Spotlight A hearing specialist offers tips to turn down that annoying ringing, buzzing and hissing in your ear Bradley Kesser, Professor of Otology and Neurotology, University of Virginia Dec 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 Updated Dec 7, 2023 0 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
