10/31/2025
Susan Bianco, an 87-year-old from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, realized she was losing her hearing when she found herself constantly asking her husband to repeat himself. She was also struggling during phone calls and social events.
“It's very hard to hear in a crowd,” she says. “I can't understand what one person is saying if other people are talking.”
Then, Bianco started to hear something new: an annoying buzzing in her ears that gets louder when she’s tired.
Bianco is among the 13% of U.S. adults – and 27% of adults 65 and older – who have trouble hearing, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She’s also among the 10% with tinnitus – a ringing in the ears often linked with hearing loss.
The risk of hearing loss and tinnitus increases with age and noise exposure. “You can’t stop aging, but you can take steps to conserve your hearing and reduce your risk of developing hearing loss and tinnitus,” says Dr. Jackie Price an audiologist at Penn State Health Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. Price explains how to prevent common ear problems and when to get help.
What is tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a ringing, buzzing, hissing or whooshing sound in one or both ears. Some people say it sounds like cicadas or a freight train, Price says.
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Tinnitus, Protect Your Hearing, Ear Health
