Tinnitus Research Paper
Tinnitus: Steps to take, drugs to avoid
Most people have experienced Tinnitus, that annoying ringing in your ears after a night out at a concert or a loud sport event, but for some people tinnitus is an annoying sensation that does not go away.
Around 50 million people in the U.S. experience some form of tinnitus, the numbers are actually on the rise with a possible correlation to increased use of personal music devices. People describe Tinnitus as a ringing, buzzing, chirping, hissing, whistling, humming or another repetitive sound. It is usually bilateral and is tends to be intermittent versus continuous. Severity of tinnitus can range from simply noticing it to people having substantial adverse effects. Tinnitus is usually divided into subjective or objective with objective being less common but usually …show more content…
Some treatment options are cognitive behavioral therapy and tinnitus retraining therapy. The evidence supporting medication use to help with tinnitus is weak and as of today there are no drugs FDA approved for tinnitus. Medications with promising trials are Acamprosate, which is used in alcohol rehab, benzodiazepines, lidocaine, oral misprostol, antidepressants and supplements such as Ginkgo biloba, melatonin and Zine. Trial of a hearing aid is also a non-invasive first line intervention.
The American Tinnitus Association recommends trying to eliminate potential aggravating factors such as salt, artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine.
My mom suffers from tinnitus which is why I choose to research this topic. She tells me that it can be super frustrating and that even after she was evaluated there was not a lot of options to help her. I thought the article was well written and easy to understand. It contained a lot of information. I was surprised by some of the medications they have trialed such as lidocaine and oral
Most people have experienced Tinnitus, that annoying ringing in your ears after a night out at a concert or a loud sport event, but for some people tinnitus is an annoying sensation that does not go away.
Around 50 million people in the U.S. experience some form of tinnitus, the numbers are actually on the rise with a possible correlation to increased use of personal music devices. People describe Tinnitus as a ringing, buzzing, chirping, hissing, whistling, humming or another repetitive sound. It is usually bilateral and is tends to be intermittent versus continuous. Severity of tinnitus can range from simply noticing it to people having substantial adverse effects. Tinnitus is usually divided into subjective or objective with objective being less common but usually …show more content…
Some treatment options are cognitive behavioral therapy and tinnitus retraining therapy. The evidence supporting medication use to help with tinnitus is weak and as of today there are no drugs FDA approved for tinnitus. Medications with promising trials are Acamprosate, which is used in alcohol rehab, benzodiazepines, lidocaine, oral misprostol, antidepressants and supplements such as Ginkgo biloba, melatonin and Zine. Trial of a hearing aid is also a non-invasive first line intervention.
The American Tinnitus Association recommends trying to eliminate potential aggravating factors such as salt, artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine.
My mom suffers from tinnitus which is why I choose to research this topic. She tells me that it can be super frustrating and that even after she was evaluated there was not a lot of options to help her. I thought the article was well written and easy to understand. It contained a lot of information. I was surprised by some of the medications they have trialed such as lidocaine and oral