Tinnitus - Hearing aid or tinnitus masker

Hi,

I am suffering from tinnitus since last 7 months and medicines are not working.

I have low frequency hearing loss.

I have decided to buy tinnitus masker.

My doctor suggested me hearing aid to improve hearing and told me that this will help me with tinnitus problem.

Doctor saying using hearing aid I can listen surrounding sound louder and this will help me to deal with tinnitus sound.

But I think hearing aid will not mask my tinnitus sound.I need masker using white noise to mask tinnitus sound.

I can inform people around me that I have very low frequency hearing loss so please ping me twice if did not hear you.

Currently I am using white noise from my mobile to work and sleep. This is helping but disturbing others.

Please advise on tinnitus masker or hearing aid?

-Thanks

It will depend on the loudness of the tinnitus. A hearing aid will help retrain your brain to ignore the tinnitus. There are some hearing aids that have built in tinnitus maskers. That may be the best way to go.