The condition called tinnitus has been around for many years, and seems to be growing worse with the loud times we live in. A lot of tinnitus patients say that a main cause of tinnitus is being exposed to loud noises.
Certainly, it’s getting tougher to avoid exposure to loud noise in this fast-paced, busy, loud world we take for granted now. The most negative thing about tinnitus is that there’s no way to cure it. How weird is this when millions of sufferers worldwide have tinnitus.
Do to the growing popularity of Apple ipods and similar MP3 player,
most cases of tinnitus are self inflicted. This trend will only continue with the increasing popularity of these devices, including the fact that many cell phones are now also mp3 players.
Such devices are quite popular among students, commuters, and sportsmen and women. Many people use the MP3 players, played at relatively high volumes, as a means to mask the sounds around them and find an escape from everyday life.
However, the volume levels increase to damaging levels because trains, buses, and traffic are so loud, tinnitus also appears.
Many people are unaware of tinnitus until they have it, then realizing how debilitating it can be.
Therefore, in my opinion the best cure for tinnitus is education. Teach kids about it in school and in college, the same way that sex education is taught!
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