The potential offered for all members of a New England family during the Industrial Revolution in America, for men, women, and even children, was not the only important paradigm shift that occurred.
Often the tinnitus is only in one ear. In some of these situations, the tinnitus can be treated surgically, and thus a visit to an otologist (a physician specializing in the ear) is advisable. Sensorineural tinnitus can have many causes (e.g. noise, medications, head injury, infections, and aging).
Drugs that cause tinnitus may be prescription or over-the-counter medications. Some of them cause actual damage to the ear, resulting in permanent hearing loss and/or tinnitus, but this condition is much less common than temporary tinnitus that will go away. Some of the medications that can cause tinnitus will surprise you: