Types of Tinnitus

Knowing what types of tinnitus exist is key in successfully treating your tinnitus.

Types of TinnitusThere are many types of tinnitus; here are some of the more recognized types of tinnitus. Discovering, better yet learning the types of tinnitus is step 1 of any effective treatment and also may suggest which treatment to pursue to get true tinnitus relief.

If you hear ringing, buzzing, roaring, clicking, whistling or hissing sounds when no such sounds are present or heard by others around you then are experiencing tinnitus.

Which types of tinnitus do you suffer from?

Subjective Tinnitus

  • Here we have one of the more common types of tinnitus. This is where the ringing or wheezing sound is heard only by the person who suffers from Tinnitus, in other words only the patient hears the sounds.

Objective Tinnitus

  • This is where the doctor also hears the sounds. This is done with the help of acoustic instruments that the doctor is able to hear these sounds.

Somatic Tinnitus

  • This is one of the types of tinnitus where the patient hears noises that originate outside of the ear.

Chronic Sinusitis Tinnitus

  • Out of all the types of tinnitus, this condition is caused by the thickened mucus trapped within the middle ear space.

Tonal Tinnitus

  • Within the many types of tinnitus this is often referred as “ringing in the ears.” Tonal Tinnitus produces a consistent and continuous sound over and over again.

Pulsatile Tinnitus

  • This type of tinnitus involves an ear noise that unlike Tonal Tinnitus that is a continuous sound, this is one of the types of tinnitus where a person experiences a rhythmic pulsing noise that in many times coordinates with their heartbeat. Like Vascular Tinnitus, Pulsatile Tinnitus is related to a person’s blood flow and make up of about 3% of Tinnitus cases.

Muscular Tinnitus

  • Unlike the other types of tinnitus this tinnitus is caused by spasm from one of the two muscles that are attached to the middle ear bone or may result from the muscle attached to the Eustachian tube which the channel that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose.

Vascular Tinnitus

  • After performing strenuous exercises or perhaps when a person has a high fever or ear infection they may not only feel their heartbeat but hear it, this is normal under these circumstances. But when you routinely hear your heartbeat without performing exercises or experiencing a fever or ear infection then you may have Vascular Tinnitus. This is one of the types of tinnitus is believed to be the result of the blood vessels thickening.

External Ear Tinnitus

  • This has the presence of Pusatile Tinnitus in where a person hears the same pulsating sound however the cause if from obstruction from either ear wax or foreign object. Also swelling within the ear may cause external ear Tinnitus.

Middle Ear Tinnitus

  • This is more like a hearing impairment that my lead to a head noise. This is one of the types of tinnitus that is caused from an allergy, ear infection or injury.

Nerve Pathway Tinnitus

  • Here we have one of the types of tinnitus where the small hair cells that serve to transform fluid waves into nerve impulses begin to swell. This delicate pathway is then impaired from the slightest swelling of the small hair cells unlike some of the other types of tinnitus resulting into a hearing impairment. This is one of the types of tinnitus that may be caused by infection, allergy, and sudden exposure to loud sounds or high levels of noise.

We have just identified 11 different types of tinnitus. Not only does tinnitus consist of different types but there are different Causes of Tinnitus as well. To begin any effective treatment you must properly define which one of the types of tinnitus you suffer from.

Now that you are familiar with the types of tinnitus here is more information about overcoming ear ringing Tinnitus


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