What is tinnitus?

Tinnitus is a noise in the ears. Most tinnitus is subjective meaning the patient has the perception of sound in the absence of an acoustic stimulus. Objective tinnitus is noise generated by structures near the ear.

How do members experience tinnitus?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with tinnitus*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for tinnitus*

Who has tinnitus on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 47
30s 141
40s 224
50s 350
60s 391
70+ 208

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 533
Female 822