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Tinnitus Treatment
Getting to the Cause of the Ringing
Ringing, buzzing, hissing, or roaring with no outside source has a name, and it usually has a driver worth finding. Tinnitus treatment in Glen Burnie, MD at Anne Arundel Audiology begins with a full hearing evaluation, because tinnitus and hearing loss travel together far more often than not. Dr. Britney Ometz, Au.D. maps your hearing, rules out wax, medication effects, and anything needing a physician, then builds the plan from there.
What Reduces Tinnitus for Most Patients
Much of the tinnitus we see in Anne Arundel County traces back to noise: shop floors, engine rooms, music, gunfire, decades of ordinary exposure. Dr. Ometz has evaluated hearing across every age group since 2018 and performs compensation-and-pension testing for veterans, so noise-driven tinnitus is familiar ground. Treating the underlying hearing loss helps most patients. Sound therapy, counseling, and devices with built-in tinnitus relief programs fill in the rest.
Tinnitus FAQs
What patients want to know about tinnitus in Glen Burnie: what causes the ringing, whether it can be cured, how hearing aids help, and what a tinnitus evaluation involves.
Tinnitus is sound you perceive without an external source: ringing, buzzing, hissing, roaring, or clicking. It behaves as a symptom rather than a disease, which is why the list of possible drivers is long. The most common by a wide margin is noise-induced or age-related hearing loss, but impacted wax, certain medications, ear infections, head and neck injury, jaw tension, and several medical conditions all show up in practice.
Because tinnitus and hearing loss are so tightly linked, a full hearing evaluation is the most useful first move. Dr. Ometz identifies the likely contributors, flags anything that belongs with a physician, and tells you plainly which of them are treatable. Call 410-766-6320 to book an evaluation.
For most people tinnitus is managed rather than cured, and good management changes daily life more than patients expect. When the cause is treatable, such as a wax blockage or a medication side effect, resolving it can end the sound outright. More often the work is reducing how loudly the tinnitus registers and how much of your attention it takes.
The approaches with real evidence behind them are treating any underlying hearing loss, sound therapy, counseling around triggers and sleep, and hearing devices with dedicated tinnitus programs. Dr. Ometz builds around your pattern rather than a template, and she will not promise a cure she cannot deliver. Start with a tinnitus evaluation at our Crain Towers office.
Two ways. Amplification restores the everyday sound you have been quietly missing, which lowers the contrast that makes tinnitus stand out. When the brain has real input to work with again, the ringing tends to recede into the background instead of dominating a quiet room.
Beyond that, most of the manufacturers we carry build tinnitus relief programs into their devices, generating soft masking sound you can adjust from a phone app. ReSound, our primary line, includes this across several platforms. Paired with counseling and sound therapy, patients commonly report easier focus at work and better sleep. See what we fit on our hearing aids page, or call 410-766-6320.
It opens with an unhurried conversation: when the sound started, what it sounds like, how loud and how intrusive it is, and where it costs you most, whether that is falling asleep, concentrating, or following conversation. From there Dr. Ometz runs a full hearing evaluation to document any underlying loss and checks for treatable contributors such as wax or medication effects.
You leave with a management plan that may combine amplification, sound therapy, and counseling, plus a clear picture of what to expect over the next few months. Tinnitus evaluations are billed services, and all major insurances are accepted. Call 410-766-6320 to schedule in Glen Burnie.
Take 45 Days to Be Sure
Every set of hearing aids fitted at Anne Arundel Audiology comes with a 45-day trial period. Wear your devices where life actually happens — at work, around the dinner table, and out across Glen Burnie. Real-world listening is the only test that counts. If they aren't right for you, return them within 45 days and the cost of the devices is refunded; the professional services already provided are billed as a service fee.
Patient Reviews
Anne Arundel Audiology holds a 5.0-star rating across 197 Google reviews from Glen Burnie patients and their families.
It Is Never Too Soon to Start Hearing Better
Glen Burnie patients rate Dr. Ometz 5.0 stars across 197 reviews for unhurried, doctor-led care built around your hearing goals.
Serving Glen Burnie & Northern Anne Arundel County
Visit Us in Glen Burnie
You will find us in Suite 509 of Crain Towers on Crain Highway, next door to Crab Town USA and around the corner from UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
- 410-766-6320
- Fax: 410-755-8766
- [email protected]
- Doctor-owned, women-owned hearing clinic
- Every visit with Dr. Britney Ometz, Au.D.
- Real Ear Measurement verification on every fitting
- All major insurances accepted, including Medicare
- Wheelchair accessible entrance and parking
“Dr Ometz had a very welcoming personality to this second time patient. I saw her for the utilization of a new device to remove excess wax from my ears...I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her for an audiology evaluation and hearing aid devices if needed.”— Don T., Verified Google Review
Anne Arundel Audiology
Hearing Clinic1600 Crain Hwy S., Suite 509, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
| Monday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |