Yini Ebangelwa Ukukhala Ezintweni?

I-Tinnitus yigama lokuzwa umsindo ongahlali emvelweni. Abanye abacwaningi baye baphinde bachaza ama-tinnitus ngokuthi "umbono wokucwaninga we-phantom." Abantu abanama-tinnitus bavame ukuchaza njengokukhala, ukugubha, ikhilikithi, ukuzwakala, nokuhlehlisa, nakuba ezinye izincazelo eziningi zisetshenzisiwe. Ukuzwa amasampuli aphilisayo afinyelela kwi-website ye-American Tinnitus Association, lapho beqoqa amafayela okubonakaliswa okungafani kwezintathu ukulalela ngezinjongo zemfundo.

I-tinnitus iyajwayelekile; abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingama-30 baseMelika banesimo. Kulezi zigidi ezingu-30, i-20% ibika ukuthi ikhutshaziwe yiyo. I-audiologist ingase ihlole abantu ababili ababika ukuphakama okufanayo nokuvama kwama-tinnitus kodwa umuntu oyedwa ubhekene nakho kanti omunye uyayibona.

I-tinnitus ikholelwa ukuthi ibangelwa ukulimala kwangaphakathi kwe-cell ears. I-Cilia endlebeni yakho yangaphakathi ihamba ngokuhambisana nokucindezela kwamaza omsindo. Lokhu kushukumisela lawa maseli ukukhulula isignali kagesi ngamagundane avela endlebeni yakho (nerve auditory) kuya ebuchosheni bakho. Ubuchopho bakho buhumusha lezi zimpawu njengomsindo. Uma izinwele ngaphakathi kwendlebe yakho yangaphakathi zigobile noma ziphukile, zingakwazi "ukuvuza" imiqondo engavamile kagesi ebuchosheni bakho, kubangele ukubola.

Into ebalulekile okumele uyikhumbule mayelana ne-tinnitus yukuthi impendulo yochungechunge kulezi zibonakaliso zikagesi ezingahleliwe inqume ukuthi umuntu ungacasuliwe yini noma cha. Ucwaningo lwe-Magnetoencephalography (i-MEG, olufushane) lisetshenziselwe ukutadisha ama-tinnitus nobuchopho.

I-MEG isebenzisa iqiniso lokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi ama-neurons athumela izibonakaliso zomunye nomunye, amandla awo kagesi adala insimu encane magnetic. I-MEG ivumela ososayensi ukuthi bathole amaphethini okushintsha okunjalo emisebenzini ebuchosheni izikhathi ezingu-100 ngomzuzwana. Lezi zifundo zibonise i-tinnitus ithinta lonke ubuchopho futhi zisiza ekuqondeni ukuthi kungani ezinye izindlela zokwelashwa ziphumelela kakhulu kunezinye.

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Izizathu Ezincane Ezivamile

Uma unenkinga ye-tinnitus, kubalulekile ukuba nokuhlolwa okuphelele kokuzwa. Kwezinye izimo, isazi se-audiologist sakho sizokutshela ochwepheshe be-ENT ukulawula izimo ezikwelapha ezidinga ukwelashwa ngaphambi kokuxoxa ngezinketho zokwelashwa nawe.

> Imithombo:

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I-American Tinnitus Association. Mayelana ne-Tinnitus.

Ukunakekelwa kwe-Tinnitus. I-American Academy ye-Audiology .

Zimmer, uCarl. (2010, Okthoba 27). Ukukhala ngezindlebe kuhamba kakhulu. Thola uMagazini.

I-Wright EF, i-Bfano SL. Ubuhlobo phakathi kwe-Tinnitus ne-Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) Ukwelapha. Int Tinnitus J. 1997; 3 (1): 56-61