Normal Hearing Test, Still Have Tinnitus? What a Normal Audiogram Does Not Tell You
Normal hearing test but you still have tinnitus? What the shaded normal band on an audiogram measures, what it cannot see, and where the research disagrees.
What an audiogram “within normal limits” actually measures – and what it never measured.
Normal hearing test but you still have tinnitus? What the shaded normal band on an audiogram measures, what it cannot see, and where the research disagrees.
Your ENT says your ears are fine but the tinnitus is still there. What the exam was looking for, why clean is not an explanation, and who to see next.
Yes, you can have tinnitus with normal hearing, and it is common. But 'without hearing loss' usually means 'without loss the standard test can see'.
Why do you have tinnitus if your hearing test is normal? A standard test samples only part of your hearing. What it misses, and why normal does not rule tinnitus out.