Tinnitus is a very common experience, and although usually mild, in a significant proportion of people, it is intrusive, persistent, and disabling. This paper explores the lived experience of chronic disabling tinnitus, with the aim of understanding how distress and chronicity occur, and what might help to reduce this. It shows how a biopsychosocial approach to tinnitus may reduce tinnitus burden more effectively than a biomedical, diagnostic‐focused approach. • It indicates how effective early health care information could be used to reduce chronic tinnitus distress
References: Marks, Elizabeth & Smith, Paula & McKenna, Laurence. (2019). Living with tinnitus and the health care journey: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. British Journal of Health Psychology. 24. 10.1111/bjhp.12351.