Hearing issues can occur due to a variety of reasons and tinnitus is one of them that affects your ear health. Tinnitus occurs when you hear ringing or other sounds in one or both of your ears. Several people are unlikely to hear the noise you hear when you have tinnitus because it is not caused by external sounds. Tinnitus is a common complaint. It affects between 15 per cent to 20 per cent of people, with elderly people being more likely to be affected.

Dr Prateek Nayak, consultant, and ENT surgery, at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore, talks about one of the most frequent chronic health conditions.