Are you ever minding your own business when suddenly you’re annoyed with a persistent ringing in your ear?

Eventually it dissipates, but what causes this strange occurrence to pop up in our auditory system?

Tinnitus may sound like waves from an ocean, ringing, buzzing, or hissing.

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Affecting almost 50 million adults in the United States, tinnitus is actually very common (viaWebMD).

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