Tinnitus – The Ear Ringing Disorder
When Tinnitus sufferes are surrounded by a very loud noise, they can hear a resounding ringing in the ears or loud buzzing sound. People with tinnitus are affected by unbearable loud sounds, even though these sounds are not bothersome to others. With the use of a brain-imaging device called the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging or fMRI, researchers find out that the hearing centers in the brain of people with tinnitus are more active than normal people. This means that their hearing a more sensitive to sounds than normal.
The ear ringing disorder may be classified into five types. First is the tonal type characterized by continuous ringing in the ears akin to one single note playing like a broken record. Then there’s the pulsatile tinnitus with continuing pulses in synchrony with a person’s heartbeat. In the tinnitus of the third kind, sustained roaring, buzzing, ringing, whistling, or hissing is experienced. The fourth tinnitus type is marked by beeping sounds similar to Morse code signals or musical notes. In the fifth, and probably the worst type, many different kinds of noises are heard all at the same time.
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