tinnitus

IPA: tˈɪnʌtʌs

(pathology) The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source.

Examples of "tinnitus" in Sentences

God, I'm old, but I have no interest in tinnitus tonightus.
I forget you are deaf Flo, my tinnitus is a constant nuisance.
The columnist states that tinnitus is caused by exposure to loud noise.
In many people, the source of the tinnitus is idiopathic (no known cause).
One of the challenges in researching tinnitus is developing an animal model.
ear/nose/throat specialist in Atlanta , who shared the following information about long-term tinnitus and possible treatments.
Flor believes tinnitus is also a kind of phantom sensation, so her group tried using the same principle in reverse to treat it.
• Long-term tinnitus affects around one in every 100 according to Department of Health statistics, and is most common in older people.
The word tinnitus comes from the Latin for ringing, and people hear noises ringing, buzzing, whistling in one or both ears, or in their heads.
One cause of tinnitus is exposure to loud noise: for example, in the U.S., nearly half of the soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who were exposed to explosions or gunfire suffer from it.