Tinnitus/Ringing in the Ears

Tinnitus Assessments

Patients receive a comprehensive audiological evaluations to determine degree and type of hearing loss.
Patients complete questionnaires which enable us to determine what the patients are experiencing and how debilitating the tinnitus is.
Further assessment is done in an attempt to match pitch and loudness of patient’s tinnitus and to determine if tinnitus can be masked by using more comfortable sounds.

Tinnitus Management

Patients with tinnitus and hearing loss have the option of receiving hearing aids with tinnitus masking feature for daily use.
Patients are counseled to consider the use of readily available sound machines with sounds that help to relax and reduce the level of annoyance from their tinnitus.
Patients are enrolled in a course at MSHC on understanding and managing their tinnitus. Patients are learning from instructors and from other tinnitus patients.