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 4
20s 52
30s 141
40s 226
50s 350
60s 393
70+ 271

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 557
Female 861

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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.



Common symptoms reported by people with tinnitus

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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.
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Treatments taken by people for tinnitus

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Compare treatments taken by people with tinnitus

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have tinnitus through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with tinnitus? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has tinnitus on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 4 new patients joined this month
  • 490 say tinnitus is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 52
30s 141
40s 226
50s 350
60s 393
70+ 271
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 104
20-29 years 105
30-39 years 112
40-49 years 118
50-59 years 90
60-69 years 29
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 557
Female 861

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 570
Not Diagnosed 166

These charts show data from tinnitus patients who have completed their condition history
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