Regular mobile phone use,linked to "Tinnitus" A study has found that people who used their mobile phone for an average of ten minutes a day were more then 70 percent more likely to have tinnitus. But those who used their phones on both ears,and those who had used a mobile for four years or more were twice as likely to have tinnitus.it is thought that the microwave energy produced might be the cause of the problem. Tinnitus affects around five million people in britain and is considered a debilitating condition as sufferers may constantly hear a rushing, roaring or high pitched tone is one or both ears most of the time. The most common cause is damage to the hearing through trauma or exposure to loud noise,however some mental or physical changes trigger it such as depression,redundancyand illness.