Stop Ears Ringing - Easy Treatment Options to Try

There is no one way to stop ears ringing and something that works great for one person may not work at all for another.
It is also true that the ringing never goes away completely for some people.
In these difficult situations it usually is possible to reduce the noise to a tolerable level and adapt some coping mechanisms.
But of course it's best to stop the ringing completely.
Here are some remedies to try.
A common cause of tinnitus is exposure to loud noises.
This means the first thing to do is to protect your hearing from loud noises.
If you work around noisy equipment you need to wear hearing protection.
You should do the same when you use power tools or a lawn mower or other noise producing machines at home.
Another common source of hearing damage and tinnitus is playing loud music  through headphones.
Unfortunately, many people have developed the habit of listening to their music at loud volumes.
This is not good.
To both prevent and treat tinnitus it's important to only listen to music at modest playback levels.
Caffeine aggravates ringing in the ears for many people.
It is worth trying to cut it out of your diet for a while to see if you notice any difference.
Another common culprit is aspirin.
Many drugs can cause ringing in the ears but aspirin is the one that almost everyone has in their medicine cabinet and some people have the habit of popping them for every little ache and pain.
If that describes you, cutting out the aspirin is one of the first things you should try to help your ringing ears.
Also check you blood pressure.
Many times there are no symptoms at all associated with high blood pressure, but on occasion it can cause ringing in the ears.
In this case, getting the blood pressure down helps the tinnitus.
Stress aggravates tinnitus so it's not surprising that stress relieving activities such as meditation can help tinnitus.
Meditation is one of those things that we know is good for us but few of us take the time to do.
In my experience, even 5 minutes a day can help (and not just with tinnitus).
A useful strategy that doesn't eliminate the ringing in the ears  but makes it easier to live with is using another sound to mask or hide the tinnitus.
Although at first blush it doesn't make much sense that adding one noise to another would make the situation better, the fact is for many people it does.
Some people like to listen to music (at a low volume, of course), but others find it's easier to put up with the tinnitus if they just have a fan running in the background.
Sometimes there is a more specific treatment available depending on the exact cause of the problem.
  This means it's helpful to consider as many causes as possible.