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A groundbreaking study by Mass Eye and Ear associates tinnitus with undetected auditory nerve damage, challenging previous beliefs and opening new paths for treatment through auditory nerve regeneration.

  • arquebus_x
    10•7 months ago

    Makes sense. I got tinnitus in my left ear after a particularly nasty ear infection.

    • @farcaster@beehaw.org
      8•7 months ago

      Same here. Lifelong tinnitus in one ear without measurable hearing loss. Presumably due to a severe ear infection.

      • @ColonelPanic@lemm.ee
        6•7 months ago

        Also the same, but both ears. I think I’ve had it since I was about 10 after an ear infection and only relatively recently learned not everyone has stupidly high pitched ringing in their ears all the time.