For many people with tinnitus, controlling symptoms involves changing aspects of their lifestyle. They cut out unhealthy foods, tobacco and caffeine. They reduce their stress. They limit exposure to loud noises. But what if you could treat your tinnitus by adding something to your routine? And what if that thing you added was the very thing you were trying to get rid of in … [Read more...]
The Best Hearing Protection Methods
Most of us grow up well-versed in important preventive health care measures. Even small children know tips and tricks for keeping chronic illness at bay. Eat your fruits and vegetables. Get plenty of exercise and plenty of rest. Cover your mouth when you cough. Wash your hands often. But what about our hearing? Most of us take our hearing for granted, especially when … [Read more...]
Did You Know Oscar-Nominated Movie, Baby Driver Brings Awareness to Tinnitus and Hearing Loss?
In Hollywood, perfection is the name of the game. Blockbuster movies cast beautiful, healthy, able-bodied actors and actresses to portray loveable characters overcoming harrowing obstacle who then manage to see their problems resolved in a neat and tidy fashion in about 120 minutes. It’s an entertaining formula, but it’s not true to life. Where are the stories we don’t see? The … [Read more...]
Five Must Know Tinnitus Facts to Better Manage Your Symptoms
“Feed a cold, starve a fever.” “Eating chocolate gives you zits.” “Don’t raise your arms over your head if you are pregnant.” “Forgetting your jacket on a cold day will cause pneumonia.” When it comes to our health, there’s good information and then there’s the bad. Good information usually comes to us as facts and advice from our doctors, verified medical guides … [Read more...]
Besides Aspirin, What Other Medications Can Lead to a Flare Up in Your Tinnitus Symptoms?
One of the things that makes tinnitus so frustrating for patients and healthcare providers alike is it’s extremely difficult to pin down what brought on the symptoms in the first place. Could it be years of damage from wearing your headphones that were turned up too loud? Tension from stress at work? Leftover damage from the neck injury you got when you fell off your bike? … [Read more...]