AirPods causing tinnitus?

Has Apple done any tests to verify whether Airpods cause tinnitus or not? Because you state the exact causes of tinnitus are not known, are you suggesting that Airpods might be the culprit here? Do you think there's some consistency with the 41 pages of reports from people posting about the technical performance of Airpods, or is it just coincidence? Thank you.

Thanks. That's pretty broad speculation re what might cause tinnitus, particularly when it was earlier stated that the exact causes of tinnitus are not known. I believe only technical support is permitted on these forums.

Do you think Apple Airpods' noise-cancelling feature might technically agitate a pre-existing tinnitus condition?

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Thanks. That's pretty broad speculation re what might cause tinnitus, particularly when it was earlier stated that the exact causes of tinnitus are not known.

I never speculated on what caused tinnitus. I referenced possible causes mentioned in the NIH article that I linked to. Did you read it?

I believe only technical support is permitted on these forums.

Which would make this whole thread a violation. But, the hosts see fit to leave it.

Do you think Apple Airpods' noise-cancelling feature might technically agitate a pre-existing tinnitus condition?

I am not a doctor. You can read the article I linked to above for a good lay overview of tinnitus. You can also search Pubmed for other scientific articles:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

I love Apple and their products but I did a google search on the subject of AirPods causing ringing in both ears that doesn’t go away. Within a few clicks of my search I now find myself here realizing there are many others that have the same concern. 09/24/23

Wow. I never thought about it before and I’ve been using headphones and/or headsets for years on a regular basis.

its been several years since my tinuniis started but it can very well have coincided with when I started to use my AirPods or AirPod pros.

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Nothing omg

So AirPod Pros have caused this to happen to 100% of the people who have used them? Seems like some news source would have reported on it by now.

Question: what type of IEMs before these?

Also got AirPod pro few months ago and recently got high pitch ringing ringing sound 😔

I have yet to see one person state that they went to an ENT who said the have tinnitus much less that it was caused by AirPod Pros.

I went to ent twice and audiologist

And all of them said it was definitively the AirPod Pros and they will testify?

Good for you stand your ground and vote with your wallet.

Definition from Webster's Dictionary:

tinnitus |ˈtinədəs| 

nounMedicine 

ringing or buzzing in the ears.

Yep, I know what you said and without a good bit of money (say, $2 million to start) and a bunch of doctors and lab tests you wouldn't be able to do it anyway.

Has the tinnitus gone away? Mine hasn't.