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tinnitus

tinnitus

11 7.2
A condition that makes you hear ringing or buzzing in the ears when no outside sound is present
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪnɪtəs/
  • Specialized
: acúfeno
  • Loud sounds heard in the left ear still made the tinnitus in the right side worse.
  • tinnitus patient
  • intractable tinnitus
  • tinnitus symptoms

If you suffer from tinnitus, then you didn't just enjoy that sound.

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Examples

  • For those of you who don't know, tinnitus is really ringing in the ears and so someone is actually perceiving sound that's not there.

  • While people with normal hearing may also have tinnitus, it is especially common in people with NIHL.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Hi, I was hoping that you could speak a little bit about tinnitus and having that condition on top of other hearing loss.

  • So how does one get this tinnitus?

  • His history revealed a slight right hearing loss and tinnitus of two years' duration.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Tinnitus is a ringing in your ears.

  • In most cases, however, progressive hearing loss, tinnitus, and pressure can be equally disturbing complaints.

    Academic text (1995)
  • From the time of the accident, he had a constant whistling tinnitus in both ears.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The other side effects some of you asked us to look into was tinnitus that's ringing in the ears.

    ZOE
  • Tinnitus can be frustrating because it often sounds like a constant ringing in the ears.

Synonyms

ringing
vstinnitus
2 3.2

A loud clear tone a voice or speech has that sounds like an echo

is a medical internal perception of those sounds with no external source

Surface Forms

tinnitus singular
tinnitus plural

Etymology

Tinnitus comes from the Latin verb tinnire, which means 'to ring', so the word literally names the 'ringing' sound people hear in their ears when there is no outside sound. A helpful image is a tiny bell ringing in your ear, which makes the meaning easy to remember.