Word: tinnitus
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...RANG? Tinnitus, the high-pitched ringing in the ears that affects millions, may be in your head. Literally. Scientists have located a part of the brain where spontaneous nerve activity causes the noise of tinnitus...
TURN UP THE VOLUME Bill Clinton isn't the only boomer who needs a hearing aid. The average age of Americans with tinnitus, ringing in the ears, which is a sign of hearing loss, is down...
Sources: American Tinnitus Association; Neurotoxicology and Teratology; Dept. of Health & Human Services...
...work for the man who turned Rocky and Rambo into household names? Well, no. Stallone, as it happens, is deathly afraid of heights. He also suffers from tinnitus, which makes him feel dizzy and off-balance. So how did Sly, who says he handled about 75% of his own stunt work, get over his fears? "I didn't," he says. "I was just able to manage it. I'd sit near the edge. Then I would move about 5 ft. closer, 2 ft. closer, not look down, psych myself out. Then when they'd lower me down on a cable...
...noise from a jackhammer or disco music is more insidious. The prolonged barrage flattens the tiny hair cells in the inner ear that transmit sound to the nerves. As the hairs wilt, people often feel a fullness or pressure in the ears or a buzzing or ringing, known as tinnitus...