This condition does not discriminate according to age or gender, but although it can affect anyone, people over 65 are most likely to experience long-term tinnitus. Later in life, various systems throughout the body begin to decline, and hearing is no exception. In a third of people investigated for tinnitus, doctors do not detect visible damage.

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