Most people experience trivial tinnitus in a silent soundproof room.
The NHS Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Guidance (2019) reports that:
Estimated that 3% of adults might require a clinical intervention for tinnitus. The expectation is that a similar number of children will need clinical intervention for tinnitus (1)
There is an increase in prevalence of tinnitus with advancing age and with hearing problems (2).
The following factors are also associated with an increased incidence of tinnitus:
A population based study conducted on hearing loss in adults aged 48 to 92 years revealed that
Tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss
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