients actively complaining about tinnitus could thus be assumed to be people who have become obsessed with the noise. This is only partially true. The problem is involuntary; generally complaining patients simply cannot override or ignore their tinnitus. The noise is often present in both quiet and noisy environments, and can become quite intrusive to their daily lives.

Subjective tinnitus may not always be correlated with ear malfunction or hearing loss. Even people with near-perfect hearing may still complain of it. Tinnitus may also have a connection to memory problems, anxiety, fatigue or a general state of poor health.

Mechanisms of subjective tinnitus

One of the possible mechanisms relies in the otoacoustic emissions. The inner ear contains thousands of minute hairs which vibrate in response to sound waves and cells which convert neural signals back into acoustical vibrations. The sensing cells are connected with the vibratory cells through a neural feedback loop, whose gain is regulated by the brain. This loop is normally adjusted just below onset of self-oscillation, which gains the ear spectacular sensitivity and selectivity. If something changes, it's easy for the delicate adjustment to cross the barrier of oscillation and tinnitus results. This can actually be measured by a very sensitive microphone outside the ear. Inner ear The inner ear is the bony labyrinth, a system of passages comprising two main functional parts: the organ of hearing, or cochlea and the vestibular apparatus, the organ of balance that consists of three semicircular canals and the vestibule. ... For other uses, see Ear (disambiguation). ...

Other possible mechanisms of how things can change in the ear is damage to the receptor cells. Although receptor cells can be regenerated from the adjacent supporting Deiters cells after injury in birds, reptiles, and amphibians, in mammals it is believed that they can be produced only during embryogenesis. Although mammalian Deiters cells reproduce and position themselves appropriately for regeneration, they have not been observed to transdifferentiate into receptor cells except in tissue culture experiments.^[13][14] Therefore, if these hairs become damaged, through prolonged exposure to excessive decibel levels, for instance, then deafness to certain frequencies occurs. In tinnitus, they may falsely relay information at a certain frequency that an externally audible sound is present, when it is not. Embryogenesis is the process by which the embryo is formed and develops. ... Transdifferentation in biology takes place when a non-stem cell transforms into a different type of cell, or when an already differentiated stem cell creates cells outside its already established differentiation. ...

The mechanisms of subjective tinnitus are often obscure. While it is not surprising that direct trauma to the inner ear can cause tinnitus, other apparent causes (e.g., temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) and dental disorders) are difficult to explain. Recent research has proposed that there are two distinct categories of subjective tinnitus: otic tinnitus, caused by disorders of the inner ear or the acoustic nerve, and somatic tinnitus, caused by disorders outside the ear and nerve but still within the head or neck. It is further hypothesized that somatic tinnitus may be due to "central crosstalk" within the brain, as certain head and neck nerves enter the brain near regions known to be involved in hearing. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD, TMJ or TMD), or TMJ syndrome, is an umbrella term covering acute or chronic inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, which connects the lower jaw to the skull. ...

While most discussions of tinnitus tend to stress physical mechanisms, there is strong evidence that the level of an individual's awareness of their tinnitus can be stress-related, and so should be addressed by improving the state of the nervous system generally, using gradual, unobtrusive, long-term treatments.^{[citation needed]} [3]

Prevention

Tinnitus and hearing loss can be permanent conditions, thus, precautionary measures are advisable. If a ringing in the ears is audible after exposure to a loud environment, such as a rock concert or a work place, it means that damage has been done. Prolonged exposure to noise levels as low as 70 dB can result in damage to hearing (see noise health effects). For musicians and DJs, special musicians' earplugs can lower the volume of the music without distorting the sound and can prevent tinnitus from developing in later years. For other uses, see Decibel (disambiguation). ... Roadway noise is the main source of exposure Noise health effects, the collection of health consequences of elevated sound levels, constitute one of the most widespread public health threats in industrialized countries. ...

It is also important to check medications for potential ototoxicity. Ototoxicity can be cumulative between medications, or can greatly increase the damage done by noise. If ototoxic medications must be administered, close attention by the physician to prescription details, such as dose and dosage interval, can reduce the damage done.^[15] Ototoxicity is damage of the ear (oto), specifically the cochlea or auditory nerve and sometimes the vestibulum, by a toxin (often medication). ... Ototoxicity is damage of the ear (oto), specifically the cochlea or auditory nerve and sometimes the vestibulum, by a toxin (often medication). ...

