Tinnitus: ringing, whistling, beeping in the ear – what helps against the permanent background noise?

2023-08-21 15:53:00

Experts estimate that around forty percent of the population is familiar with annoying noises in the ears – but in most cases they disappear by themselves. However, every tenth person is tormented by them for more than three months and is therefore considered a chronic tinnitus patient. Many can somehow come to terms with this; However, 20 percent of those chronically affected, and thus around one percent of all Germans, find the sound so annoying that their quality of life is significantly damaged. Insomnia, anxiety and depression are sometimes the result. What helps against that?