People at risk for tinnitus
- Seniors. Aging often causes a deterioration in the mechanisms of hearing, which can lead to the onset of tinnitus.
- Men. They are more affected than women by this type of symptoms.
- People exposed to noise:
– people working in an industrial environment;
– truck drivers and all those whose profession obliges them to use an automobile often;
– auto mechanics;
– construction workers;
– soldiers in conflict zones;
– the musicians;
– inhabitants of cities with a high population density;
– people who regularly go to discos, nightclubs, concert halls and raves, or who listen to music at a high volume with their walkman or MP3 player;