Table 3.

Diseases and factors causing tinnitus

Otologic factors	Metabolic	Neurologic	Pharmacologic factors	Dental factors	Psychological factors
Presbyacusis	Hypothyroidism	Head trauma	Aspirin compounds	Temporo-mandibular joint syndrome	Depression
Noise-induced hearing loss	Hyperthyroidism	Whiplash injury	Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs		Anxiety
Meniere’s disease	Hyperlipidemia	Multiple sclerosis	Aminoglycosides
Otosclerosis	Zinc deficiency	Meningitis effects	Heavy metals
	Vitamin deficiency		Heterocyclic antidepressant