Hearing aids and tinnitus
In many cases, tinnitus can be a symptom of high-frequency hearing loss. If you suffer from tinnitus and are diagnosed with hearing loss, tinnitus hearing devices may be an effective treatment option.
Book a free hearing test to see if hearing aids can help. Not sure if you have tinnitus? Take our online test.
There is no fixed cost for a hearing aid that offers tinnitus relief. Like all hearing aids, the price of tinnitus hearing aids will depend on
- Your degree and type of hearing loss
- Your unique listening needs
- The hearing aid model
- The ongoing services and warranties offered with your hearing aid purchase
HearingLife understands that hearing aids are an investment. That’s why we have special offers to help you manage the cost.
In Canada, you need a hearing loss diagnosis from a licensed hearing care professional to buy a hearing aid.
Book a free hearing test today to see if a hearing aid can offer you tinnitus relief.
Best hearing aids for tinnitus
The best hearing aid for tinnitus will have built-in sound therapy.
Before, behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids were the only style that could support this hearing aid feature.
The new Oticon Zeal™ is the first, and currently the only in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid to offer tinnitus sound therapy. It also has advanced noise cancelling to help you focus on the sounds you want to hear.
This hearing aid is ideal for mild to moderately severe hearing loss.
To experience these hearing aids risk free with no upfront cost, book a free hearing test.
How do hearing aids help with tinnitus?
There are two ways that hearing aids help treat tinnitus:
- Built-in sound therapy
- Hearing loss treatment
You may find relief from tinnitus by playing white noise or other less intrusive sound.
The sound eliminates or reduces your awareness of the ringing in your ears. This is known as tinnitus masking or sound therapy.
Tinnitus hearing aids have built-in sound therapy programs. These programs can be adjusted via app to best suit your needs.
Hearing aids can also treat your tinnitus by treating your hearing loss. This is because tinnitus is often a symptom of damage to the inner ear that causes your loss of hearing.
When you wear your hearing aids every day, they may lessen the impact of tinnitus when it is time to sleep.
In most cases, you should avoid wearing your hearings aids while you sleep. Wearing a hearing aid to sleep may
- Reduce its battery life
- Cause skin irritation or soreness around the ear
- Damage the device
Overtime, your brain may learn to quiet the ringing in your ears. This is because its ability to do so is being stretched and flexed during your daytime when you wear hearing aids.
Help may be just a button click away. Book your free hearing test to see how hearing aids can help your tinnitus.
Online Tinnitus Test
People with this condition often experience hearing loss too. Our quick online test can help you test for tinnitus and understand what you can do about it if you have tinnitus/hearing loss.
Your result:
Indications of tinnitus and hearing loss
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Your result:
Indications of hearing loss
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Book FREE hearing testYour result:
Symptoms of tinnitus indicated
* The result of the test may only be used for guidance. Official conclusions about hearing loss/tinnitus can be provided by our certified hearing care experts.
Your result:
No tinnitus or hearing loss indicated
Your answers indicate that you do not have tinnitus - or that you have non-bothersome tinnitus that is not currently affecting your everyday life. If you experience symptoms of tinnitus in the future, we recommend visiting your local health care provider.
* The result of the test may only be used for guidance. Official conclusions about hearing loss/tinnitus can be provided by our certified hearing care experts.
Katie graduated with a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Degree, with Distinction, from the University of Western Ontario in 2006, followed by a Master's degree in Audiology from the same institution in 2008. Upon completing her studies, she began providing hearing healthcare as an Audiologist at various HearingLife clinics in the Waterloo Region, eventually settling at the Cambridge HearingLife clinic, where she has helped her clients experience better hearing for over 13 years.
Alongside her role as Senior Manager, Audiology at HearingLife, she has been a Part-Time Professor at Conestoga College in the Hearing Instrument Specialist program since 2019, teaching both Clinical Principles 1 and 2 courses.
Sources
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