It’s often unclear what’s triggering tinnitus (a ringing or buzzing in your ears). However, there is one thing researchers agree on: you are more likely to develop tinnitus if you also are afflicted by hearing loss. Up to 90% of individuals who experience tinnitus also have hearing loss according to HIAA.

As you most likely know, your age, genetics, and lifestyle can all be involved in the development of hearing loss. And while many people think of hearing loss as being obvious, the reality is that some mild hearing loss can go unnoticed. Even worse, even a slight case of hearing loss increases your risk and likelihood of developing tinnitus.

Hearing Aids Won’t Cure Tinnitus But They Will Help

There isn’t a cure for tinnitus. However, your symptoms can be decreased and your life can be improved by using hearing aids to treat your hearing loss and tinnitus. Sixty percent of people dealing with tinnitus, in fact, saw relief of their symptoms, and twenty-two had substantial improvement.

A conventional hearing aid can basically hide the buzzing or ringing associated with tinnitus by strengthening your ability to hear other sounds, which essentially drowns out the ringing. And, fortunately, traditional hearing aids aren’t the only solution as more sophisticated treatment methods are being produced.

Types of Specialized Hearing Aids to Lessen Tinnitus Symptoms

Hearing aids boost the volume of environmental sounds to the point that you can hear them clearly. Even though it might be basic in design, that amplification of sound, be it the hum of a dinner party or the rattle of a ceiling fan, is critical in training your brain to receive certain stimulations again.

You can take an even more complete approach to your tinnitus treatment by enhancing hearing aids with other strategies, like stress reduction, sound stimulation, and counseling.

Some hearing aid makers even utilize the irregular rhythm of fractal tones to minimize the symptoms of tinnitus. The consistent tone of tinnitus can be interrupted by the irregular tones of these inconsistent rhythms.

Blending the normal sounds you hear with your tinnitus sounds is the goal of other sophisticated hearing aid options. Your condition and ear have very personal needs and this technique will use a customized white noise that will be dialed-in by your hearing professional.

Whether you use sound therapy, blending, or a white noise mechanism, all of these specialized devices have a common goal of distracting the attention away from the buzzing or ringing of tinnitus.

Hearing aids can improve quality of life and decrease symptoms of tinnitus even if there is no cure.

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References

• https://www.hearingloss.org/wp-content/uploads/HLAA_HearingLoss_Facts_Statistics.pdf?pdf=FactStats
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17956798
• https://www.ata.org/managing-your-tinnitus/treatment-options/hearing-aids
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197965