What Is Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease?
Autoimmune diseases are when your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks normal or healthy cells. Autoimmune inner ear disease, or AIED, is when the body mistakes normal cells for virus or bacteria cells in the ear and attacks them, resulting in hearing loss. AIED is quite rare, making up only 1% of the 28 million Americans…
Can COVID-19 Worsen Tinnitus?
Roughly one in five Americans experience tinnitus, the perception of noise in the ears frequently compared to a ringing sound. Many factors contribute to tinnitus; now, we can add COVID-19, thanks to a recent study from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. The study, which looked at 3,103 people with tinnitus from 48 countries, found…
Is Coronavirus Making Your Tinnitus Worse?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over 50 million Americans – about 15% of the population – experience tinnitus (ringing in the ears). About 20 million of these have chronic tinnitus that affects their daily life, and 2 million are debilitated by their tinnitus. Unfortunately, the pandemic has exacerbated this symptom for…
Can Meditation Help Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is that pesky ringing, buzzing, whistling or humming in your ears that no one else can hear. According to the American Tinnitus Association, more than 45 million Americans have experienced tinnitus, and nearly 20 million are affected on a regular basis. Those who are most likely to experiencing tinnitus are men, older adults and…
Why is Tinnitus Still Such a Mystery?
Lots of people experience a ringing in their ears in San Francisco—and it’s got nothing to do with cable car bells. Tinnitus affects about one out of every five people in the Bay Area. Despite its widespread prevalence, not only in California but across the U.S., it’s still a medical mystery to most scientists. The…
Tinnitus Linked to Suicide Attempts
Approximately 20 percent of the population in San Francisco and other Bay Area communities struggles with tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears. The degree to which symptoms occur varies among individuals; for some, it is nothing more than an occasional nuisance, while others are affected so severely their very quality of life suffers. Individuals…