Pediatric Tinnitus
Tinnitus is commonly thought of as a symptom of adulthood; this may be why tinnitus in children is generally overlooked. Children with hearing loss have a high incidence of tinnitus, even though they do not express that they have tinnitus and the effect it has on their lives (Celik et al., 2009). Children do not generally report tinnitus spontaneously and their complaints may not be taken seriously (Mills et al., 1986). Among those children who do complain of tinnitus, there is an increased likelihood of associated otological or neurological pathology such as migraine, juvenile Meniere’s disease or chronic suppurative otitis media (Graham and Baguley, 2009). Its reported prevalence varies from 12% to 36% in children with normal hearing thresholds and up to 66% in children with a hearing loss and aprroximately 3-10% of children have been reported to be troubled by tinnitus (Shetye and Kennedy, 2010).
Read more about this topic: Tinnitus