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Certain foods, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, salt (nooooooooo!!!) all may trigger or worsen tinnitus.

What can I do about the ringing in my ears?įirst, see a doctor to rule out more serious causes.

There is also some evidence to suggest that taking HRT (hormone replacement therapy) or hormonal birth control can worsen tinnitus. Because women complain of this during pregnancy or around their menstrual periods as well as during perimenopause or menopause, it may not simply be a product of aging. Having said that, many women report increases and decreases in tinnitus that seem to be linked to the rise and fall of their hormone levels. Because both menopause and tinnitus often happen around the same age, it’s difficult to tell if one causes or worsens the other, or if they’re both just a factor of getting older. The direct cause-and-effect has yet to be established. If you are worried about ringing in your ear, a Gennev menopause-certified gynecologist can give you a trusted opinion, determine if medication is right for you, and they can provide prescription support. Tinnitus can be a symptom of a more serious medical issue such as hypo- or hyperthyroidism, anemia, Lyme disease, high blood pressure, etc., so if you’re suffering, please consult with a medical professional.* Other, less common causes, include TMJ, a disorder of the joint where the jaw attaches to the skull, sinus pressure, injury from barometric trauma (think SCUBA diving), brain injuries such as concussion, and certain medications. Injuries that affect blood flow to the area or impact nerves or muscles can result in tinnitus. Hearing loss is often accompanied by tinnitus, which is why it’s so common in adults over 60. Get it out quickly, if you can, as long-term irritation can make tinnitus permanent.Īge. can irritate the inner ear and cause that unpleasant ringing sound. A significant build-up of ear wax, congestion, dirt, hair, etc. So if you wear the in-your-ear kind, turn the volume down or save them for quiet places where you don't need to crank the sound up to compensate for city or road noise.Įar stuff. Professor Dean Garstecki of Northwestern University says ear buds that fit directly into the ear can cause more damage than headphones that sit atop the ear - from 6 to 9 dB more. Because hearing damage can be cumulative, if you have kids, start bugging them early to "turn it down."Įar pods. may only result in short-term tinnitus, too many high-decibel concerts, with too much loud MP3 boogie in-between, can result in permanent damage. One of the major causes of tinnitus is long-term exposure to heavy noise. Remember when you trooped off to see Huey Lewis and the News’ Sports tour and your mom told you to wear ear protection or you’d regret it when you were older? No? Just me? This is also commonly accompanied by headaches. There are two kinds of tinnitus: subjective, the far more common version where only the sufferer hears the noise, and objective, the very rare kind where some internal function of the sufferer’s body, like blood flow or body movement, is actually audible to others. That roaring, hissing, ringing noise could be caused by damage to your inner ear – or it may be caused by the hormonal changes of menopause. Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing certain sounds that aren’t present.

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There is nearly always some kind of background noise around us the shell can pick up, even when it is very quiet.Īs the shell turns up the sound, this means you can hear it over the other background noise around you.Ringing, buzzing, whooshing, or clicking sounds in your ear(s) could mean a couple of things: If you’re nowhere near the ocean, the shell picks up other deep and rumbling sounds, such as the wind or the fridge. So if you’re next to the ocean, the shell picks up the sounds of the ocean. The sound you hear when you put a shell against your ear is actually parts of the background noise around you, just turned up a little by the shell. That’s why it sounds similar to the sounds caught in a shell. The sound of the ocean is also a low-frequency sound. Think of these as deeper, or more rumbling sounds. The sounds seashells “catch” tend to be what scientists call lower-frequency sounds. This makes the sounds get slightly louder (or amplified) before they leave the shell.

Once in the shell, these sounds bounce around. That’s when sound enters the opening of the shell. Hollow and curved ones can “catch” some of the sounds around you. So what’s going on? Seashells ‘catch’ soundsĮach seashell is a unique shape. But the seashells are not actually making any sounds themselves.