KNBN NewsCenter1
April 28, 2021
RAPID CITY — Persistent tinnitus affects nearly 25,000 Americans, found most often in those with some form of hearing loss. Everything from prescription medications to vascular diseases to normal hearing loss from age has been linked to tinnitus, and it is one of the most common service-related disabilities among veterans.
“Tinnitus is one of the most common complaints hearing patients have, just because it can be so hard to pinpoint,” says Cassandra Garver, owner of Lifetime Hearing Solutions.
One of the reasons tinnitus is so difficult to treat is because every person experiences tinnitus differently. Descriptions range from clicks, pulses, hums, and ringing, and can be nearly constant or extremely infrequent with no obvious pattern. Diagnosing tinnitus is usually very quick once a doctor hears a patient’s symptoms, but finding the underlying cause is often a much more difficult task.