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What Causes Ringing Or Buzzing Sound In Ears?

Hello dr, my name is David and recently I have noticed I have a ringing or buzzing sound in my ear and it has been on for some time now. It used to be in my right ear alone but for the past two days it s been in both ears. Please I need advice as I am worried, I have tried to clean it and use ear drops but it s still the same
Thu, 15 Oct 2015
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Hello dear,
After going through your history, I believe you have some genuine concern and I will try to help you out of this situation.

Ringing in the ear signifies the weakness of the auditory nerve ( The nerve for hearing). The signal arising from this weakness is perceived as sound by the brain and when we think about the ringing sensation more, the brain will process it more and more and the discomfort level will rise in due course.

So why your auditory nerve got weakened? 2 factors. (1) May be your age ( You have not mentioned) and (2) there might be some infection in your ear or defect in your drum.

If you are more than 50, You can argue that if age is the factor, then why not all the people of your age are having the same problem. The answer is this phenomenon varies person to person, like when two person get similar injury, they feel different intensity of pain. The solution is : Do not pay attention to the sound so that it will train the brain not to focus to the signal. But it will take months to improve in this method. Secondly try to listen to music when the surrounding is calm. I advise my patient to tune the radio in between two station so that there will be a buzzing sound. Now using the ear lead, the volume should be raised to such level that it will supress the sound coming from ear. This is called as behavioural modification which aims the brain in a positive way. The sound has to be listened for at least ½ hour 3 times daily, than every week the duration should be lowered by 5 minutes. By the end of 2 months you will be cured completely. Along with this therapy you should have red vegetables like TOMATO which contain LYCOPENE ( A potent antioxidant) and Vitamine B-12 supplementation, which will improve the health of nerve.

For the second factor I said, you should visit a nearby ENT specialist for an ear check-up.

I hope I could solve your query. Please do not hesitate to clarify more doubts for the same situation.

Thank you for the way you are in my life.
Dr Ipsit Panda
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What Causes Ringing Or Buzzing Sound In Ears?

Hello dear, After going through your history, I believe you have some genuine concern and I will try to help you out of this situation. Ringing in the ear signifies the weakness of the auditory nerve ( The nerve for hearing). The signal arising from this weakness is perceived as sound by the brain and when we think about the ringing sensation more, the brain will process it more and more and the discomfort level will rise in due course. So why your auditory nerve got weakened? 2 factors. (1) May be your age ( You have not mentioned) and (2) there might be some infection in your ear or defect in your drum. If you are more than 50, You can argue that if age is the factor, then why not all the people of your age are having the same problem. The answer is this phenomenon varies person to person, like when two person get similar injury, they feel different intensity of pain. The solution is : Do not pay attention to the sound so that it will train the brain not to focus to the signal. But it will take months to improve in this method. Secondly try to listen to music when the surrounding is calm. I advise my patient to tune the radio in between two station so that there will be a buzzing sound. Now using the ear lead, the volume should be raised to such level that it will supress the sound coming from ear. This is called as behavioural modification which aims the brain in a positive way. The sound has to be listened for at least ½ hour 3 times daily, than every week the duration should be lowered by 5 minutes. By the end of 2 months you will be cured completely. Along with this therapy you should have red vegetables like TOMATO which contain LYCOPENE ( A potent antioxidant) and Vitamine B-12 supplementation, which will improve the health of nerve. For the second factor I said, you should visit a nearby ENT specialist for an ear check-up. I hope I could solve your query. Please do not hesitate to clarify more doubts for the same situation. Thank you for the way you are in my life. Dr Ipsit Panda