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Tony Hiss Tony Hiss was a staff writer for the New Yorker for more than 30 years and is currently a visiting scholar at New York University. Hiss is the author of 13 books, including The ...

One of the most common reasons for tinnitus is exposure to loud sounds. If you’ve ever left a concert or a noisy event and noticed a ringing in your ears afterward, that’s temporary tinnitus. But ...

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For instance, cheaper ANC headphones may have a more noticeable hissing sound that you'll hear when the noise cancellation is turned on, which can be distracting for some folks. Other headphones ...