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Original Research Article Objective & Aim: Variation of causes, patient’s diversity and subjective nature of tinnitus it is difficult to analyse its etiological factors. The main aim of this study was to find the prevalence and characteristics of etiological factors related to tinnitus in patients attending tertiary care hospital in Bihar. Method: Eighty two patients (N=82) with history of tinnitus were included in this observational study. All necessary investigations, clinical examination and history were noted in a pre-designed data sheet and by using SPSS 16.0 software statistical calculation executed. Content was taken from all pattens regarding study procedure. Results: Initially 92 patients were selected and 10 patients because of a co-existing psychiatric problem were excluded from the study. Mean age of all patients was 42.13±16.18 and 59% of the patients were <40 years. 68% were female as females were affected more than males. Among various occupation housewife and businessmen were having highest in number among participant. As compare to the left earright ear was affected more. Among etiological factor distribution, sensorineural hearing loss and conductive hearing losswere mainly responsible, whereas in 22.4% of cases were an unknown cause. Conclusion: Decrease in the quality of life was caused by tinnitus with its distressing symptom. Sociodemographic factors and main etiological factors related to tinnitus is important to find, as these findings willimprovement in quality of life by find out remedial measures. Keyword: Tinnitus, etiological factors, prevalence. Copyright @ 2020: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use (NonCommercial, or CC-BY-NC) provided the original author and source are credited.

Characteristics of Etiological Factors Related to Tinnitus in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in DMCH, Darbhanga