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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I don't find it encouraging that the doctors I've spoken to about it don't even agree on how to pronounce the word.

Some say "tin it us"
Some say "tin eye tus"

Anybody know which is correct?

I go with tin eye tus

Per Merriam Webster, they are both correct, but the more common seems to be ˈti-nə-təs

" noun tin·ni·tus \ˈti-nə-təs, tə-ˈnī-təs\ "

OK, after checking Merriam Webster, MacMillan, Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online, all have that as the primary pronunciation. I think I'll probably still go with tə-ˈnī-təs\ since it is also technically correct. It just makes more sense to me. A single consonant between two vowels usually makes the first vowel long is how I remember it being taught.

Here's something else that I found online that makes sense to me.

According to the ATA there are two ways of saying it depending on which english you use, proper or american
neither are the ones listed right. They are as follows

ti-NIGHT-us = tinn-EYE-TUS

TIN-i-tus = Tinn- IT-US

If you ask the ata they will pronounce it Ti-NIGHT-us
but more UK people say the IT one. Just a lil heads up.