Saturday, March 24, 2012

Tinnitus treatment

  • Loud, concussive explosions on the battlefield may last only a few seconds, but many soldiers returning from combat in the Middle East are experiencing lingering symptoms that cause them to perceive sounds even when it is quiet.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • London, Mar 19 (PTI) Scientists claim to have come up with a new treatment for tinnitus -- a buzzing in the ears.
  • (MSN India)
  • Trials of the new therapy, called called Acoustic Coordinated Reset (ACR), have shown that it reduces the loudness and annoyance caused by tinnitus in seven out of 10 patients.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • A personalised tinnitus treatment that involves listening to sounds through headphones may offer new hope for thousands of sufferers, a study has found. The unusual therapy is designed to "reset" auditory nerve cells in the brain to stop them misfiring.
  • (yorkshirepost)
  • Trials of the new therapy, called called Acoustic Coordinated Reset (ACR), have shown that it reduces the loudness and annoyance caused by tinnitus in seven out of 10 patients. The treatment is now being made availabe to British patients at a Harley Street clinic.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • Researchers have developed a personalised tinnitus treatment and hope encouraging trial results will lead to it being offered on the NHS. Registration is free and takes just two minutes.
  • (Nursing Times)
  • A new clinical trial is to test whether a pocket-sized device that uses sound simulation to reboot faulty wiring in the brain could cure people with the debilitating hearing disorder tinnitus.
  • (EurekAlert)
  • Three out of four patients who tried out the device, which plays sounds tuned to the frequency of their tinnitus, experienced a reduction in their symptoms for several months.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • At the end of the 40 week RESET trial, led by Professor Peter Tass at Jülich Research Centre in Germany, about seven in 10 who received active treatment said their tinnitus had got quieter and less annoying.
  • (News-Medical.Net)

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