Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Information - Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic

There is no single cause. Many factors such as stress, noise exposure, aging, and hormonal changes may be involved, and what we check depends on which factors are involved.

Tinnitus can appear even when standard tests find nothing unusual. In such cases, we review your previous results together with other test results for an overall assessment.

They can occur together or separately. That is why, in tinnitus care, we check whether hearing loss, dizziness, or ear fullness is also present.

Ear fullness can come with hearing loss, but there are also cases where hearing is normal and only fullness is felt. The two require different tests, so we distinguish them during the examination.

It refers to a sudden drop in hearing. Because the timing of response right after onset matters, we advise getting a hearing test and initial medication at an ENT clinic first or at the same time.

Hearing may gradually decline with age, but the degree and speed vary greatly between individuals. We evaluate not only hearing levels but also speech discrimination and difficulty communicating in daily life.

It may be related to repeated exposure to noise at work or in daily life. In this case, preventing further noise damage comes first.

By accompanying factors and course, tinnitus can be grouped into long-standing tinnitus, stress-related tinnitus, noise-related tinnitus, tinnitus with menopause, tinnitus related to aging and weakness, and anxiety-related tinnitus. The actual cause is confirmed through examination and consultation.

We do not assume that changes in the sound are a bad sign in themselves. In what situations it gets worse is a clue to narrowing down the cause, so we ask about it first during the examination.

Excessive stress or fatigue can appear together with tinnitus, so we check them as accompanying factors. However, stress alone is not the cause.

We do not judge by changes in the sound alone. We also look at changes in daily life — sleep, concentration, anxiety, and ear discomfort — as important indicators of recovery.

We do not judge by duration alone but evaluate your current state. However, if a long time has passed since onset or the damage is severe, the response to treatment may be limited, so after the examination we explain realistic goals and limits together.

It is a symptom in which you feel as if you hear a sound in your ears or head even though there is no external sound. The type and loudness of the sound and where it is heard differ from person to person, and it may come with reduced hearing, dizziness, or ear fullness.

It may appear briefly and disappear, but it can also persist. If it started suddenly or is heard in only one ear, it is better to have it checked without delay. The approach differs depending on whether reduced hearing is also present.

It refers to hearing a sound in time with your heartbeat, and what needs to be checked differs from typical tinnitus. Vascular or structural causes must be looked at first, so we distinguish it through examination and consultation.