How do you pronounce "tinnitus?"
Jul 19, 2004 at 6:03 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 22
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I always thought it was pronounced tin-NYE-tus, but I have a teacher that pronounces it TIN-ni-tus. It sounds like more of a British take on the word, but he's not British so I'm confused.
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 7:15 PM Post #4 of 22
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Originally Posted by ampgalore
tit-night-us


Wrong!!
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Tinitous is probably the best phonetic spelling I could give. "Tin It" as in the two seperate words and "ous" as in concious.
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 7:18 PM Post #5 of 22
ti-NIGHT-us
or
ti-ni-tus

most people recognize the two different pronounciations as do I believe credible sources
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 7:24 PM Post #6 of 22
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Originally Posted by NPoet
ti-NIGHT-us
or
ti-ni-tus

most people recognize the two different pronounciations as do I believe credible sources


The second one of those is how it is pronounced in the UK. I would expect that the first one is an acceptable pronounciation too. So many words can be expressed in so many ways!!
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Jul 19, 2004 at 9:20 PM Post #8 of 22
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Originally Posted by Edwood
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, yeah, it sucks.


yea, it does, but I can never remember a time where I ever did not have it, so I've grown to the point where I can only hear it if I concentrate and it's quite, or if I throw my closed cans on and play no music

just means I have to listen to more music
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but as I learned from my concert experiences, always keep the volume at a very reasonable level... I just feel sorry for the people that have not gotten used to it enough to the point where they either don't notice it or it doesn't bother them, I suppose when you just get it and notice you have it it's really bad...
I just can't ever remember true silence
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I liek to call silence, white noise and fans
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sorta blocks it out well
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 9:23 PM Post #9 of 22
I pronounce it.....
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
At least thats how its pronounced in my left ear.
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Jul 19, 2004 at 9:59 PM Post #10 of 22
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Originally Posted by NPoet
ti-NIGHT-us


This is how we pronounce it here in the anatomic pathology lab. However, I have heard the second syllable pronounced with a short "i" as well. You say tomato, I say tomahto.
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Jul 19, 2004 at 10:10 PM Post #11 of 22
I never pronounced it at all until you people started talking about it, and suddenly it was there.
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I'm like NPoet. I've lived with it for so long its sort of an environmental given. Then a thread like this one turns up, and I become acutely aware that the crickets have begun to chirp.

BW
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 10:16 PM Post #12 of 22
I always pronounced it "ti-nigh-tus" until my mom corrected me and said it's "tin-i-tus". Hmmm...I guess I was right the first time after all!
 
Jul 19, 2004 at 10:39 PM Post #13 of 22
ti-ni-tus is how I would pronounce it.
 
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