{"id":198,"date":"2018-12-04T00:19:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~entpuyal\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-facts\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:45:36","slug":"tinnitus-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/entpuyallup.com\/hearing-center\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinnitus Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sounds that are not there. If you are suffering from a ringing, buzzing, whooshing or clicking in your ears, you are not alone. Over 50 million Americans report some degree of tinnitus.&nbsp; There are many potential causes, including head injury, medication side effects and some diseases, but tinnitus is typically the result of damage to the auditory system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/entpuyallup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/medium-iStock-1029343276-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-683\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tinnitus may sound different to everyone. Sounds can vary in volume and may present as a buzzing, humming, whistling or other noise.<\/li><li>Almost two million people suffer from severe tinnitus that interferes with daily activities.<\/li><li>Nearly 12 million people have tinnitus so severe they seek medical attention. <\/li><li>Tinnitus and hearing loss go hand in hand; 90 percent of those suffering from tinnitus also have some degree of hearing loss.<\/li><li>Nearly 40 percent of those with tinnitus experience the symptoms at least 80 percent of their day.<\/li><li>Around 60 percent of veterans returning from war report tinnitus. <\/li><li>More than 200 drugs are known to cause tinnitus as a side effect.<\/li><li>There are two types of tinnitus \u2013 subjective and objective. Subjective is tinnitus only you can hear; objective can be heard by your audiologist. <\/li><li>More than 99 percent of all causes of tinnitus are subjective. <\/li><li>Stress and anxiety may contribute to tinnitus. <\/li><li>Cigarette smoke may be harmful to your ears. Studies have linked the toxic chemicals found in the smoke with chronic ear infections and tinnitus. <\/li><li>There are several groups of people who are at higher risk of developing tinnitus: those who work around loud machinery, musicians, hunters, senior citizens, military personnel and cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Call <span class=\"company-name \">Ear Nose Throat &amp; Allergy Associates Puyallup<\/span> at <a href=\"tel:+12537709000\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(253) 770-9000<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sounds that are not there. If you are suffering from a ringing, buzzing, whooshing or clicking in your ears, you are not alone. Over 50 million Americans report some degree of tinnitus.&nbsp; There are many potential causes, including head injury, medication side effects and some diseases, but tinnitus is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":178,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","allergy-mon1":"","allergy-mon2":"","allergy-tue1":"","allergy-tue2":"","allergy-wed1":"","allergy-wed2":"","allergy-thu1":"","allergy-thu2":"","allergy-fri1":"","allergy-fri2":"","allergy-sat1":"","allergy-sat2":"","allergy-sun1":"","allergy-sun2":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tinnitus Facts - Ear Nose Throat &amp; Allergy Associates Puyallup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/entpuyallup.com\/hearing-center\/tinnitus\/tinnitus-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinnitus Facts - Ear Nose Throat &amp; Allergy Associates Puyallup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sounds that are not there. 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