Does Tinnitus Go Away On Its Own? - Will This Tinnitus Go Away On Its Own, How Long Should I Wait And What Can I Do To Get Rid Of Tinnitus?

1. Does Tinnitus Go Away On Its
Own?
Will This Tinnitus Go Away On Its Own,
How Long Should I Wait And What
Can I Do To Get Rid Of Tinnitus?

2. Will Tinnitus Go Away On Its Own?
• That depends on how much damage has been caused in
the first place.
• Most tinnitus is caused by damage to the cochlea (the
inner ear) or sinus problems.
• If the tinnitus has been caused by loud noise it can go
away on its own within a few days as the ear injury may
be only temporary.
• If caused by a mild infection or blockage the tinnitus can
clear up once the cause is removed.
• Noise, a more serious ear infection or a blow to the head
may have caused more severe damage to the cochlea in
which case it will not go on its own and you will need to
do something about it.

3. How Does Ear Damage Cause
Tinnitus?
• Tinnitus is a result of how your brain is now
processing sound given the damage to your
ear.
• In order to understand why you have tinnitus
it is important to know how the ear works,
what can go wrong and how this causes
tinnitus.
• The ear is divided into three parts: the outer
ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.

4. What Each Part Of The Ear Does
• The outer ear takes sound pressure waves from
the outside world and funnels them towards the
eardrum which vibrates and then pushes them
into the middle ear.
• The tiny delicate bones of the middle ear move
to push the sound into the fluid of the cochlea –
a shell-like structure.
• Here the waves are picked up by the brain and
translated into meaningful information which the
brain understands.
• That is – if everything is working properly.

5. The Importance Of The Cochlea
• The cochlea contains 20,000 to 30,000 reed-like
fibers.
• The fibers nearest to the middle ear are short
and stiff.
• As we move further round the cochlea the fibers
get progressively longer and more flexible.
• Each of these fibers has a different resonant
frequency i.e. a pitch at which it vibrates.
• Each sound wave travels along the cochlea until
it reaches the fibers with the same resonant
frequency. Energy is then released.

6. Interpretation By The Brain
• The organ of corti sits on top of the cochlea.
• It contains thousand of hair cells.
• When a sound wave hits the fiber in the cochlea
and releases energy, this energy hits the organ
of corti hair cells at that point.
• This sends an impulse through the cochlear
nerve which sends this to the cerebral cortex
where the brain interprets it.
• The brain is able to interpret the pitch (based on
the position of the hair cells) and the volume
(based on the number of hair cells affected).

7. How Things Go Wrong
• This is great when things are working properly.
• Problems occur when the reed-like fibers in the
cochlea are damaged (which they can be by
exposure to loud noise either suddenly or over a
prolonged period of time).
• If fibers for a particular resonant frequency are
damaged it means that the brain doesn’t receive
a signal for that particular sound.
• It is like hitting a piano key and there being no
sound.

8. How Is Your Brain Causing
Tinnitus?
• In the absence of sound at a certain pitch the
brain compensates and tries to fill in the gaps by
creating phantom sounds.
• The result is the wide variety of noises – which
can be bangs, whistles, whooshing noises,
chirping, buzzing and ringing sounds – that we
know as tinnitus.
• But that isn’t all.
• It now gets itself all agitated by these sounds.
• Why? Because of the limbic system.

9. The Limbic System
• The limbic system of your brain, amongst other things,
deals with your emotional responses.
• The auditory system is wired directly into your brain’s
threat detection system. It totally bypasses the analytical
part of the cortex.
• Your brain filters out sounds that it doesn’t regard as a
threat by making sense of the sounds.
• With tinnitus it can’t make sense of the sounds and puts
you on alert.
• The result is that you go into ‘fight or flight’ mode ready
to fight or run from the danger it perceives as imminent.
• It is operating your primitive safety mechanism.

10. How Long Should I Wait?
• Don’t wait for ages hoping that it will suddenly sort itself
out.
• You do not want to spend any longer than you have to
having sleepless nights and with the noise driving you mad.
• If it has not cleared up within a week go and get it checked
out.
• If it has not been caused by loud noise, an ear infection or
a bang to the head you should try to establish the cause.
• If it has come on suddenly for no reason it is important to
get it checked out as in rare cases tinnitus can be a
symptom of an aneurysm or brain tumor.
• And then you can get on with getting rid of your tinnitus.

11. How Can I Get Rid Of Tinnitus?
• There is a simple system that puts you in
control of your tinnitus instead of it
controlling you.
• It enables you to rid yourself of tinnitus
without drugs and without surgery.
• It puts you back in charge of your health
and well-being.
• It is a permanent solution with no side
effects.

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