Causes of subjective tinnitus

Tinnitus can have many different causes, but most commonly results from otologic disorders – the same conditions that cause hearing loss. The most common cause is noise-induced hearing loss, resulting from exposure to excessive or loud noises. But tinnitus, along with sudden onset hearing loss, may have no obvious external cause. Ototoxic drugs can cause tinnitus either secondary to hearing loss or without hearing loss, and may increase the damage done by exposure to loud noise, even at doses that are not in themselves ototoxic.^[16] Ototoxicity is damage of the ear (oto), specifically the cochlea or auditory nerve and sometimes the vestibulum, by a toxin (often medication). ...

Causes of tinnitus include:^[17]

• Otologic problems and hearing loss:
  • conductive hearing loss
    • external ear infection
    • acoustic Shock
    • cerumen (earwax) impaction
    • middle ear effusion
    • Superior canal dehiscence
  • sensorineural hearing loss
    • excessive or loud noise
    • presbycusis (age-associated hearing loss)
    • Ménière's disease
    • acoustic neuroma
    • mercury or lead poisoning
    • ototoxic medications
      • analgesics:
        • aspirin
        • nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
      • antibiotics:
        • aminoglycosides e.g. gentamicin
        • chloramphenicol
        • erythromycin
        • tetracycline
        • vancomycin
      • chemotherapy and antiviral drugs:
        • bleomycin
        • interferon
        • pegylated interferon-alpha-2b
        • cisplatin
        • mechlorethamine
        • methotrexate
        • vincristine
      • loop diuretics:
        • bumetanide
        • ethacrynic acid
        • furosemide
      • others:
        • chloroquine
        • quinine
    • Psychedelic drugs:
      • Diisopropyltryptamine (DiPT)
      • 5-Methoxy-diisopropyltryptamine
• neurologic disorders:
  • chiari malformation
  • multiple sclerosis
  • head injury
    • skull fracture
    • closed head injury
    • whiplash injury
    • temporomandibular joint disorder

• metabolic disorders:
  • thyroid disorder
  • hyperlipidemia
  • vitamin B12 deficiency

• psychiatric disorders:
  • depression
  • anxiety

• other causes:
  • Tension Myositis Syndrome
  • fibromyalgia
  • hypertonia (Muscle Tension)
  • thoracic outlet syndrome
  • lyme disease
  • hypnogogia
  • sleep paralysis

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Sensorineural hearing loss is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve (Cranial nerve VIII), the inner ear, or central processing centers of the brain. ... This article is about noise as in sound. ... Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. ... Ménières disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance. ... Acoustic neuroma (or Vestibular Schwannoma) is a benign primary intracranial tumor of the myelin forming cells called Schwann cells (Schwannoma) of the 8th cranial nerve --- also known as the acoustic nerve, (or more properly the vestibulocochlear nerve). ... This article is about the element. ... General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series Post-transition metals or poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... For other uses, see Poison (disambiguation). ... 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Treatment

There are many treatments for objective tinnitus that have been claimed, with varying degrees of statistical reliability:

Objective tinnitus:

• Gamma knife radiosurgery (glomus jugulare)^[18]
• Shielding of cochlea by teflon implant^[19]
• Botulinum toxin (palatal tremor)^[20]
• Propranolol and clonazepam (arterial anatomic variation)^[21]

Subjective tinnitus: In medicine, Leksell Gamma Knife is a neurosurgical device used to treat brain tumors. ...

