Definition: - Tinnitus is an acute disorder of ear where subject reports constant humming or ringing in ear leading to partial or permanent damage to hearing.
How does it happen: - There can be various reasons for loss of hearing, but when a subject suffers from a hearing loss due to Tinnitus then the reasons may vary,
1) Tinnitus can be caused by heavy metal or rock music or sound waves hitting our eardrum passing through ear pinna at 70 decibels in the lowest order to the astronomical limits, consequently our ear drum bursts and stops functioning for further transmitting, the sound waves to the cochlea and auditory nerves connected to brain.
2) Tinnitus can further be caused by the head injury, which damages the nerves which are connected to the cochlea. Thus in this case the external mechanism is well intact, but the internal mechanism is disrupted.
3) Sometimes due to heavy shock waves generated by various industries like jet, fabrication and casting industry or the industry of music makes dramatic changes in the fluid of cochlea leading to partial or permanent auditory loss in an individual. Heavy explosions as is in war period or terror strikes may also lead a subject to Tinnitus. There are many chances of you being exposed to Tinnitus if you are a disco jockey and in constant touch of heavy music.
Symptoms of Tinnitus: - There are many symptoms of tinnitus, but the primary and the permanent symptom is humming or perpetual ringing sound heard by the subject at all times which only he can perceive.
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