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What is Tinnitus?
Ringing in your earsTinnitus is best described by those who suffer with it, as a ringing, humming, whooshing, or buzzing sounds coming from within your ear. You may have experienced this briefly when leaving an environment with high levels of noise, such as a concert or nightclub. Often this will go away on its own within a day or two. However, for those who experience this long-term, your daily life can become disrupted.
The sounds people with tinnitus experience can range. For some people this sounds will seem like a quiet background noise, for others this can be a much more disturbing loud noise. Reports from those who have experienced living with tinnitus, say this sound is often worse when there is no other noise around you. Usually affecting their sleep pattern since the sound becomes much more apparent in quiet rooms with little background noise.
Tinnitus can affect people of any age and is more common than you may think. With around 10% to 20% of adults experiencing this within their lifetime.
