According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Medicine, Tinnitus, a condition that leads to incessant buzzing or ringing in the inner ear, can be cured through increased intake of coffee.

Although Tinnitus is not a serious or painful situation, it can be an annoyance which can largely affect mood and productivity in day-to-day activities.

To conduct the research, the Nurse's Health Learning II Study, from Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, took up data of 65,000 women who were between the age of 30 and 44 years. This data was taken for 18 years starting from 1991. The study subjects suffered from varying degrees of Tinnitus and the effects of heightened caffeine use in all of them were studied.

The study used a control of two cups of coffee or 150 mg caffeine per day and noted that an increased coffee consumption of four to five cups of coffee per day resulted in reduction in Tinnitus symptoms. In other words, women who drank 450 to 599 mg of brew caffeine a daytime were 15 % less liable to report tinnitus than women who took just 150 mg per day.

The exact relationship between caffeine and tinnitus is still questionable but the reduction in symptoms is sure off and is significant enough to report.

Tinnitus is a condition which affects approximately 10% of all adults in the United States. Till date, there is no cure for the condition. The person suffering from it experiences buzzing or hissing in the ears over a long period of time.

People who are more exposed to loud noises and work in a noisy environment are more likely to develop tinnitus. Workers at a construction site or an airport are at higher risk of developing the condition.

Professor Gary Curhan is senior author of BWH of Harvard Medical School-published report that concluded: "Significant converse association between caffeine drinking and the commonness of tinnitus".