These include cutaneous stimulation, brain stimulation and promontory stimulation. Tinnitus can be treated. They vibrate and release chemicals that stimulate the auditory nervous system. The noise may be constant or intermittent. This doctor might order a magnetic resonance image scan or computerized tomography scan. They may change or be constant. Other possible definitions could include chronic tinnitus (or diagnosed tinnitus). Workers with hearing impairment often have difficulty locating sounds or warning signals, and are at higher risk for accidents. Seeing an ENT or otolaryngologist will help to determine if there is a underlying cause, which could resolve your tinnitus. Tinnitus isn’t a condition by itself. We're interested in something that pushes the threshold so that they noticed it for a while," says Howard Hoffman, the director of epidemiology and statistics at the NIDCD. Tinnitus can be treated using a variety of vitamins or supplements. We are well aware of the misunderstanding of some of these conditions. The investigators discovered that pulsatile Tinnitus was completely gone in 17 patients, and partially in three. Tinnitus is typically a subjective noise that only the person experiencing it can hear.