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The latest version of the Apple Hearing Study describes how people suffer from tinnitus, and that most people experience tinnitus at some point.
The Apple Hearing Study is regularly discussed findings released from her research, conducted in collaboration with the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, the researchers published data on tinnitus.
The team reviewed surveys and reviews from more than 160,000 participants certain that 15% of people suffer from tinnitus every day.
“Tinnitus is something that can have a major impact on a person's life,” says Rick Neitzel, professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The trends we learn from the Apple Hearing Study about people's experiences with tinnitus can help us better understand the groups most at risk, which in turn can inform efforts to reduce the impacts associated with it .”
It was found that 77.6% of participants had ever experienced tinnitus.
For daily tinnitus, it turned out that older people suffered from it more often. People over 55 were three times as likely to hear it every day compared to 18 to 34 year olds.
It was also more common in men, with 2.7% more male participants experiencing it on a daily basis. However, 4.8% more men said they had never had it at all.
To manage their tinnitus, 28% said they used sound machines, 23.7% listened to nature sounds and 12.2% practiced meditation. Less than 2.1% used cognitive and behavioral therapy.
The cause of this was 'noise trauma' for 20.3% of respondents, while 7.7% heard it due to stress.
Most people only had short episodes, compared to 14.7 percent who suffered continuously. Again, older men were most affected.
The Apple Hearing Study has already collected approximately 400 million hours of calculated environmental noise levels and lifestyle surveys processed through the Apple Hearing Study. iPhone Research app.
Data from the study will be shared with the World Health Organization, through its Make Listening Safe initiative.