Introduction: Hearing loss affects people's quality of life. If we consider that hearing loss is the triggering factor, the positive correlation with tinnitus can be justified, since damage or degeneration of the inner ear and the vestibulocochlear nerve can be the cause of tinnitus.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact on the quality of life of people with ages 40 to 60 years who present tinnitus. Evaluate if there is a higher prevalence in relation to gender.

Methods: This is an individual, analytical, observational, cross-sectional, uncontrolled study. The study was carried out in the city of Pouso Alegre, MG, at the Samuel Libânio Clinical Hospital, in the 40-60 age group. Made with 93 people randomly selected. An anamnesis was made and sent to the otology and a threshold tonal audiometry. The data were organized and tabulated in the Microsoft Excel 2013 program and analyzed using the SPSS 18 software.

Results: The Chi-square test, shows that there was statistical significance in the variables alcoholic beverage (p = 0.016) and chronic disease (p = 0.021). It was possible to correlate the tinnitus symptom and hearing loss in workers from noisy places who did not use or used ear protectors.

Conclusion: It is concluded that the tinnitus symptom, when comparing the variables gender with the use of alcoholic beverage with the presence of chronic diseases, is more prevalent. The use of the ear protector in noisy environments is associated with complaints of hearing loss and tinnitus.