<![CDATA[Background: According to information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), around 15% of the world's total population experiences tinnitus. The causes of tinnitus vary, including underlying diseases, one of which is hypertension. Meanwhile, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta it ranks 4th for the province with the highest cases of hypertension in Indonesia. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between hypertension and the incidence of tinnitus at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Methods: This type of research is quantitative with analytical observation using a cross-sectional approach using medical records as the data source. The total sample in this study was 56 patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital who met the exclusion and inclusion criteria. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate Fisher exact tests. Results: The research results showed that 30 of the 56 subjects had hypertension with tinnitus. The results of the bivariate test of the relationship between hypertension and tinnitus produced a p value of 0.008 (p < 0.05) and an r value of 0.377. Conclusion: There is a significant weak relationship between hypertension and tinnitus in patients at the ENT Polyclinic at PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital. Among the degrees of hypertension that have been studied, grade 2 hypertension has the strongest relationship with tinnitus. Hypertension conditions can cause damage to blood flow in the cochlea due to damage to blood flow autoregulation which then causes ischemia in the cochlea and causes clinical manifestations in the form of tinnitus.]]>
