The Science of Hearing: 2. How Do Our Ears Break?
Tinnitus
Remember high doses of noise may not only damage your hearing, it may also cause you to experience “tinnitus”. Tinnitus is when you experience ringing, buzzing or other sounds in one or both of your ears that doesn’t come from an external sound in your environment. Other people usually cannot hear the tinnitus sounds. If your ears ring or buzz after exposure to loud sounds, you may have been listening too loud for too long. The tinnitus simulator plays an example of a tinnitus sound that someone might hear. Tinnitus may go away after a short time, or it may persist indefinitely.
Try It!
Here is the tinnitus simulator played previously in the video. It is an example of a tinnitus sound that someone might hear. Tinnitus may go away after a short time, or it may persist indefinitely.
If you want to hear it again, make sure your volume level is set to a comfortable listening level and press play. Press stop at any point to end the simulation or sooner if you find the sound uncomfortable to listen to.