How To Find Relief For Ear Ringing

How to Get Tinnitus Relief

Severe tinnitus, or ear ringing, is a common but difficult-to-treat affliction. While there is no medical cure for tinnitus, various treatments and options are available. The following list of ideas can help you better manage your symptoms and get tinnitus relief.

Here Are My Tinnitis Survival Tips

A person affected by ear ringing should avoid exposure to excessively loud noise for any length of time. This is a general rule: If you are affected by tinnitus and the noise levels in the room is loud enough that you must raise your voice to be heard, you should either leave the room or use ear plugs. Many people find using small earplugs in crowded or noisy environments provides effective tinnitus relief.

Tinnitus sufferers should avoid ototoxic drugs (drugs that have a harmful effect on the organs or nerves connected with hearing and balance). These medications include:

Aminoglycoside antibiotics when given intravenously or by injection. Common names for this group of antibiotics include Gentamicin, Streptomycin, Amilkacin, Neomycin and Tobramycin.
Quinine-based anti-malarial's (Choroquine) or anti-arrhythmic's (Quinidine)
Platinum-based Chemotherapeutic agents (Cisplatin) Some physicians suggest avoiding the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin) or the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Relafen (nabumetone).

Many ear ringing sufferers will often play some sort of background noise in an effort to hide the tinnitus. Tinnitis sufferers find that in a silent room their tinnitis is amplified. It is thus advisable for people experiencing tinnitus to avoid total silence.

Experts advise tinnitus patients to hold the ears close to the head and use the thumbs and index fingers to massage the outer edges of both ears, including the earlobes.

Many have found a lowering of the tinnitus noises is brought about by doing something that increases the blood circulation to the head. Recommended exercise such as running, speed walking, swimming, cycling and aerobic activities.

Many tinnitus sufferers find relaxation and meditation techniques to be useful in providing tinnitus relief. Obviously not all of these techniques will work for you so experiment a bit and find one that you are happy with and that does the job for you.
Tinnitus counsellers recommend using mediation or soft, soothing music.