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).
If you are actually hearing your heartbeat in your ear, then you may have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a disorder that causes unusual sounds in the ears: high-pitched hisses, lower-pitched buzzing sounds, clicking. It's actually very common; it affects around 50 million people in the U.S.