Meniere’s disease and the tinnitus masker

Tinnitus goes along with the vast majority of meniere’s patients. The constant ringing is nerve wracking and doesn’t ever seem to stop. Thankfully I don’t have much of a problem with tinnitus yet. One way to get relief from the never ending sound is by using a tinnitus masker.


The sound that is usually associated with tinnitus is a ringing sound. But the sound varies from patient to patient. The sound that I usually get is more of a wind hissing sound. And the sound always comes from my bad ear, the one that has the meniere’s. But it should be noted that you can have tinnitus without meniere’s. It can be a result of medication, being hit on the head, even a buildup of ear wax can cause it. Although tinnitus is very annoying it doesn’t have any effect on your general health. What it does to your emotional state is another matter.

Of course the most important question is what cures it. There are host of treatments, such as biofeedback, drug therapy, vitamin and supplement therapy and a thing called a tinnitus masker.

Quite awhile back I wrote a post on things that help with tinnitus and one those things was a tinnitus masker. It seems that it is like a tiny hearing aid that blocks out the ringing of tinnitus. Apparently that sound is easier to deal with then the irritating noise that you get with tinnitus. The concept is similar to playing a sound machine at night to block excess noise that can be annoying. As with most devices they don’t work for everybody.

For more information, go to the American Tinnitus Association.