Causes of bilat ear ringing?
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There are many causes for ringing (tinnitus) in the ears. By far the most common reason is hearing loss or noise trauma to the ears. Ringing can also be caused by medications, blood pressure, stress, sodium, ear wax, ear infections, etc... It is generally not something serious, but it could be - Although bilateral tinnitus is generally a little less worrisome than sudden unilateral tinnitus, I recommend you see an audiologist of an otolaryngologist (ear, nose & throat physician) just to rule out any serious causes.
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Tinnitus is not easy to just get rid of.  You may be stuck with it for life.  It is usually a cochlear problem that is associated with hearing damage.  Tinnitus is a warning of something going wrong, and not usually the main problem.  Your best be is to be checked out by an Audiologist, to determine your next move.  \nThings to consider:  Is it in both ears?  Is it associated with dizziness?  Do you get a pressure feeling in one ear, especially the one with the tinnitus?  Do you have a one sided hearing loss?  If you answer yes to any of these questions, you really should go to an audiologist.\nBeyond that, studies show that if you intake a lot of salt and caffine this MAY be a cause of making the ringing worse.  Cut these out of your diet for a week or two and see if there is a difference.  You will know.  If you see anything at all, it may go away completely for awhile.  If the ringing keeps you up at night play a fan, radio, tv, or get one of those noise machines from bed, bath, and beyond (these are great!).  \nUnfortunately there is no pill or shot that can get rid of your tinnitus.  it is hard to study since the only person that knows its there is you.  \n\nGood luck.
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What causes tinnitus?\nThe exact physiological cause or causes of tinnitus are not known. There are, however, several likely sources, all of which are known to trigger or worsen tinnitus.\n\nNoise-induced hearing loss - Exposure to loud noises can damage and even destroy hair cells, called cilia, in the inner ear. Once damaged, these hair cells cannot be renewed or replaced. Millions of Americans have hearing loss due to noise exposure, and up to 90 percent of all tinnitus patients have some level of noise-induced hearing loss.\n\nWax build-up in the ear canal - The amount of wax ears produce varies by individual. Sometimes, people produce enough wax that their hearing can be compromised or their tinnitus can seem louder. If you produce a lot of earwax, speak to your physician about having excess wax removed manually-not with a cotton swab, but by an otolaryngologist (also called an ear, nose, and throat doctor).\n\nCertain medications - Some medications are ototoxic-that is, the medications are toxic to the ear. Other medications will produce tinnitus as a side effect without damaging the inner ear. Effects, which can depend on the dosage of the medication, can be temporary or permanent. Before taking any medication, make sure that your prescribing physician is aware of your tinnitus, and discuss alternative medications that may be available.\n\nEar or sinus infections - Many people, including children, experience tinnitus along with an ear or sinus infection. Generally, the tinnitus will lessen and gradually go away once the infection is healed.\n\nJaw misalignment - Some people have misaligned jaw joints or jaw muscles, which can not only induce tinnitus, but also affect cranial muscles and nerves and shock absorbers in the jaw joint. Many dentists specialize in this temporomandibular jaw misalignment and can provide assistance with treatment.\n\nCardiovascular disease - Approximately 3 percent of tinnitus patients experience pulsatile tinnitus; people with pulsatile tinnitus typically hear a rhythmic pulsing, often in time with a heartbeat. Pulsatile tinnitus can indicate the presence of a vascular condition-where the blood flow through veins and arteries is compromised-like a heart murmur, hypertension, or hardening of the arteries. \n\nCertain types of tumors - Very rarely, people have a benign and slow-growing tumor on their auditory, vestibular, or facial nerves. These tumors can cause tinnitus, deafness, facial paralysis, and loss of balance.\n\nHead and neck trauma - Physical trauma to the head and neck can induce tinnitus. Other symptoms include headaches, vertigo, and memory loss.\n\nThere is no cure, per se, for tinnitus in that there is no one magic pill that will make the millions of people with tinnitus no longer hear the noises in their ears and head. However, in some cases, tinnitus can be quieted. For example, some people have excessive earwax that blocks outside sound from coming in. When ear wax or any foreign object, such as a hair, touches the eardrum, tinnitus can be a result. By having a physician or audiologist remove the wax, the source of the tinnitus is also removed. Some people with severe hearing loss have found that a cochlear implant helps them hear the world around them, which in part makes the tinnitus in their heads much less noticeable. Neither of these examples is a hard and fast cure, but the examples do represent that relief is available and possible. \n Treatments: http://www.ata.org/about_tinnitus/consumer/treatment.html
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There is no cure for tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in most cases. It can be caused by many different things (hearing loss, medications, ear wax, illness, etc...). However, if this is something that began recently you should see an otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat doctor) about it to eliminate the possibility that it is caused by something more serious.\n\nMy best advice for living with it is to avoid very quiet places.
