Reasons You Hear Ringing in Your Ears

Buzzing, hissing or strange noises in the ears are collectively known as tinnitus. This symptom can be mild and short-lived, but in some cases, it can be so intense that you have difficulty conversing with others.

Sometimes, after a concert or exposure to too much noise, we can feel tinnitus. In addition, it can be a symptom of some other diseases.

Reason

TinnitusIt occurs when the auditory cells in the inner ear are damaged. On the surface of these cells are tiny hairs that move with the sound waves. The auditory nerve then receives and decodes the waves into sound.

When the hairs are damaged, the auditory cells send incorrect messages to the brain. This results in strange sounds.

Photo illustration: New York Hearing Center

Causes of damage to the ear:

- Exposure to loud noise for long periods of time, such as attending concerts, construction sites, or using speakers or headphones at high volumes.

In the first case, your ears may return to normal. In the second case, the damage caused by excessive volume to the ears will be difficult to recover because it is a long-term habit.

- Earwax can also be a cause of tinnitus. A blockage in the ear canal due to a buildup of earwax causes the ear to swell, irritating the eardrum, creating this unpleasant sound. Tinnitus can also arise from an ear infection.

- As we age, our hearing gradually weakens. In the long term, people over 60 years old are more likely to have persistent tinnitus.

- Blood pressure changes.

- Head and neck trauma.

- Temporomandibular joint injury.

- Signs of diseases such as Meniere's syndrome, acoustic neuroma.

- Side effects of antidepressants, antibiotics.

How to prevent

If this feeling lasts too long, it can affect your daily life, causing fatigue, lack of concentration, irritability, and problems with sleep and memory.

Therefore, you should avoid loud sounds, do not listen to headphones at high volume. If you go to an event or noisy area, you should use earplugs.