Tinnitus

What research knows about tinnitus comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

740 million

Adults living with any tinnitus worldwide

source

New diagnoses

1164 per 100 000 person-years

Pooled incidence of any tinnitus

source

How rare

Common

about 930 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind tinnitus

Audiological assessment (hearing test)
Doctor's letters
at assessment
guideline
Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire
Health questionnaires
when sleep problems are reported
guideline
MRI of the internal auditory meati
Scan reports
once, for unilateral or asymmetrical tinnitus
guideline
Tinnitus Functional Index questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at assessment
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$98

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $98 to $1,257

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Doctor's lettersx1$3.49how
Health questionnairesx2$3.24how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Richness premium (4 kinds of data linked)x3how

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Tinnitus

What research knows about tinnitus comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

740 million

Adults living with any tinnitus worldwide

source

New diagnoses

1164 per 100 000 person-years

Pooled incidence of any tinnitus

source

How rare

Common

about 930 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind tinnitus

Audiological assessment (hearing test)
Doctor's letters
at assessment
guideline
Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire
Health questionnaires
when sleep problems are reported
guideline
MRI of the internal auditory meati
Scan reports
once, for unilateral or asymmetrical tinnitus
guideline
Tinnitus Functional Index questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at assessment
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$98

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $98 to $1,257

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Doctor's lettersx1$3.49how
Health questionnairesx2$3.24how
Scan reportsx1$2.79how
Richness premium (4 kinds of data linked)x3how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about tinnitus All conditions