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I think other answers are great but these methods will work only after you have the problem. \nPlease try to eliminate the root cause of the problem. Which in most cases is the overacidity. \nPlease look at my today's response under ringing of the years.\n- avoid or eliminate acidic foods; take papaya enzyme, calcium and magnesium to reduce existing acidity. also no whole grains please. try Jergens soap. also no hot shower please.\nyou may feel difference after 10 days \ngood luck
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I have it too from a car accident.  So far none of the things I have tried or places I have been sent have worked.  I think we are stuck with it.  One thing I do is put headphones on and listen to music when I fall asleep.  It sort of distracts me from the ringing.
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I have tinnitis. I lost it in the service working around helicopters. It is very annoying being 26. I also have high frequency loss in both ears, 6500K to 8000K. I have a tinnitis masker it makes white noise in my ear, and it is also a hearing aide cause it blocks sound with the "old style hearing aide" in my ear. \n\nThe constant ringing: lets see it makes it hard to go to sleep, some tv's annoy me cause of the increased ringing it causes in my ears. The doctor tells me if i wear my masker religously after 10 to 15 years, sometimes one can train the brain to not hear the ringing and only the white noise. Since i am only in a few years, I cant answer that well at all. Hearing loss is irreversible! Once damage is done it is done. I have dead spots where if people come up from behind me, i can't even hear them talking, which often spooks me and sometimes I have acutally hit them. \nIf you shoot guns a lot, usually you will get it in the left ear more so than the right. Wearing hearing protection for anything over 80 decibles is what keeps ones hearing good. If i dont use ear protection when using the vacuum, it makes my ringing in my ears louder and this takes several days to dissapate down to its "normal" level again.  Getting my teeth cleaned at the dentist with the ultra sonic cleaners.. OUCH! sends my ears into major ringing even with ear plugs... the high vibrations are transferred through my jaws to my ears. Anyways, if you want to talk about this, ya can IM me.. duhibrokeit2000. Wish ya luck, and sorry you have this as well.
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Sounds like it might be a perilymphatic fistula; which is a rupture of the tissues of the inner ear, and the symptoms are similar to Meniere's.   I also recommend a Neurotologist as your next consultation.
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Think I'd check with ear specialist.  I can't fly without taking certain meds so that I don't perforate my ear drum.
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I get that a lot and find it really annoying too. I usually get that noise in my ears after listening to loud music etc. If your hearing is affected then maybe ask your GP for a hearing test to check it out.
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I am an audiologist & deal with tinnitus on a daily basis in my patients. I have never found any OTC to help tinnitus. There are literally hundreds of causes of tinnitus including: stress, hearing loss, high blood pressure, medications, asprin, caffiene, alcohol, blood oxygen level, tumors, and many more... There is really no cure for tinnitus, most people are successful with ignoring it. I counsel my patients to try to avoid very quiet environments (i.e. keep a fan on in the bedroom at night, keep a fountain or other semi-quiet noise source on in the house). If you have not been evaluated to ensure that there is no hearing loss or other illness, it is prudent to see an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat physician or an audiologist for evaluation). If it is something you simply can't deal with, there are certain therapies that have proven somewhat useful (i.e. tinnitus retraining or sound enrichment therapy), and your physician or audiologist can discuss those with you.
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it's called tinnitus.
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you may have something wrong with your ears i would go to your g.p and tell him your symptoms it could be verdigo
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Usually it is from water sitting in the ear canal. She should go back to the doctor now. I got one frm not draing my ears well after a shower one night. I usualy shower in the AM, but showered before i went to bed. From sleeping on one side, the water was able to leak further into my ear & sit there most of the night. I am a side sleeper. I had to go onto antibiotics too, but it went away fairly quickly.
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Could be a case of swimmers ear or a fungal infection of some type.  See your doctor to make sure and get treatment.  I know how bothersome this is.
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You probbably have some water in your ear,if so put some perioxide in it, lay your head on the floor flat and then get up after you can no longer hear the noise.If this is not it it could be tinnitus, the cause is "palatal myoclonus" A muscle spasm in the palate is wiggling the eustachian tubes from the mouth end, and you hear a sound at the ear end when the tubes open. \nhope it helps you:)
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It could be fluid from cold or allergies, an ear infection, or wax blockage. DON'T stick anything in your ear - you could damage your eardrum. See a doctor, who can look inside and determine what the problem is.