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Pulsatile Tinnitus….. By Dr. Richard Reikowski Au.D Family Hearing and Balance Center

Stormy Winds Leveling Huge Waves Flat

Pulsatile tinnitus is ringing in the ears that has a pulsing sound quality. Often this may be similar or coincide with a patient’s heart beat. Pulsatile tinnitus can create a great deal of negative affects on a person’s quality of life including distraction from every day events, wanting to limit time in quiet areas instead of wanting to have noise or music near them, as well as loss of sleep. Improvements can be made to reduce the negative affects of this severe form of tinnitus. These improvements result in a change of a patient’s attention to the unwanted noises. To reduce the attention to the tinnitus is a great start to changing the negative connections associated with tinnitus, as well as pulsatile tinnitus. We have found various digital devices to be successful, whether the patient has or has no hearing loss associated.

Through our efforts of regular visits with tinnitus patients, we gain a better understanding of the condition and outcomes to be expected. Documentation and close monitoring of these patients allow for a wonderful connectivity between patient and doctor of audiology professional. In this, a relationship is created to have an open and real conversation of what was traditionally a discussion with no optimism of changing a person’s ringing in the ears. Our practice is dedicated to offer insight and potential solutions for people having tinnitus. Each patient is unique, and we understand and respect this.

 


 

Written by:
Rich
Published on:
August 31, 2016
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7 Comments

Categories: Blog Categories Go Here, Community Outreach, Educational, Miscellaneous, New Technology, Patient care, Philosophy, Slider, Tinnitus, UncategorizedTags: American Tinnitus Association, ASHA American Speech and Hearing Association, audiograms, Audiologist, audiology, Dr. Richard S. Reikowski, dr.richard reikowski, ear doctor, family hearing and balance center.cardinal hearing centers, gnresound, Hearing Aids, hearing doctor, hearing loss, Hearing Testing, neuromonics, Noise in the ears, Pulsatile Tinnitus, Pulsing tinnitus, Summa Care, Tinnitus assessment and Tinnitus Treatment

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  1. Marie

    September 1, 2016 at 3:22 pm

    Very interesting.

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    • Dr. Reikowski

      September 20, 2016 at 10:28 am

      Thank you Mary!

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  2. Joanne

    September 1, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    It’s amazing how much knowledge and information is now available for tinnitus. This is very interesting and with more knowledge and understanding comes better help that our audiologists are able to provide for people suffering from this awful condition.

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    • Dr. Reikowski

      September 20, 2016 at 10:30 am

      Joanne,
      So true! There is a vast amount of knowledge on tinnitus!

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    • Dr. Reikowski

      September 20, 2016 at 10:30 am

      Joanne,
      So true! There is a vast amount of knowledge on tinnitus!

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  3. Gail

    September 7, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    Tinnitus can be very disturbing. I think it’s great that we now have ways to manage it and provide relief.

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    • Dr. Reikowski

      September 20, 2016 at 10:40 am

      Gail,
      Yes, it certainly can. Tinnitus affects many and we can do our best to help.

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