This tends to be more common in people who have had tinnitus for a long time and have hearing loss, or people who have increased sound sensitivity known as hyeracusis.
Hii huelekea kuwa zaidi ya kawaida katika watu ambao wamekuwa na tinnitus kwa muda mrefu na kuwa na hasara ya kusikia, au watu ambao unyeti kuongezeka sauti inayojulikana kama hyeracusis.