Understand tinnitus.
Reduce its impact.
Learn what tinnitus is, why it may occur, how it can affect everyday life and the approaches that may help make it less intrusive.
Tinnitus Centre
Understanding the Sound Only You Can Hear
Tinnitus is the perception of sound when there is no corresponding external sound source. It may be described as ringing, buzzing, humming, hissing or another sound and can be occasional or persistent.
Ringing & Buzzing
Tinnitus is often described as ringing or buzzing in one ear, both ears or somewhere within the head.
Hissing & Humming
Some people hear hissing, humming, whistling or tonal sounds rather than a conventional ring.
Pulsing or Other Sounds
Tinnitus experiences vary. The sound, intensity, pattern and level of disturbance can differ significantly from person to person.
What Can Be Associated with Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease itself.
Tinnitus can occur alongside hearing loss and may also be associated with noise exposure, ear or middle-ear problems, certain medicines and other medical factors. Assessment helps build a clearer picture of the hearing system and whether another referral may be appropriate.
Tinnitus may affect
more than hearing
The Tinnitus Management Pathway
Understand. Assess. Manage. Review.
1. Understand Your Tinnitus
We explore when tinnitus began, how it sounds, when it is most noticeable and how it affects sleep, concentration or wellbeing.
2. Assess Hearing
A hearing assessment can identify whether hearing loss or another audiological factor is present alongside tinnitus.
3. Build a Management Plan
Management may combine education, sound-based approaches, hearing technology and psychological strategies depending on individual needs.
4. Review & Adapt
Follow-up helps assess what is working, refine strategies and support longer-term adjustment.
Understand
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Assess
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Manage
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Review
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Reduce Impact
Approaches to Tinnitus Management
Hearing Aids
Where hearing loss is present, amplification may make tinnitus less noticeable by improving access to everyday environmental sound.
Sound Therapy
Background or therapeutic sound may help reduce the contrast between tinnitus and silence.
TRT & Counselling
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and counselling approaches can support habituation and reduce distress.
CBT & Mindfulness
Psychological strategies may help change the emotional response to tinnitus and improve coping, sleep and wellbeing.
Is tinnitus affecting your everyday life?
Understanding your hearing and the individual pattern of your tinnitus is an important first step towards an appropriate management plan.