Ontdek wat tinnitus inhoudt, welke vormen er bestaan en hoe oorsuizen zich kan uiten.
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.
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 kunnen ‘normale’ geluiden 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:
Oorsuizen komt veel voor bij jongeren na een avond stappen. Op poppodia, festivals en in discotheken wordt vaak gedraaid op een volume dat na tien minuten al acute gehoorschade kan veroorzaken. Ruim 15% van de jongeren tussen 16 en 30 jaar lijdt hierdoor al aan een vorm van permanente gehoorbeschadiging. Door de juiste gehoorbescherming te gebruiken, kun je gehoorschade en de kans op oorsuizen aanzienlijk verkleinen.
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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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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Maak kennis met onze audiciens
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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Gebruik van gehoorbescherming op maat kan helpen om tinnitus te voorkomen. Vanaf 80 dB kan geluid al schadelijk zijn voor uw gehoor.
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Zowel tandenknarsen als kaakklemmen vallen onder de term bruxisme. Dit gebeurt vaak in uw slaap. Wanneer u er niets aan doet, kan er schade ontstaan aan uw kaakgewrichten én aan uw gehoor.
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Tinnitus kan vanzelf weer 'verdwijnen'. Veel mensen hebben weleens een tijdelijke piep in de oren gehad. Soms hangt tinnitus samen met bijvoorbeeld een oorontsteking of met stress. Dan verdwijnt het symptoon tinnitus na enige tijd vanzelf weer. Soms kan tinnitus met een hoortoestel of tinnitusmaskeerder wat onderdrukt worden. Dit biedt verlichting en helpt om te gaan met het oorsuizen.
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.
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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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