My girlfriend has tinnitus. Or showing symptoms. Constant ringing and noise. What can she do for relief?..?
I feel so bad for her. She cant hear at all out of that ear. Its been non stop for a week. Her a docs appointment isn’t until tuesday. What can she do to help it. What could it mean. Think it may have happened from a friends loud Stereo in the car. No one else though was bothered by it. i didn’t think it was that loud and i have excellent hearing. What will happen? Will this go on for ever? does it go away?
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Relief From Tinnitus
Tinnitus refers to the sensation of noise or ringing in the ears that has no external cause. The ringing may be an actual ringing or some other sound that exists only in the ear. It maybe persistent and happen all the time, or it may be intermittent and last only for a few brief moments at a time. There are many potential cures, including alternative medicines, devices worn in the ears and/or therapy and drug treatments.
Alternative Medicine Treatments
1.The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) lists several possible alternative therapies that may potentially provide relief for tinnitus suffers. These alternative theories include taking magnesium zinc, Gingko Biloba, Vitamin B or other herbal supplements. Other alternative therapies include acupuncture (the use of needles at pressure points), magnet therapy (wearing magnets to interrupt the bodies electromagnet pulses), oxygen and hypnosis. The ATA suggests that patients have reported success with these alternative therapies, but warns that many of the success stories are supported only by anecdotal evidence and are not verified. However, since the treatments have essentially no side effects, there is little to lose by trying alternative therapies.
Hearing Aids
2.The ATA suggests that hearing aids may be useful to help patients suffering from tinnitus, especially those patients who also have a hearing loss along the same frequency as the sound their tinnitus is making. The ATA reports that the hearing aids may prove effective at tinnitus treatment by allowing you to once again hear ambient sounds within that frequency, which will drown out the sound from the tinnitus.
Biofeedback
3.The ATA reports that many patients have successfully treated tinnitus using biofeedback. Again, these success stories are anecdotal and not supported by medical studies. Biofeedback involves learning to control pulse, muscle tension, skin temperature and other body functions, in order to aid in relaxation and stress management. The purpose is to alter the way the body comes with stress, and by doing so, tinnitus may be relieved.
Cochlear Implants
4.Cochlear implants are said to potentially help tinnitus suffers in two ways: by restoring hearing of ambient sounds that have the same frequency as the tinnitus and suppressing tinnitus with electrical stimulation. Cochlear implants involve the attachment of an electrode array in the cochlea, and the implantation of a receiver in the skin behind the ear. The electrodes send a signal directly from the ear to the brain, taking the place (and destroying) healthy cochlea cells. The ATA states that cochlear implants are only offered to patients who are either deaf or almost deaf, and specifies that one study demonstrated that cochlear implants did provide relief to half of tinnitus sufferers who received an implant.
Drug Therapy
5.There are no specific drug therapies designed to treat tinnitus. The ATA states that certain anti-anxiety and/or anti-depressant medications, including Xanax and nortriptyline, have been prescribed for tinnitus suffers. Antihistamines, anticonvulsants and anesthetics have also been used for treating tinnitus, with some degree of success.
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Pour a half cap full of hydrogen peroxide in your girlfriends ear. Have her lay on a pillow with the affected ear facing up. Have a towel handy. Slowly pour in the hydrogen peroxide. She will hear and fell bubbles and popping. You only need to leave it in for about 30 seconds. She can then sit up and put her ear over the towel. Not sure if this will work if your girlfriend truly has tinnitus, but it can’t hurt to try and it’s cheap.