In daily life, many people will complain that there is a "beep" sound in their ears, which will even hinder sleep and work seriously, making people feel bored and helpless. This may be "tinnitus". When tinnitus occurs, most of them are high-pitched cicadas, and a few are whistles, whistles, rumbles and clicks.

March 3rd every year is "National Ear Love Day" and "World Listening Day". This year's theme is: access to hearing care for all.

The main cause of tinnitus

1. cerumen embolization: "cerumen" is commonly known as "earwax", and the "cerumen gland" of the external auditory canal can secrete cerumen, and a proper amount of cerumen can protect the external auditory canal. When cerumen embolism occurs in the external auditory canal, you should go to the hospital for cerumen softening in time, and then wash the external auditory canal. Never dig it out yourself, so as not to cause external auditory canal injury or tympanic membrane perforation.

2. Middle ear diseases: Middle ear diseases such as otitis media and cholesteatoma can also cause tinnitus. If the temporal bone CT indicates middle ear lesions, you should seek medical attention in time and don't delay treatment if necessary.

3. Inner ear diseases: sudden deafness, Meniere's disease, senile deafness and drug-induced deafness are more common. If tinnitus symptoms appear for a long time, you need to go to the hospital to do relevant examinations, clarify the cause and treat the symptoms.

Tinnitus examination

At present, the Otolaryngology Department of Liqun Hospital in Putuo District has a variety of related examination methods for tinnitus caused by different reasons, such as pure tone audiometry, acoustic immittance, middle ear function analysis, brain stem evoked potential, otoacoustic reflex and internal auditory canal ct, temporal bone CT, internal auditory canal MRI, etc.

Treatment of tinnitus

If tinnitus occurs, professional diagnosis and symptomatic treatment are needed. Tinnitus caused by different reasons has different treatment methods. For example, at present, the otolaryngology department of the hospital has low-frequency pulse electrical stimulation therapy, positive and negative ear pressure therapy and so on.

Otolaryngology clinic hours

Every Monday to Friday at 8: 00 am-165438+0: 30 pm13: 30-16: 30.

Vestibular function examination every Wednesday morning (appointment)