Meniere’s Disease
This disease of the inner ear can cause tinnitus through a disruption in the ears’ fluid systems. Usually, this type of tinnitus only occurs in one ear, although it can happen in both. Vertigo is another symptom of Meniere’s disease.
TMJ Disorders
Damage or disorder of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can often cause tinnitus as a result of pain and stress surrounding the area where your lower jaw connects to your skill.
Acoustic Neuroma
While rare, this specific type of brain tumor can grow on the nerve that regulates your hearing, causing your body to generate sounds that aren’t there, including tinnitus. This is another cause that generally results in only one ear being affected.
This disease of the inner ear can cause tinnitus through a disruption in the ears’ fluid systems. Usually, this type of tinnitus only occurs in one ear, although it can happen in both. Vertigo is another symptom of Meniere’s disease.
TMJ Disorders
Damage or disorder of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can often cause tinnitus as a result of pain and stress surrounding the area where your lower jaw connects to your skill.
Acoustic Neuroma
While rare, this specific type of brain tumor can grow on the nerve that regulates your hearing, causing your body to generate sounds that aren’t there, including tinnitus. This is another cause that generally results in only one ear being affected.
Head/Neck Cancer
Other types of tumors in the head and neck can disrupt blood flow to the ears, or put pressure on nerves or the bones of the ear. Tinnitus can result from these growths due to faulty information from your nervous system, or due to changes in blood flow in your ears.
Atherosclerosis
Narrowing of the blood vessels in the ear, caused by high cholesterol or other arterial diseases, can result in the sound of blood flow in the ears to become louder, as the vessels cannot expand and contract as efficiently as they used to. In this type of tinnitus, you may actually be hearing your heartbeat.
High Blood Pressure
Like narrowed blood vessels, high blood pressure can cause you to hear the sounds of blood pumping in your ear. If your heart is beating hard and fast, you may sometimes hear the pulsating noise as tinnitus. High blood pressure can also lead to narrowed blood vessels, worsening the problem.
Vitamin Deficiency
While the precise mechanism is unknown, not getting enough Vitamin A or Vitamin B12 can cause tinnitus. These deficiencies can have other, more serious effects on your heath, so it’s important to remedy the deficiency if that’s the cause of your tinnitus.
Capillary Malformation
AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, can cause kinks or narrow areas in the small blood vessels in your ear to form, resulting in a type of tinnitus described as a “wooshing” noise.
Head Trauma
Ringing in the ears may be caused by a hard hit to the head, and can be due to broken bones, issues with blood vessel, nerve or brain damage, and can be a sign of a concussion. You should see a medical professional after experiencing any head trauma, but if the impact resulted in tinnitus, you will definitely want to get it checked out to avoid further complications.
Other types of tumors in the head and neck can disrupt blood flow to the ears, or put pressure on nerves or the bones of the ear. Tinnitus can result from these growths due to faulty information from your nervous system, or due to changes in blood flow in your ears.
Atherosclerosis
Narrowing of the blood vessels in the ear, caused by high cholesterol or other arterial diseases, can result in the sound of blood flow in the ears to become louder, as the vessels cannot expand and contract as efficiently as they used to. In this type of tinnitus, you may actually be hearing your heartbeat.
High Blood Pressure
Like narrowed blood vessels, high blood pressure can cause you to hear the sounds of blood pumping in your ear. If your heart is beating hard and fast, you may sometimes hear the pulsating noise as tinnitus. High blood pressure can also lead to narrowed blood vessels, worsening the problem.
Vitamin Deficiency
While the precise mechanism is unknown, not getting enough Vitamin A or Vitamin B12 can cause tinnitus. These deficiencies can have other, more serious effects on your heath, so it’s important to remedy the deficiency if that’s the cause of your tinnitus.
Capillary Malformation
AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, can cause kinks or narrow areas in the small blood vessels in your ear to form, resulting in a type of tinnitus described as a “wooshing” noise.
Head Trauma
Ringing in the ears may be caused by a hard hit to the head, and can be due to broken bones, issues with blood vessel, nerve or brain damage, and can be a sign of a concussion. You should see a medical professional after experiencing any head trauma, but if the impact resulted in tinnitus, you will definitely want to get it checked out to avoid further complications.
