There is an old saying in Chinese medicine that “tinnitus is the progression of deafness”, many people are convinced that tinnitus will lead to deafness after a long time, and they are always in fear. There is evidence that in a significant number of people tinnitus for a long time does not lead to deafness, so there is no need to worry at all. It is recommended to have a hearing test every 1-2 years according to age to observe hearing. There are also some male patients who are afraid of kidney deficiency and believe that tinnitus is a sign of kidney deficiency, especially in young men, and if it is accompanied by sexual dysfunction it increases their level of worry, so they are preoccupied with tinnitus. The question arises, is there any relationship between tinnitus and kidney deficiency? Kidney deficiency is a term used in Chinese medicine, and there are many terms in Chinese medicine that are not understood by the professionally trained public, so it is very troublesome to explain kidney deficiency. We understand that Chinese medicine will be afraid of cold, cold limbs, urine clear and long, shaking white face, loss of libido, impotence and premature ejaculation, light tongue with white coating, sunken pulse, or five heartburn, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth, dry tongue, yellow urine and stool, red tongue with little coating, thin pulse and other such symptoms called kidney deficiency, and that’s all. Chinese medicine believes that the kidney opens the orifice in the ear, and about opening the orifice is also the way Chinese medicine knows things, so let’s put aside what it really means and let’s understand that the ear is closely related to the kidney (but not the kidney that we see), so this is one of the reasons why we associate tinnitus with kidney deficiency. But currently, with the changes in life, the industry awareness is more biased towards the close relationship between tinnitus and the spleen. More about the relationship with the spleen later. We know here that tinnitus and kidney deficiency are related, but you need the professional understanding of Chinese medicine to give you a judgment, don’t judge by yourself, and don’t go to believe the propaganda of some media. Shen Qi, Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine