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Tinnitus Management
Tinnitus—often described as ringing, buzzing, or hissing in the ears—can significantly impact your quality of life. At Hearing & Balance Solutions in Charlotte, NC, we provide specialized tinnitus management services to help reduce the impact of these persistent sounds and improve your overall well-being. Our evidence-based approach helps you regain control and minimize the intrusion of tinnitus in your daily life.
How Our Tinnitus Management Service Works
Comprehensive Assessment and Evaluation
We begin with a thorough hearing evaluation and detailed discussion about your tinnitus symptoms, including when they started, their severity, and how they affect your life. We ask you to describe the sounds you hear (pitch, tone, and whether they're constant, intermittent, or pulsating) and identify factors that may worsen or improve your symptoms.
Identifying Underlying Causes
After your evaluation, we work to determine potential causes of your tinnitus. About 90% of tinnitus cases involve some degree of hearing loss, so we carefully examine this connection. We also consider other potential contributing factors like medication side effects, jaw joint issues, noise exposure, or certain medical conditions.
Personalized Treatment Plan Development
Based on your assessment results and specific symptoms, we create a customized tinnitus management plan. This may include hearing aids with tinnitus masking features, sound therapy, counseling, and education on coping strategies. We focus on approaches that not only address the tinnitus sounds but also reduce their impact on your daily activities and emotional well-being.
Understanding Tinnitus
Tinnitus is remarkably common, affecting approximately 50 million Americans in some form. The condition, whose name derives from the Latin for "ringing like a bell," is more prevalent among older adults but increasingly affects younger people due to noise exposure through earbuds and loud environments.
While there is currently no cure for tinnitus, proper management can significantly reduce its impact on your quality of life. Many people with tinnitus experience anxiety, sleep disturbances, concentration difficulties, and emotional distress. Professional management strategies can address these effects, helping you to focus less on the tinnitus and more on the activities and interactions that matter to you.
Reduced awareness of tinnitus sounds
Improved ability to focus and concentrate
Better sleep quality and relaxation
Decreased emotional distress related to tinnitus
Why Choose Specialized Tinnitus Care
Our comprehensive approach addresses both the auditory aspects of tinnitus and its effects on your overall well-being. By combining appropriate sound therapies with counseling and coping strategies, we help reduce both the perception of tinnitus sounds and their impact on your daily life.
Schedule Your Tinnitus Evaluation
At Hearing & Balance Solutions, Dr. Gosu understands the frustration and distress that tinnitus can cause. Our tinnitus management services are designed to provide practical, effective solutions that help you regain control and reduce the impact of tinnitus on your quality of life.
Modern tinnitus management approaches, including sophisticated hearing aid technology with built-in sound therapy features, have proven highly effective for many tinnitus sufferers. These advanced devices can deliver soothing background sounds that help push tinnitus to the back of your mind, allowing many people to effectively tune out the disturbing noises.
Contact us today at (704) 912-4422 to schedule your tinnitus evaluation at our South Park location. Take this important step toward finding relief from tinnitus and improving your overall well-being with our professional tinnitus management services.
Tinnitus can have many causes, with hearing loss being the most common. Other potential causes include noise exposure, certain medications, earwax buildup, head or neck injuries, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, vascular issues, and stress. Sometimes multiple factors contribute to tinnitus symptoms.
While there is currently no cure for most forms of tinnitus, effective management strategies can significantly reduce its impact on your life. Our goal is to help you reach a point where tinnitus no longer significantly interferes with your daily activities, concentration, sleep, or emotional well-being.
Many modern hearing aids include tinnitus management features that can play soothing background sounds to mask or distract from tinnitus. Additionally, by properly amplifying environmental sounds, hearing aids reduce the contrast between tinnitus and background silence, making the tinnitus less noticeable. Studies show that about 60% of people with tinnitus experience relief when wearing properly fitted hearing aids.
The timeline for improvement varies depending on the individual and the management approaches used. Some people notice benefits almost immediately with certain techniques, while others may require several weeks or months of consistent application. We work with you to track your progress and make adjustments to your management plan as needed.
Most tinnitus is not associated with serious medical conditions. However, certain types of tinnitus, particularly pulsatile tinnitus (sound that beats in time with your pulse) or tinnitus that occurs suddenly or is accompanied by sudden hearing loss, vertigo, or other concerning symptoms, should be evaluated medically. We'll help determine if additional medical consultation is recommended.
Yes, many people find that stress management techniques help reduce tinnitus perception. Stress often makes tinnitus seem louder or more bothersome, creating a negative cycle. Relaxation techniques, mindfulness practices, and cognitive behavioral approaches can help break this cycle and reduce tinnitus distress.
