Hearing HarborMedical note: This page is educational and is not medical advice. Tinnitus and hearing changes can have medical causes. Sudden hearing loss, tinnitus with neurologic symptoms, or other urgent symptoms should be evaluated promptly by a healthcare professional.
Seek prompt or urgent evaluation
- Sudden hearing loss, particularly in one ear.
- Tinnitus with dizziness, facial or limb numbness, or weakness.
- Tinnitus after a significant head or neck injury.
- A pulsing or whooshing sound that follows your heartbeat.
- Symptoms causing severe distress, anxiety, depression or major sleep disruption.
Make a routine appointment when symptoms persist
A clinician can examine the ears, review medications and health history, and determine whether hearing testing or specialist referral is appropriate. The AAO-HNSF guideline recommends prompt comprehensive audiologic evaluation for tinnitus that is unilateral, persistent for six months or more, or associated with hearing difficulties.
What not to do
Do not use a dietary supplement to postpone evaluation of a sudden hearing change. If your main reason for considering Audifort is a new or worrying symptom, address the symptom medically first.