A hearing specialist offers tips to turn down that annoying ringing, buzzing and hissing in your ear From the 10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow series Bradley Kesser, Professor of Otology and Neurotology, University of Virginia Dec 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Updated Dec 7, 2023 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Worldwide, more than 750 million people have tinnitus. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty ImageskAm}@E 2 H66< 8@6D 3J H96? x 5@?’E D66 D@>6@?6 :? >J 4=:?:4 4@>A=2:?:?8 @7 2 DEC2?86 2?5 4@?DE2?E A92?E@> D@F?5 :? @?6 @7 E96:C 62CD[ @C :? 3@E9 62CD] %96 ?@:D6 :D =@F5[ 5:DEC24E:?8 2?5 D42CJ – 2?5 :E 5@6D?’E 8@ 2H2J]k^Am kAm%96 <:?5 @7 D@F?5 G2C:6D 7C@> A2E:6?E E@ A2E:6?Ei 3FKK:?8[ 3=@H:?8[ 9:DD:?8[ C:?8:?8[ C@2C:?8[ CF>3=:?8[ H9@@D9:?8 @C 2 4@>3:?2E:@? 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Worldwide, more than 750 million people have tinnitus. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images
