Science news articles about 'tinnitus'

  • New Tinnitus Treatment: Potential To Greatly Diminish Ringing In The Ears

    ... study has shown potential to markedly improve tinnitus, commonly known as "ringing in the ears." Results ... repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to reduce tinnitus loudness and prevent its return over time ...
  • A million people suffer from tinnitus -- in province of Quebec alone

    ... is conducting a study exploring the root causes of tinnitus, a condition that creates the perception of sound in the absence ... pathway. The objective is to study the correlation between stress and tinnitus and demonstrate the role of endocrinal processes in normal ...
  • Tinnitus: Psychological Treatment And Neurostimulation Offer Hope

    ... remarkable number of patients with tinnitus demonstrate withdrawal behavior and have a negative view of life. Feelings ...
  • Ways to minimise tinnitus - troublesome noises in the ears

    Ringing, whining, whistling, hissing or whooshing. Any of those sounds in one or both ears when there is no external noise present could be a sign of tinnitus...
  • Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears

    Ringing, whining, whistling, hissing or whooshing. Any of those sounds in one or both ears when there is no external noise present could be a sign of tinnitus.
  • Study: The new buzz on detecting tinnitus

    ... , magnetoencephalography (MEG), can determine the site of perception of tinnitus in the brain, which could in turn allow physicians to target ... clinical tool for localizing the probably source of tinnitus in patients' brains. It also has the potential to assist with the development ...
  • More action is needed to support millions of tinnitus sufferers worldwide

    ... Holmes. "Though patients may have to learn to live with tinnitus, the most important thing is that they recognise that help is available ... Padgham. "Although there has been a significant amount of research on tinnitus, most of this has focused on developing a better understanding of the cause ...
  • Music therapy for tinnitus hope

    Personalised music therapy may help cut noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say researchers.
  • Tinnitus Sufferers Find Healing Power in Their Favorite Songs

    ... with partners at Muenster University Hospital are treating tinnitus – the ringing or other interference experienced by many with noise-related ... – with music that’s custom-tailored to specific patients’ tinnitus symptoms. Recent research determined that a reorganization ...
  • Study casts doubt on caffeine link to tinnitus

    ... and abstention to test for a connection between caffeine consumption and tinnitus. The aim of the study was to provide evidence for therapeutic ... were which. Participants were required to complete a questionnaire to measure their tinnitus three times during the study – at the start ...
  • Study suggests that tinnitus does not appear to be a highly inherited condition

    ... have been thwarted by a poor understanding of the pathophysiology of the condition." Tinnitus has recently been reported to cluster in families, but little ... . Although the data did not distinguish between types of tinnitus—some of which may be more heritable than others—the low overall correlation does ...
  • Evaluating homeopathic approaches to tinnitus

    ... , they can hear a ringing or buzzing in their ears that drives them to distraction. The sound is called tinnitus, and sufferers ...
  • Letters: Ways to control tinnitus

    ... of products designed to help people cope with tinnitus. Our research has shown minimal effectiveness with these products ...
  • Low heritability of tinnitus

    ... percent, which correlates well with findings from other countries. Tinnitus is a symptom with a variety of underlying causes, such as impaired ... it was not possible to differentiate between different clinical forms of tinnitus. "Our findings do not mean that genes are not important ...
  • Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus

    ... says. "It has long been thought, and still is believed by many today, that tinnitus is a problem only of damaged hair cells in the inner ... may be related to serotonin depletion," he says. "It appears tinnitus is the auditory symptom of an underlying syndrome, which becomes ...

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