![]() If you choose to see a counsellor privately, do make sure they are suitably qualified. Both online and in-person sessions can help. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has been proven to be the most tested and effective treatment for tinnitus. Some people find choosing to talk to a counsellor helpful. There are local and online support groups you can join. Personal contact with others in the same situation can be very useful. Exploring practical ways to reduce stress can be helpful, perhaps by doing some breathing exercises or a meditation exercise from an app. Stress plays a big role in the development and persistence of tinnitus. You can also use hearing aid apps that play quiet background noise. Natural sounds, a fan, music, or the radio played at a lower level than your tinnitus can encourage the brain to listen to the more interesting sound instead of the tinnitus. If COVID has left you with hearing loss as well as tinnitus, which is quite common, then fitting hearing aids, and wearing them regularly, will help with both conditions. ![]() Many people find that combining techniques works better than just using one thing. These techniques may take time before you notice a change, and you will need to practise them regularly (every day is best). There are various things you can try that may help the management of your tinnitus. Because everyone’s tinnitus is different, what works for one person may not work for someone else. There are lots of things you can do yourself to make it less disturbing or even encourage it to go away. There isn’t any medication that you can take for tinnitus, and there is not yet a cure for the condition. Return to Top What can I do for my tinnitus? It is important to remember that it does get better for most people, even if this is a slow process. However, others may still experience tinnitus weeks or months afterwards. It has been shown in some people who have had COVID that the ringing in their ears only lasts a couple of days. It is impossible to predict how long this process will take. In most cases, tinnitus improves or even goes away with time because the brain ‘forgets’ it is listening to the sound. Return to Top How long will my tinnitus last? While the brain is figuring out what’s happening, it sometimes forgets to cancel out sounds or it focuses on certain noises by mistake. This ‘new thing’ might be an infection, a problem with our hearing or when we’re worried about something. When something new happens, the brain must think about that instead. While we don’t know for sure what causes tinnitus, these are some of the most common causes: Normally it ignores all the sounds that are not important such as clocks ticking. The brain listens to all the sounds going on around us and then decides which ones it wants to listen to. Tinnitus can still be present after having a virus. ![]() Tinnitus can be caused by other viral infections too, not just ear infections. Research has shown that COVID may cause tinnitus. ![]() Sometimes you may not notice it and at other times it may be troublesome. Some people hardly notice the sound, but for others it can be very distressing, and have a big impact on their quality of life, affecting their mood, sleep and concentration. The sound is made by the hearing system in the brain, not by the ears.Įveryone’s experience of tinnitus is different. ![]() Tinnitus is when you experience ringing, buzzing or other noises in one or both of your ears or your head that isn’t from background noises such as the radio, traffic or your washing machine. ![]()
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