My very good friend works in a hospital as an otorinolaryngologist, specializing in hearing damage and hearing aids. I actually met her today for a long walk.

My very good friend works in a hospital as an otorinolaryngologist, specializing in hearing damage and hearing aids. I actually met her today for a long walk. According to her, tinnitus rates have absolutely exploded over her career (since 2002) and the correlation with frequent use of earbuds is very obvious. I know that correlation neq causation and all the stuff about anecdata, but I am not willing to dismiss concern of a doctor who, in the last 20 years, has seen thousands of people with hearing problems.