tinnitus
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- noun
- /ˈtɪnɪtəs/
- Specialized
- Loud sounds heard in the left ear still made the tinnitus in the right side worse.
- tinnitus patient
- intractable tinnitus
- tinnitus symptoms
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Watch on YouTubeIf you suffer from tinnitus, then you didn't just enjoy that sound.
- If you suffer from tinnitus, then you didn't just enjoy that sound.
- So the ringing of the ears that one experiences is called tinnitus, not tinnitus.
- For example, sound therapy uses noises like rain, birdsong, or music to mask tinnitus and reduce stress.
- The other side effects some of you asked us to look into was tinnitus that's ringing in the ears.
- And I was like, OK, well, I'm probably not going to hear a buzz because I have tinnitus really bad.
- And we've heard anecdotally from my ENT colleagues that they have seen an increase in referrals with tinnitus following COVID.
- But all it is is we're playing tones Boo, Boo, Boo, Boo, Boo, Boo around the around your tinnitus frequency and, and you're feeling the corresponding buzzes on your skin.
- with brain injuries, with rare genetic disorders, with Vertigo, tinnitus, all kidney failure.
- I mean, even if it has nothing to do with this, half the public suffers from tinnitus or tinnitus as you'll like to.
Examples
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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.
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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.
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So how does one get this tinnitus?
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His history revealed a slight right hearing loss and tinnitus of two years' duration.
Academic text (1995) -
Tinnitus is a ringing in your ears.
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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.
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Tinnitus can be frustrating because it often sounds like a constant ringing in the ears.
Synonyms
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A loud clear tone a voice or speech has that sounds like an echo
Surface Forms
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.