What Is Tinnitus
The purpose of this page is to help you get to grips with the condition known as tinnitus…
- to know what tinnitus is!
- and what you can do about it…
- to understand that it is possible to live comfortably with tinnitus.
- to comprehend that only with some understanding of what tinnitus is and how it is caused, can you learn to control tinnitus.
This is not to say there is a cure for tinnitus, it is an established fact that there is no cures for tinnitus… But if you can identify the causes of your tinnitus, there is much you can do to get tinnitus relief.
Tinnitus is best described as the perception of noise in the
absence of any acoustic stimulus.
When you hear these noises, be they a ringing in your ears, whistling, hissing or roaring noises in the ears, you are experiencing tinnitus. Everybody experiences or interprets these noises somewhat differently. They are subjective…. In other words, only you can hear them.
The noises cannot be heard by anyone else and NO, you are not going crazy!
Most people experience tinnitus at some time in their lives, but about 17% of the general population suffers quite severely from tinnitus. Some 12 million Americans are that badly affected by tinnitus that they are unable to function normally. By this I mean they are unable to live normal lives, go to work, just can’t sleep, and suffer severely from stress, depression and anxiety.
- To be able to effectively relieve your tinnitus, it is important to first establish the main cause of the problem.
- To quickly establish the cause of your tinnitus is to watch the three short videos below.
- The three causes discussed in the videos below are responsible for over 95% of all reported tinnitus cases!
