| The human ear is a very delicate instrument of sound | | | | caused by infections of the inner ear. Perhaps one or |
| and can easily be permanently damaged by trauma. | | | | both ears may be damaged by the infection and the |
| So how does this lead to tinnitus? | | | | level of damage will depend on the level of the |
| Types of Ear Trauma | | | | infection problem. The typical affects of these types |
| Trauma to the ear can be caused by a wide variety | | | | of traumas are: partial loss or even total loss of |
| of things. Physical trauma from some form of blow | | | | hearing in one or both ears, partial frequency loss |
| directly to the external ear or a head injury, such as | | | | where you only lose the ability to hear certain levels of |
| may be received during a physical sport such as | | | | sound, and of course the appearance of sounds that |
| rugby, is an obvious cause of damage to the ear. This | | | | have no obvious source; the condition we know as |
| type of external source may damage the outer ear | | | | tinnitus. |
| more than the inner depending on the severity of the | | | | Is it Tinnitus? |
| trauma. The next type of ear trauma comes from ear | | | | Once the obvious cause of the ear trauma has been |
| infections which can damage the delicate mechanisms | | | | dealt with, such as medical treatment for an infection |
| of the ear leading to some form of hearing impairment. | | | | or a period of recuperation following a head trauma, |
| Less obvious than the other two types of trauma are | | | | you need to assess whether you have been left with |
| the after effects of infections in other areas of the | | | | tinnitus. If you become aware of sounds, which range |
| head such as sinus infections. Sinus infections can | | | | from ringing noises to whooshing sounds, that seem to |
| easily cause problems in the ears. Even less obvious | | | | come from no obvious source or seem to originate |
| sources of ear trauma can come from heart problems | | | | within your own ears, then the likelihood is that you |
| or other cardiovascular related issues. Blood flow has | | | | have some form of tinnitus and should seek a tinnitus |
| a direct effect on the sounds heard by tinnitus | | | | treatment. |
| sufferers. | | | | Once you have established the presence of tinnitus |
| How the Trauma Affects Hearing | | | | you have one of two immediate options to consider. |
| Physical damage to one or both ears may affect your | | | | Do you act right away to resolve the tinnitus or do you |
| hearing for either a short time or a much longer time | | | | wait and see if it will vanish over time. This will usually |
| depending on the severity of the damage caused by | | | | depend on the acuteness of the sound you are |
| the trauma. The damage may only be present in one | | | | hearing and the level of irritation is has reached. For |
| ear if the trauma occurred on only one side of the | | | | most people, the discomfort and disruption that tinnitus |
| head such as from a hard blow. Head injuries may well | | | | causes to their daily lives leads them to seek a rapid |
| lead to damage to both ears as the actual injury may | | | | solution and not to wait for things to worsen. If you |
| affect nerves or other delicate systems which directly | | | | want to rid yourself of tinnitus act now! |
| link to both ears. The same is true of the damage | | | | |