Specialist Tinnitus Care in High Wycombe
Clinical tinnitus assessment and personalised management programmes. Evidence-based strategies to reduce the impact of tinnitus on your daily life, sleep, and wellbeing.
Specialist Tinnitus Care in High Wycombe
Clinical tinnitus assessment and personalised management programmes. Evidence-based strategies to reduce the impact of tinnitus on your daily life, sleep, and wellbeing.
What a Tinnitus Assessment Involves
A thorough, unhurried consultation typically lasting 60–90 minutes, designed to understand your tinnitus and identify the most effective management approach.
Detailed Case History
We discuss when your tinnitus started, how it presents, pitch, volume, pattern, what makes it better or worse, and how it affects your sleep, concentration, mood, and daily life.
Comprehensive Hearing Test
Approximately 80–90% of tinnitus cases involve some degree of hearing loss. A full diagnostic hearing assessment identifies any underlying hearing changes contributing to your tinnitus.
Tinnitus Matching
Where appropriate, we use audiometric techniques to match the pitch and loudness of your tinnitus. This guides treatment decisions, particularly regarding sound therapy frequencies.
Validated Questionnaires
Standardised tools such as the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory provide a measurable baseline. These are repeated at follow-ups to track your progress objectively.
Onward Referral Assessment
If your tinnitus suggests a medical cause, pulsatile tinnitus, sudden onset, or unilateral presentation, we arrange an appropriate ENT or GP referral.
Evidence-Based Tinnitus Treatment
There is no single treatment that works for everyone. We build a personalised management programme based on your assessment findings.
Sound Therapy
External sound reduces the contrast between tinnitus and the surrounding environment, promoting habituation, the brain's natural ability to filter out non-threatening sounds over time.
How sound therapy worksHearing Aids with Tinnitus Features
If hearing loss is present, appropriately fitted hearing aids are often the most effective single intervention. Many modern devices include customisable tinnitus sound therapy programmes.
Explore hearing aidsCounselling & Education
Understanding what tinnitus is, why it occurs, and why it is not dangerous is a powerful therapeutic tool. Demystifying tinnitus reduces the anxiety that often amplifies its perceived severity.
CBT Referral Pathways
For patients whose tinnitus significantly affects mental health or sleep, we facilitate referral to CBT therapists experienced in tinnitus management. CBT changes the emotional response to tinnitus.
How CBT helps tinnitusTinnitus and Hearing Loss
Research consistently shows that approximately 80–90% of people with tinnitus also have some degree of measurable hearing loss. In many cases, the hearing loss is mild and may not have been noticed. This is why a comprehensive hearing assessment is an essential part of every tinnitus evaluation.
When hearing loss is present, treating it with appropriately fitted hearing aids frequently reduces tinnitus perception, sometimes dramatically. This is why our tinnitus management is integrated within our broader Auditory Rehabilitation Process.
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Part of Our Auditory Rehabilitation Process
Tinnitus assessment and management forms a key step in our structured clinical pathway. Rather than treating each service in isolation, we integrate every aspect of your hearing care into a cohesive, evidence-based rehabilitation programme.
Tinnitus FAQs
Can tinnitus be cured?
There is currently no universal cure for tinnitus. However, effective management strategies can significantly reduce its impact. Many patients who engage with a structured programme report their tinnitus becomes less noticeable, less distressing, or both over time.
What causes tinnitus?
Tinnitus has many potential causes including hearing loss, noise exposure, ear wax build-up, stress, certain medications, and conditions such as Ménière's disease. In many cases the exact cause cannot be identified, but this does not prevent effective management.
Should I see a GP or an audiologist for tinnitus?
Both can play a role. A GP can rule out medical causes and make referrals. An audiologist provides the specialist assessment, hearing evaluation, and ongoing management programme that addresses tinnitus directly. You can self-refer to us without seeing your GP first.
How long does tinnitus management take?
Tinnitus management is a structured programme, not a single appointment. Most patients attend an initial assessment followed by 2–4 follow-up appointments over 3–6 months. The timeline varies depending on severity and the strategies being used.
Does tinnitus get worse over time?
Not necessarily. Many people find their tinnitus stabilises or becomes less noticeable as they habituate, particularly with professional support. If your tinnitus changes suddenly or becomes pulsatile, seek assessment promptly.
Can ear wax cause tinnitus?
Yes. Impacted ear wax is a common and easily treatable cause of tinnitus. If wax is identified during your assessment, we can arrange microsuction removal and reassess your tinnitus afterwards.
Tinnitus Guides
What Causes Tinnitus?
Understand the common causes and triggers of tinnitus, from noise exposure to stress.
Read guideCBT for Tinnitus
How cognitive behavioural therapy can help you manage the emotional impact of tinnitus.
Read guideTinnitus and Hearing Loss
The clinical connection between tinnitus and hearing loss, and why treating both matters.
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