Tinnitus Symptoms in Children
Children’s tinnitus can be hard to spot because they are so young. Discover here how to spot the symptoms of tinnitus in your child and the treatment options available to you.
Tinnitus symptoms in children are much the same as for anybody with tinnitus, e.g. ringing, buzzing, whooshing, hissing, roaring, knocking, ticking, etc. Sometimes there can be things like nausea, dizziness and vertigo, among others.
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Tinnitus in children, more or less, happens for many of the same reasons as tinnitus in adults, but not all. For example, ear infections, impacted wax, head / neck trauma, glue ear, sinus infections / problems, etc.
One of the most common is hearing damaged due to exposure to loud noises. More and more kids nowadays are damaging their hearing through using iPods, MP3 players, etc. constantly plugged into their ears and played at way too high levels. This damage then causes them to experience classic tinnitus symptoms.
Now, tinnitus in children can be very problematic to spot. The reason being that if the child is born with the condition they aren’t aware that the noises they are hearing aren’t normal. And, of course, at a very young age they aren’t able to verbalise that they have a problem, even if they understood that they had one in the first place.
Many times, the first sign is spotted by the parents who start to suspect that their child may have a hearing problem. It will probably be at this time that, after medical tests have confirmed hearing problems, that tinnitus may also be diagnosed. Either because the child is eventually able to describe the sounds, or, through a special audio test, the sounds themselves can actually be heard by the professional carrying out the test.
You see, there are two types of tinnitus; subjective and objective. The first is by far the most common, and occurs when only the sufferer can hear the noises, even if a tester uses special audio equipment to listen for the noises. The second is when both the sufferer and the tester can hear the noises; the tester using the special audio equipment to do so.
If you suspect anything at all, you must consult your doctor, who will gather as much information from you as possible, and arrange for special tests to be carried out.
Typical everyday treatments for tinnitus are things like the use of hearing aids, audio maskers, white noise generators, bio-feedback, tinnitus retraining therapy, drugs, and more. Your doctor will be able to advise on suitability, depending on the age of your child.
There are alternative remedies too; things such as herbal, vitamin, mineral and homeopathy remedies. More and more sufferers are turning to these. Once again, you must seek your doctor’s advice, before embarking on them.
There are also certain ‘techniques’ that can be practised to help clear tinnitus. There are many out there, but there is one report that explains how to use 11 special techniques, either singly or in different combinations, to help defeat tinnitus.
