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Charities collaborate to study the impact of tinnitus on professional musicians
The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is partnering with the musicians’ charity Help Musicians UK (HMUK) to conduct research into the impact of tinnitus on professional musicians. Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing sounds in the head or ears for which there is no external source.
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Published: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:21 UTC
Deep brain stimulation found to be safe, effective in the treatment of refractory severe tinnitus
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco and Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco investigated the safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of refractory severe tinnitus in a small group of patients.
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Published: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:33 UTC
New online, sound matching tool offers tinnitus sufferers potential treatment options
A tea kettle, buzzing cicada or screeching noise? Tinnitus suffers are being invited to use a new online, sound matching tool to help better understand their type of tinnitus and the potential treatments that might be able to help them.
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Published: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:44 UTC
Mindfulness-based approach could improve treatment for people with tinnitus
New UK research has found that a new mindfulness-based approach to tinnitus could transform the treatment of the condition.
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Published: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:06 UTC
Three experts from The Tinnitus Clinic contribute to major review on pulsatile tinnitus
Three specialists from the leading provider of tinnitus treatments in the UK have joined experts from Whipps Cross University Hospital to deliver a paper on the causes, assessment, and management of a less common but more troublesome form of the condition.
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Published: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:04 UTC
Early life stress impacts how the sensory systems develop, review shows
Life needs stimulation. However, overstimulation can cause exhaustion and illness. During specific sensitive periods early in life, stress can even affect later mental health.
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Published: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:00 UTC
Scientists reveal novel approach to restoration of hearing
Hearing loss is a common affliction associated with advancing age and exposure to very loud noises, affecting two-thirds of adults over age 70.
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Published: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 04:02 UTC
FDA-approved drug for chemical abortion shows promise for treatment of vestibular schwannoma
Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have shown that mifepristone, a drug currently FDA-approved for chemical abortion, prevents the growth of vestibular schwannoma cells. This sometimes-lethal intracranial tumor typically causes hearing loss and tinnitus
Source: News-Medical.Net
Published: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:57 UTC
Audiologist urges tinnitus sufferers facing 'revolving door healthcare' to seek support
An audiologist from the UK’s leading tinnitus clinic is urging sufferers to seek support after a study has revealed considerable regional variation in tinnitus service provision across the UK, particularly in the availability of psychological treatments.
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Published: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:37 UTC
Experimental device could help ease tinnitus symptoms by targeting unruly nerve activity in the brain
Millions of Americans hear ringing in their ears -- a condition called tinnitus -- but a new study shows an experimental device could help quiet the phantom sounds by targeting unruly nerve activity in the brain.
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Published: Sat, 06 Jan 2018 01:47 UTC
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