Though I'm sure that listening to music loudly is a cause of tinnitus, it's by NO MEANS the ONLY cause. For example, I have hereditary tinnitus -- my Dad has always had it and so have I since I was a little kid. And no, I've never listened to music loudly through headphones.
I hear it right now. Aside from my typing, that constant high pitch squeal I've heard my whole life is the only noise I hear at the moment. If I had the money I'd buy this device in a heartbeat.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Though I'm sure that listening to music loudly is a cause of tinnitus, it's by NO MEANS the ONLY cause. For example, I have hereditary tinnitus -- my Dad has always had it and so have I since I was a little kid. And no, I've never listened to music loudly through headphones.
I hear it right now. Aside from my typing, that constant high pitch squeal I've heard my whole life is the only noise I hear at the moment. If I had the money I'd buy this device in a heartbeat.