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What are the symptoms of tinnitus?
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Dr Smariti Kapila
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon
She has primarily been trained in Sydney, but also across Australia, including Darwin and several outreach communities, Adelaide, Gosford, and Sydney, including St Vincent's, Royal … View Profile
Tinnitus is sound, in one or both ears, which affects up to 25% of people aged over 70 years. It can sound like many things, and patients often report varied symptoms such as hearing buzzing, humming, clicking, crackling or pulsation.
It can be:
Objective - a ‘real’ sound generated by the body
for example - pulsing noise due to high blood pressure, arterial or venous growths or abnormal anatomy, small muscle spasms in the ear/mouth
Subjective - a sound in the absence of ‘real’ source from the body
for example - inner ear hearing loss resulting in electrical signal abnormality and the perception of sound
Tinnitus is often a simple result of hearing loss as one ages, however can represent a new one-sided hearing loss as the first sign of a growth or tumour, or a potentially serious vascular (blood vessel) problem. This is why it is important to have any tinnitus properly assessed and investigated.Report this post
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