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Rather than a disease, tinnitus is a symptom that may result from a variety of underlying causes and may be generated at any level of the auditory system as well as outside that system. The most common causes are hearing damage, noise-induced hearing loss, or age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis. [2]
Visual snow likely represents a clinical continuum, with different degrees of severity. The presence of comorbidities such as migraine and tinnitus is associated with a more severe presentation of visual symptoms. [13] Non-visual symptoms may include difficulty concentrating, insomnia, frequent migraines, nausea, and vertigo. [16]
Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can cause vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, and ringing in the ears (sometimes called tinnitus). The symptoms listed above can be a sign of ...
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Key Takeaways: Tinnitus is a symptom with numerous causes. Vascular causes, such as high blood pressure, can lead to tinnitus for some individuals.
The symptoms of vestibulocerebellar syndrome vary among patients but are typically a unique combination of ocular abnormalities including nystagmus, poor or absent smooth pursuit (ability of the eyes to follow a moving object), strabismus (misalignment of the eyes), diplopia (double vision), oscillopsia (the sensation that stationary objects in the visual field are oscillating) and abnormal ...
Rapid and undesired eye motion often results from the improper indication of rotational motion. Nausea, anxiety, and a general ill feeling are common due to the distorted balance signals that the brain receives from the inner ear system. [11] Other common symptoms include tinnitus, ear ache, and a feeling of fullness in the ear. [12] [13]
The superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SSCDS) is a set of hearing and balance symptoms that a rare disease/disorder of the inner ear's superior semicircular canal/duct induces. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The symptoms are caused by a thinning or complete absence of the part of the temporal bone overlying the superior semicircular canal of ...