Vertigo and Ear Clinic

Tinnitus is the sensation of sound heard by the patient, which may be described variously as ringing, buzzing, hissing, etc. McFadden defined sound as the conscious experience of sound that originates within the head of its owner, in other words without any external source. This sound may be experienced in one or both ears, though often the patient is not sure and may feel it as coming from the head. The tinnitus sound may vary in the type of sound, its pitch may be low or high or varying, it may be constant or intermittent and soft, loud or variable in intensity.