AirPods causing tinnitus?

Yes, I stopped using ANC and the tinnitus stopped.

I believe instead of self diagnosing (or a forum page) a professional would be the right person to go.

Mine improved somewhat over a few weeks after I stopped using the Air Pods and avoided loud noises.

YouTube has several tinnitus noise blocking videos.

YouTube “best tinnitus sound therapy ever 10 hours”

look it up. Very helpful

Use pink noise or nature sounds with airtube headphones to sleep. See Liam Stops T and Julian Cowan Hill.

I have just experienced this, as well. Just in October, I was putting my AirPods 1st Gen in my ears and before I pressed play and while they paired automatically to the new iPhone 11 Pro, a loud sound came out of the Left side more than the right and caused hearing lose and initiated Tinnitus that has yet to end. I am now dealing with ringing so bad that I have to play white noise through speakers to allow me to go to sleep. This is not good, at all.

I got the Airpods Pro right at launch and very quickly noticed a lingering, high pitched ringing in my ears as well. I stopped using them for over a month and the ringing still persists.

I was not listening at loud volumes, but I was using them a lot every day. Mostly podcasts and YouTube videos in Transparency mode.

No 2 ways about it, if you put your AirPods in your ear and before you press play they fire off a very loud sound (as with mind) than that is an Issue on Apple. Even if there was a potential to get tinnitus, the fact that the airpods exacerbate with unexpected loud sounds means the Manufacturer is at fault.

It’s sad to say that I have the same issue, but it started more than a year ago. I was using my 1st generation Airpods and once after using it I heard a continuous noise. It’s still here, never stopped and it’s like white noise. I went to several doctors, got a lot of ear test, otoneurological test, my blood pressure is not high so it can’t be the problem. All of my results were great, I consulted with my doctors about them. They don’t know what can cause it, it’s sad to say that I’m 17 years old and having tinnitus can be so annoying. I had to learn to live together with it otherwise I would have gone crazy. After that I never used Airpods again, I sold it.

Look JimmyCMPIT, no doctor is going to be able to pinpoint the exact cause of someone's tinnitus. I saw my general physician, I saw an ENT specialist, and there is nothing to be done but be careful on my ears and hope it clears up on its own.

All we are doing is sharing our own individual experiences using the Airpods Pro, which for me happened to EXACTLY coincide with the onset of tinnitus. I was not listening to them at loud volumes, I use ear plugs at concerts and am cautious about my hearing. I can't see any logical reason why the Airpods SHOULD cause tinnitus at low listening volume but that is my experience. It's been 1.5 months since I used the Airpods and the ringing still persists.

I'm happy for you that you havent had the same experience.

I have tinnitus, albeit mild at this point. I've never owned or used Airpods.

Consumer headphones generally have an 85-110db limit

Apple (who I've never been affiliated with) offers these suggestions

https://www.apple.com/sound/

Stop using the airpods if they are causing discomfort.

Apple offers a 14 return policy no questions asked.

That’s really scary!! I used the AirPod Pro for one day and I have high pitched sounds in both of my ears, so I returned them. The sounds are persisting for a week till now! I didn’t use high volume at all!

What is happening here Apple??!!

Me and my wife are experiencing exact same ****. When I put my first gen airpods in my ears I’ve noticed high pitching noise even when music wasn’t playing.

i used to listen to an interviews before I sleep using my airpods but then I noticed that weird noise in the morning and evening before I go to bed and it was progressing day after day. Now it’s really gives me a huge discomfort especially when iam in quite zone. I went through plenty of doctors doing all kind of tests trying to figure out what was reason. But no solution to be found yet. We don’t use airpods for couple of months now but noise hasn’t gone either. Airpods are 100% damaging your ears and Apple must do something about it

just to be clear I never had any load music using my iPod pro’s I used to listen to audio books. The constant high pitched sound started 2-4 weeks after I got them. When I suspected it might be the AirPods and si read other people experienced the same thing I stopped using them. I had the old style AirPods for years without any issues. I notified my doctor but and ordered a hearing test, but as we have shelter in place he recommended wait I schedule the appointment.