[illustriousbear]

This is not necessarily evidence.

Your tinnitus might have just become noticeable with the Airpods or perhaps something completely unrelated impacted it.

I had tinnitus flare ups during lockdown so went to both an audiologist and an ent specialist (had a mri too). I'm a heavy user of ANC devices as a means to relax/cope with my environment so I suspected the devices.

Professionals told me that there was no hearing damage and that my flare ups were likely connected to clenching my jaw and stress. I mentioned my devices/usage to my health professionals and they said there is no reason for concern.

After some physio I'm much better off.

If people are working from home in quieter environments where they're not exercising while using ear pieces / headphones more often, it shouldn't be surprising that tinnitus is becoming more noticeable. This is also during a pretty stressful time too, which doesn't help with tinnitus.

[74d-fe6-2c6]

Greetings from another heavy user of ANC for the purpose of coping with a noisy environment.