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CHAPTER TWO: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT TINNITUS
If you suffer with Tinnitus, you’ re not alone. Nearly 66 million people in the U. S. alone will experience some degree of Tinnitus in their lifetime. For most, the sudden onset of noise in their ears will go away relatively quickly. Unfortunately for one in 10 people, it will not. If you are indeed one of the unlucky ones who find the noise in your head continuing to grow worse, you will need to learn more about this crazy condition. You will need to know why this buzzing and ringing in your ears appear out of nowhere and drives you crazy day and night without end.
WHAT IS THIS NOISE IN MY HEAD?
To truly understand Tinnitus, you must understand how the ear works. That’ s why we took so much time to discuss your hearing in the last chapter. Here are the basics: sound is carried though the ears like a moving wave. When this wave hits the eardrum, it makes it and the tiny bones throughout the ear vibrate. These vibrations create sound. If
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