AirPods causing tinnitus?

Heys guys, I've been experiencing vertigo and tinnitus all this January 22. By reading this article, seems it is not a casuality, that I got these symptoms right after receiving my Airpods Pro as a Christmas's Gift (Dec 25).

I'm getting freak out for real !!! because is all over internet that there is no treatment for Tinnitus, and that eventually will cause hearing lost. WTF :(

Conflictofinterestmuch wrote:

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Has Apple provided any answers or help for this? I just upgraded my phone and had to get the Air Pods in mid December 2021. Only five weeks in, and the ringing/Tinnitus is so bad, I have spent all morning looking up possible lawsuits and other fixes. I finally bought an adapter on Amazon to use my old ear phones (don't have it yet). This is definitely directly related to the Air Pods. I have custom ear plugs for shooting and loud work location and have never had this so bad!!

Feb 2022 and I'm noticing this after a month and a half, too. I wish it wasn't true, but it's getting on my nerves now. I know what to listen for — I've been in some very loud situations in my music career and this ringing is just as bad even if I've simply listened to podcasts at 50% volume. I'm going to read through all these responses and see if anything stands out.

I've heard some strange additional noise at times when mine are in noise cancellation mode. I don't know if it was a software glitch or something, but one ear would begin rumbling *very* loudly well below 100Hz, as if there's an earthquake nearby, even though I'm in a park far away from any noise sources.

"Question to all guys with T from airpods. Is it a very high pitched noise, around 12/13Khz?"

Yup, somewhere over 13-14k, not just a sine wave but a range of pitches. Reminds me of walking into a school computer lab with old CRT monitors.

(digging way back in this thread)

I would wager that most of us who’d spent the extra money on headphones which should protect our hearing have already taken multiple precautions over the years and already know what to listen for. Myself, I’ve got a small collection of musicians’ earplugs that I use for anyplace loud, including work conferences and vacuuming around the house; and I’ve been using foam-tipped isolating earphones when traveling for almost twenty years.

We know that loud noises are bad. We *know* that playing media at high volume is just as bad.

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How is everyone doing that posted on here? I searched this forum almost a year ago. Had exact same experience. Low volume podcasts while I walked and now a year of tinnitus. It’s spiking right now and LOUD. Anyone still experiencing the tinnitus?

At this point, no. I’m hoping it does. It changes pitch now, jumps to higher pitch then drops down again. Saw an ENT yesterday for vertigo and the tinnitus. Related? Not clear. I’m hoping in time it will go away…

that is interesting about the vertigo. I had a bout of positional vertigo....thought it went away for a good month and then it returned so I went to PT and it worked out well. Right around this time is when I started using the Airpods. I know I'm not going to get anything from Apple and I don't want to assume but what a coincidence. I plan on reaching back out to the ENT this week b/c this spike is pretty bad but the whole family is a little under the weather.

Yeah it seems like this all kicked off with some illness or extreme anxiety/stress (death in the family) tested neg for Covid but friends at hospitals say a high percentage of Covid patients end up with similar issues. Perhaps a thickening of the fluid in one part of the ear. But I never ran a fever. I’ve AirPods for years - but I’m not discounting them as playing some part.

I have not had any improvement. I bought a new phone and Air Pods December 13th

and stopped using them at the end of January. Just five weeks to do damage to

my hearing. Going to see an audiologist next week. 

I submitted a support claim to Apple on February 7th and NO RESPONSE AT ALL.

It hasn't been long enough for me to say yet. I got mine in Dec, two months ago; Apple replaced them last weekend and said my first pair were defective in their testing. I wore the new pair on my commute yesterday and today, with noise cancellation Off most of the time and turning it On only when the environment was at its loudest. I'm not commuting till next Tuesday so, starting Thursday, I won't need them for five days in a row. We'll see how I feel by Monday evening.

Got Airpods (3) for Christmas 2021. 54 years old. Walk and talk long distance with them twice a week, otherwise do not use. Have been loving the wireless but now have really loud ringing in my ears. Only new variable is airpod use. Really unhappy. Would never have used them, had I known.

pppearrr wrote:

Gathering anecdotal information on the thread topic. Feeling less alone.

As long as you don't expect that you're providing Apple with information by posting here.

Thought that would be pretty obvious.

I avoid jumping to conclusions.