How to Use tinnitus in a Sentence

tinnitus

noun
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  • The constant din of the waves does wonders for my tinnitus.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Engines roared in the event's main tent, filling the space with the smell of exhaust and enough noise to give one tinnitus.
    — Sam Fogel, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The tinnitus is normally present on the same side as the hearing loss.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2022
  • First there are bouts of tinnitus; over time, all sounds grow muffled and fuzzy.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2020
  • In a statement, Remy reflected on all the hard work and tinnitus of life on the road.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And all these guys that served in Vietnam with me suffer from tinnitus because of the force of the jet engines on their ears.
    — Jack King, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The noise stopped suddenly; the only sound left was the tinnitus ringing in my ears.
    — Ben Santer, Scientific American, 19 May 2020
  • The rocket hit just over 3 feet from him, leaving him with shrapnel through his leg, tinnitus in his left ear, and nerve damage in his back.
    — Special To Al.com, AL.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • However, an attack of tinnitus – an unbearable ringing sound in the ears – drags her from the top of her game to the edge of madness.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 May 2022
  • There is the constant fear that after a strong crisis, tinnitus will come back, unannounced.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The case was assigned to a detective, who filed a report the month after the protest that said Boyd went to a doctor who diagnosed her with tinnitus.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2021
  • At night, Hawkins listens to talk-radio on his headphones to try to offset the tinnitus noise in his head and go to sleep, after washing his nerve medicine down with a beer.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The first trial ended with a $7.1 million verdict for three veterans who blamed the earplugs for hearing loss and tinnitus, or a ringing in the ears.
    — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 29 May 2021
  • Right from the opening shots, Baby is doggedly trying to block out the nasty mayhem around him (in addition to his tinnitus).
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2017
  • The substance can be used medically to treat tinnitus, dizziness and chest pain.
    — Beth Harris, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2018
  • The peaks of my audible range have been dulled by decades of proximity to loud amplifiers; my tinnitus hangs out like tape hiss.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2021
  • Unlike beams of tinnitus, these keening, distortionlike sounds were a sign of healthy ears.
    — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 19 May 2017
  • Attending concerts and festivals without earplugs has been shown to cause mild tinnitus (ear ringing) in the short term.
    — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But Teen Mortgage is a band that needs to be experienced live, where mosh pits and tinnitus overwhelm the senses — live-streaming would never do.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • On set, Ahmed wore custom implants in his ears that emitted white noise and a high ringing to approximate tinnitus.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Is that an indication of tinnitus in the left ear plus possible brain damage?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2022
  • In her early 20s, Phillips began noticing a progressive hearing loss and tinnitus in her right ear.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
  • With certain kinds of tinnitus, people hear real sounds.
    — Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 7 Oct. 2020
  • For instance, the main symptom that everyone complained of was tinnitus.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The other officer, who has been with the NYPD for seven months, was treated for tinnitus at a local hospital and released.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski and Rob Frehse, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019
  • More research is still needed to determine whether tinnitus is a true Covid-19 symptom or a consequence of stress.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The researchers also believe their findings could offer a new treatment for conditions such as stroke as well as tinnitus, or ringing in the ears.
    — Mo Costandi, Scientific American, 29 June 2017
  • Another way to treat tinnitus with hearing aids is sound masking.
    — Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The drug is known to have short-term side effects such as nausea, diarrhea and tinnitus while long-term use can irreversibly impair eyesight.
    — Bhuma Shrivastava, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • People who suffer from debilitating tinnitus often struggle to sleep and feel anxious or depressed, according to the study.
    — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023

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