Do nerve tinnitus do those examinations?

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Nervous tinnitus can also be called sensorineural tinnitus, which emphasizes the subjective feelings of patients. In fact, it refers to the abnormal sound sensation produced by people without any external stimulation, such as the monotonous or mixed sound such as cicada chirping, buzzing, hissing, etc. in the ear. So what kind of examination should we do for nervous tinnitus, Let's find out.

Do nerve tinnitus do those examinations?

Patients with nervous tinnitus can do a lot of examinations. First of all, they need to have a routine examination of the ear, that is, ordinary examination, electric otoscopy, and pure tone audiometry. It can objectively evaluate the functional state of the patient's auditory system. If people have hearing impairment, the initial assessment of the degree of hearing impairment is based on electric audiometry, If there is any abnormality, it can be found at the first time.

Patients can also have acoustic admittance test, which is the reciprocal of acoustic impedance. The content of this test includes: tympanic acoustic admittance test, tympanic muscle reflex, Eustachian tube function test, etc. it should be selected according to the patients themselves. It can also carry out auditory brainstem evoked potential, which is short sound brainstem evoked potential. However, this test is relatively slow and is a diagnostic test, Can diagnose the patient's nervous tinnitus is what kind of degree.

Patients with nervous tinnitus can also carry out otoacoustic emission, which is like an "acoustic probe". It can provide a window for the clinic to directly understand the mechanical activity of cochlea, especially outer hair cells. It is of great significance to guide clinical treatment and prevention. It can also carry out masking test, which is to use narrow-band noise, white noise and pure tone masking, There are also lidocar experiment, imaging examination and other examination methods.

matters needing attention

Patients with nervous tinnitus can carry out these examinations as soon as possible. Only in this way can we make a good diagnosis of the treatment plan and recover as soon as possible. Don't miss the best treatment period. At this time, we should use less earphones to listen to songs and reduce the stimulation to the ears. Patients should not give themselves too much psychological pressure, which is not conducive to treatment.