How is tinnitus treated?

How is tinnitus treated?

Jason Hamilton (Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon) gives expert video advice on: How is tinnitus treated?; What can I do to prevent tinnitus or lessen its severity? and more...

Tinnitus can be treated with different medications. Some of them include anti-depressants that help to balance the chemical response in the brain and decrease the tinnitus. Other treatments for tinnitus use maskers, which are similar to hearing aids, that match the pitch and cancel it out. It's like fire fighting fire. Sometimes, the tinnitus is always present but a patient has a hearing loss, so they appreciate the noise more. Giving them a hearing aid so that they can hear ambient noises at a louder volume drowns out the tinnitus, too.