Ode to Quietude exists to help understand tinnitus through real-life experiences. Our goal is to share useful information and personal stories that make the journey with tinnitus easier to face.
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia in which individuals' thinking and functioning abilities are deteriorated. Interestingly, tinnitus and Alzheimer’s derive from the same region in the brain, which, if damaged, can disrupt many forms of human activity. So what does this mean about their correlation?
Imagine a constant sound in your ear, one that follows you through work, meals, and even sleep. That sound is known as tinnitus, which is defined as the perception of sound without an external source.
A strange buzzing echoed through my bedroom as I woke one morning. I covered my ears, but the buzzing didn’t fade––it surged louder. With a jolt of panic, it hit me that these shivers of electricity weren’t coming from outside, they were sparking from within my head. At age thirteen, I had tinnitus.