Tinnitus with high-pitched cicadas belongs to neurogenic tinnitus, which may be related to Meniere’s disease, otosclerosis, and acoustic neuroma.
1. Meniere’s disease: the exact cause of Meniere’s disease is not known, it may be related to endolymphatic absorption disorder, autonomic dysfunction and so on. The disease will cause patients to experience symptoms such as vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, and a feeling of fullness in the ears. In the early stage, it is mostly low-pitched tinnitus, and in the late stage, it can be cicada sound, motor sound, and so on.
2. Otosclerosis: Otosclerosis is related to endocrine theory, genetic theory, bone labyrinth osteogenesis insufficiency and so on. Common symptoms include deafness, tinnitus and vertigo. Tinnitus is mostly persistent or intermittent, and when the disease damages the cochlea, it may cause high-pitched cicadas.
3. Auditory neuroma: Auditory neuroma is a kind of benign tumor, which may cause patients to have tinnitus of varying pitch, mostly with noisy sound, so there may be high-pitched cicadas. Patients with acoustic neuroma are also prone to other symptoms such as hearing loss and vertigo.
4. Other factors: the use of ototoxic drugs, cochlear membrane labyrinthine fluid, multiple sclerosis, etc., can also cause tinnitus with high-pitched cicadas.
It is recommended that tinnitus with high-pitched cicadas be examined by a doctor and treated according to medical advice.