The potential offered for all members of a New England family during the Industrial Revolution in America, for men, women, and even children, was not the only important paradigm shift that occurred.
Often the tinnitus is only in one ear. In some of these situations, the tinnitus can be treated surgically, and thus a visit to an otologist (a physician specializing in the ear) is advisable. Sensorineural tinnitus can have many causes (e.g. noise, medications, head injury, infections, and aging).
As with other ear problems, allergy should be considered as a possible cause of tinnitus if: â You have allergies of the nose, sinuses or respiratory tract (hay fever, asthma, sinusitis, nasal polyps); â Your symptoms are linked to specific foods or inhalants; or â skin or blood tests indicate you have allergies.