Tinnitus is een vorm van gehoorschade. Mensen met deze aandoening horen geluiden zonder dat ze er zijn. Deze geluiden lopen sterk uiteen, maar de bekende 'piep in het oor' is een bekende. Er zijn ook mensen die een fluit, zoemend geluid of een suis horen. Daarnaast wordt soms ook een brommend geluid waargenomen. Tinnitus ontstaat doordat trilharen in het binnenoor beschadigd raken. Soms door ziekte, soms natuurlijk. Maar tinnitus ontstaat ook regelmatig door blootstelling aan harde geluiden.
Tinnitus is te herkennen aan het ervaren van een piepgeluid in uw oor. Geschat wordt dat meer dan een miljoen mensen tinnitus hebben. Hoe weet u of u tinnitus heeft? Lees hier meer over het herkennen van de symptomen.
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Tinnitus kan verschillende oorzaken hebben. De mees voorkomende oorzaak is (langdurige) blootstelling aan te harde geluiden. Maar ook bepaalde infectieziekten kunnen tinnitus veroorzaken. Lees hier meer over de oorzaken van tinnitus.
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Het ervaren van een kloppend geluid in het oor wordt ook wel pulserende tinnitus genoemd. Pulserende tinnitus kent meerdere oorzaken zoals stress, zware inspanning, zwangerschap maar ook fysieke problemen.
Meer weten over pulserende tinnitus?
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Mensen met tinnitus horen meestal continu een geluid dat er feitelijk niet is. Sommigen ervaren zelfs pijn. Velen worden overgevoelig voor de geluiden om hen heen. Voor anderen ‘normale’ geluiden kunnen enorm irriterend zijn. Veel mensen met tinnitus leren redelijk snel omgaan met de aandoening. Maar op andere mensen heeft tinnitus grote impact, ook op het sociale leven.
We kennen twee categorieën: subjectieve en objectieve tinnitus:
Tinnitus heeft voor veel mensen een behoorlijke impact op het leven. De aandoening kan concentratieproblemen, vermoeidheid of depressie met zich meebrengen. Kan tinnitus behandeld worden? Lees meer over onze oplossingen.
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Een tinnitusmaskeerder (ruismaskeerder) is een apparaatje om mogelijk tinnitusklachten te verminderen. Veel hoortoestellen hebben een ingebouwde tinnitusmaskeerder. Lees hoe een tinnitusmaskeerder u zou kunnen helpen.
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Vragen over Tinnitus
Tinnitus is een vorm van gehoorschade. Mensen met Tinnitus horen geluiden zonder dat er een geluidsbron aanwezig is. De bekende 'piep in het oor' of 'oorsuizen' zijn veelgehoorde klachten.
Vaak is lawaai de boosdoener. Maar ook een te hoge bloeddruk of een infectieziekte kan Tinnitus veroorzaken.
Lees meer informatie over Tinnitus op onze website.
U kunt werken met tinnitus. Tinnitus (en gehoorverlies) kan wel een negatieve invloed hebben op de mogelijkheid tot werken. Tinnitus kan concentratieproblemen, vermoeidheid of depressie met zich meebrengen. Aan de andere kant kan werken bij mensen met tinnitus juist voor afleiding en sociale contacten zorgen.
Een hoortoestel of tinnitusmaskeerder kan verlichting bieden en helpen om te gaan met oorsuizen.
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