In the tinnitus clinic of Newsha Hearing Institute, we have highly skilled professionals that do their best job for helping you deal with tinnitus. Here we have a brief introduction about tinnitus and our services for solving this issue:

1. Introduction

Tinnitus is a sound that is felt in the head or ear. There is no sound in the environment, and most of the time it is not heard by people around you.

Tinnitus is one of the most common symptoms associated with hearing loss and hearing disorders, or body functions such as high blood pressure. This mark appears in different ways, and each patient reports a special experience of sound. Sounds such as whistle sounds, crickets, sizzling sounds, wind sounds, bells and more. Here you can listen to some of these sounds:

Tinnitus sound examples

The severity of the annoyance and the quality of the tinnitus can vary over time or in different individuals. Tinnitus can affect both ears and may even be interrupted at regular intervals. Sometimes the height of the tinnitus is so high that it interferes with the daily life, the focus of the person or the hearing other sounds.
Tinnitus is not a disease itself, it is usually a symptom of an underlying illness. Although tinnitus is a disorder commonly seen in adults, people of all ages can experience it.
Generally, there are two categories of tinnitus:

1. Objective tinnitus
   This type of tinnitus is observed in less than 5% of cases and in this kind, in addition to the patient, the doctor can also hear the tinnitus. This rare type of disease is usually due to vascular problems, muscle contractions, or bone conduction loss in the middle ear. Some people report that their tinnitus is consistent with the heartbeat and is heard continuously as a tinnitus. In these cases, special treatments that may involve surgery are recommended to the patient.
2. Subjective tinnitus
   Subjective tinnitus is the most common type of tinnitus and occurs in almost 95% of cases in which the only person can hear the sound of tinnitus. Usually, all external, middle, and internal ear problems can cause this type of tinnitus. This type of tinnitus occurs in 80% of people with a sensory-neural hearing loss (SNHL) that damage the auditory nerve or the cochlear cells.
   Of course, the quality and characteristics of this type of tinnitus are different in different people, and each person experiences this problem in a particular way.
2. Assessment

In the Newsha hearing institute, specialized assessments are performed for people with tinnitus. These assessments include:

1. Hearing evaluation
2. Measurement the effect of tinnitus on the person's life through the THI questionnaire
3. Assessment of excessive sensitivity to sound
4. Measurement the intensity and pitch of the tinnitus
5. Choosing an appropriate treatment for the individual

At the end of the auditory assessment, based on the evaluations conducted, the class and type of tinnitus are identified and appropriate therapeutic approaches are presented.

3. Treatment

After comprehensive evaluations, therapeutic strategies are presented and Treatment methods are divided into three groups:

1. Tinnitus with hearing loss
2. Just tinnitus
3. Tinnitus with hyperacusis

In news hearing institute, we use appropriate treatment according to the group that person belongs to and his/her lifestyle. Some of this approaches are:

• Hearing aids with tinnitus management programs
• Sound therapy
• Oto-sociology
• CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)
• Neuro-feedback