Tinnitus aurium, or, Singing in the ears : remarks on its causes and treatment / by W. Douglas Hemming.

  • Hemming, William Douglas, 1848-1881.
Date:
1878
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    TINNITUS AURIUM. The symptom known as tinnitus aurium, which consists in the presence of abnormal sounds in the ear, is one of the most frequent which comes under the notice of the aural surgeon, and is also one of the most troublesome. By some authors it has almost come to be looked upon as a distinct disease; this, however, it can scarcely be considered, as it is almost invariably caused by, or, at any rate, associated with, a diseased or abnormal condition of some portion of the auditory apparatus, of which derangement it is a symp- tom. Cases occasionally, however, occur, in which no morbid condition is discernible in any part of the organ of hearing, and such cases have been considered as idiopathic. Even here, however, there is, if not any local lesion, some deranged condition of the body interfering with the circulation or inner- vation of the auditory apparatus. My object in this paper is not to go exhaustively into the subject, but to give a short account of the principal forms of tinnitus, the causes giving rise to them, and the methods of treatment which have been found most efficacious. With regard to the various kinds of noises, and the descrip- tions given of them by patients, it will generally be found that