• Drugs and nutrients
  • Ginkgo Biloba: Many European doctors and a growing number of doctors in the United States use the herb Ginkgo Biloba^{[citation needed]}
  • Lidocaine, injection into the inner ear found to suppress the tinnitus for 20 minutes, according to a Swedish study. ^[22]
  • Benzodiazepines (xanax, ativan, klonopin)
  • Avoidance of caffeine, nicotine, salt^[23][24][25]
  • The consumption of alcohol has been found to both increase and decrease the severity of tinnitus. Therefore, alcohol's effect on the severity of tinnitus is dependent on the causes of the individual's affliction and cannot be considered a treament.^[26][25]
  • Zinc supplementation (where serum zinc deficiency is present)^[27][28][29]
  • Acamprosate^[30]
  • Etidronate or sodium fluoride (otosclerosis)^[31]
  • Lignocaine or anticonvulsants (usually in patients responsive to white noise masking)^[32]
  • Carbemazepine^[33]
  • Melatonin (especially for those with sleep disturbance)^[34]
  • Sertraline^[35]
  • Vitamin combinations (Lipoflavonoid)^[36]
• Electrical stimulation
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial direct current stimulation^[37][38]
  • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation^[39]
  • Direct stimulation of auditory cortex by implanted electrodes^[40]
  • Berthold Langguth, German neurologist would apply an electric or magnetic current for stimulation over the head of the patient to reduce ringing sound. Dirk De Ridder, Belgian neurosurgeon implanted electrodes to the brain of sufferers to normalise overactive neurons. Cambridge scientists also found that lidocaine, an anaesthetic reduces the sound in 2/3 of patients for 5 minutes, but it needs another drug to suppress its dangerous effects.^[41]
• Surgery
  • Repair of perilymph fistula^[42]
• External sound
  • The Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment, introduced first in Australia now in the US. FDA Cleared treatment for tinnitus.^{[citation needed]}
  • Low-pitched sound treatment has shown some positive, encouraging results.(UC, Irvine press release)
  • Tinnitus masking^[43] (white noise, or better 'shaped' or filtered noise ^[44]
  • Tinnitus retraining therapy^[45][46]
  • Auditive stimulation therapy (music therapy)^[47]
  • Compensation for lost frequencies by use of a hearing aid.^[48]
  • Ultrasonic bone-conduction external acoustic stimulation^[49][50]
  • Avoidance of outside noise (exogenous tinnitus)^[51]
• Psychological
  • Cognitive behavior therapy^[52]
• Light-based
  • Photobiomodulation (a.k.a. Low Level Laser Therapy); efficacy is debated^[53]

Although there are no specific cures for tinnitus, anything that brings the person out of the "fight or flight" stress response helps symptoms recede over a period of time. Calming body-based therapies, counseling and psychotherapy help restore well-being, which in turn allows tinnitus to settle. Chronic tinnitus can be quite stressful psychologically, as it distracts the affected individual from mental tasks and interferes with sleep, particularly when there is no external sound. Additional steps in reducing the impact of tinnitus on adverse health consequences include: a review of medications that may have tinnitus as a side effect; a physical exam to reveal possible underlying health conditions that may aggravate tinnitus; receiving adequate rest each day; and seeking a physician's advice concerning a sleep aid to allow for a better sleep pattern. Binomial name Ginkgo biloba L. The Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), sometimes also known as the Maidenhair tree, is a unique tree with no living relatives. ... Lidocaine (INN) (IPA: ) or lignocaine (former BAN) (IPA: ) is a common local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug. ... Lipoflavonoid is a proprietary, over-the-counter, nutrient formula created in 1961, by DSE Healthcare Solutions, to help combat tinnitus (ringing in the ears). ... Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. ... Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system. ... Alternative meanings: There is also an Electric-type Pokémon named Electrode. ... Neurons (also called nerve cells) are the primary cells of the nervous system. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Lidocaine (INN) (IPA: ) or lignocaine (former BAN) (IPA: ) is a common local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug. ... Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ... Calculated spectrum of a generated approximation of white noise White noise is a random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density. ... Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is a form of habituation therapy designed to help persons who suffer from tinnitus (ringing ears). ... Photobiomodulation also called Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), Cold Laser Therapy, Laser Biostimulation, phototherapy or just Laser Therapy, in medicine and veterinary medicine, is one of many Laser applications. ... This article or section should include material from Fight-or-flight The flight or fight response, also called the acute stress response, was first described by Walter Cannon in the 1920s as a theory that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system. ...

Notable individuals with tinnitus

Notable sufferers of tinnitus include:

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See also

• Absolute threshold of hearing
• Auditory system
• Audiologist
• Ear
• Hearing impairment
• Hyperacusis
• Noise health effects

The absolute threshold of hearing (ATH) is the minimum sound level of a pure tone that an average ear with normal hearing can hear in a noiseless environment. ... The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. ... An audiologist is the professional specializing in disorders of the auditory and vestibular portions of the body; an audiologist diagnoses and treats hearing and (balance) problems. ... For other uses, see Ear (disambiguation). ... A hearing impairment or hearing loss is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. ... Hyperacusis is a health condition characterized by an over-sensitivity to certain frequency ranges of sound (a collapsed tolerance to normal environmental sound). ... Roadway noise is the main source of exposure Noise health effects, the collection of health consequences of elevated sound levels, constitute one of the most widespread public health threats in industrialized countries. ...

Books

• Tinnitus a Multidisciplinary Approach" Gehard Anderson, David Baguley, Laurence McKenna, Don McFerran.(ISBN: 1861564031)Wiley Chichester, 2005

References