18% Of Adults With Tinnitus Reduce Work Hours Or Leave The Workforce

A full 18% of adults with tinnitus reduced work hours (11%) or stopped working entirely (7%). Overall, tinnitus affects an estimated 15% of the global population.

The research looked at data from 449 participants who wanted to enroll in an eight-week internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) intervention for tinnitus. Of these, 200 completed the ICBT intervention.

Of those who continued working, 44% reported being at least slightly less effective at work due to their tinnitus before any type of intervention. Another 9% reported being considerably less effective, and 4.5% reported being very much less effective. Of those . . .