Tinnitis is most often misinterpreted as a disorder in the ear. It is actually a symptom which is characterized by a ringing in the ears. This symptom can be felt depending on the gravity of the damage in the ears. A mild noise can mean a slight damage in hearing which can be caused by several factors. Factors like an impacted ear wax, ototoxic drugs, ear tumors, hole in the ear drum, loud noise, stress, or meniere's disease can bring about tinnitis.

Knowing that there are different factors that causes ringing ears, preventive measures can be undertaken to avoid damages to our ears. Regular cleaning of the ears is advisable but it must be done the proper way to avoid ear wax accumulation. Tinnitis usually results from improper cleaning when using sharp-edged ear scrapers which can cause injury to the ear drums.

But there are also medications which can cause damage to the ears and they are the so called ototoxic drugs. This drugs when administered at large dosages and when used for a prolonged period of time can be toxic to the ears and cause hearing damage.

Only a few people are aware of the damaging effect that loud noise can give to our sense of hearing. There are in fact a lot of people suffering from tinnitis because of recklessly exposing their ears to loud noise. Music can be a very good stress reliever and hobby but when we listen to it the wrong way, it can also cause damages to our hearing.

Though tinnitis is not a life threatening condition, we obviously would not want to be bugged every now and then by a noise in our ears. It is easy to stay away from trouble, do everything in moderation and you will be most probably safe.