by MindEar The MindEar app includes training and education on tinnitus, helping patients better manage symptoms. Credit: MindEarAn international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French...
Ralph Ellis Scientists know that tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, affects 10% of adults worldwide. But they’re not exactly sure what causes the condition. The traditional belief is that tinnitus happens in people who had already lost hearing. But some people who have tinnitus are still able to perform well on standard hearing tests,...
by Julia Moióli, FAPESP LLLT prototype device applying red laser with a wavelength of 660 nm developed at the Technological Support Laboratory of IFSC-USP for laser auriculotherapy. Credit: Journal of Personalized Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.3390/jpm13040581 Low-level laser therapy and associated photobiomodulation is the most effective of the known treatments for tinnitus, according to a study comparing the main...
by University of Michigan Bisensory treatment device and stimuli. A. The take-home device is displayed with electrical leads (green) and audio lead (black). B. Personalized treatment spectrum example (blue) is calculated as a subject’s tinnitus likeness (red) set at 40 dB above the subject’s hearing threshold (black) in dB SPL. C. Treatment stimulus: Sample stimulus waveform...
Joseph Prezioso Thousands of people say they’ve developed tinnitus after they were vaccinated against Covid. While there is no proof yet that the vaccines caused the condition, theories for a possible link have surfaced among researchers. Shaowen Bao, an associate professor in the physiology department of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson,...
by Trista Williams Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tinnitus is a frequently reported symptom for audiology patients. It’s commonly referred to as ringing in the ears, but it can be different sounds like buzzing, roaring, clicking, hissing or humming. Tinnitus is the sensation or perception of sounds that other people can’t hear, and it doesn’t have an...
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES If you live near a busy road, it may increase your stress levels and affect your sleep. When we are under stress and sleep poorly, we may be at a higher risk of developing tinnitus. In a new study with data from 3.5 million Danes, researchers from...
by Jeff Renaud, University of Western Ontario Graphical Abstract. Credit: (2023). DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad018 While it’s especially common in older adults, tinnitus—a potentially devastating ringing in the ears—can affect people of all ages. Most often described as consistent buzzing, hissing or humming, tinnitus is usually caused by an underlying condition, like age-related hearing loss, an ear injury...
The pooled prevalence of any tinnitus is 14.4 percent, according to a review published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Neurology. Carlotta M. Jarach, from the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri in Milan, Italy, and colleagues conducted an umbrella review followed by a traditional systematic review to provide frequency estimates of tinnitus worldwide. A total of 113 eligible...
Published: May 19, 2022 9.04am EDT People with tinnitus are more likely to have disturbed sleep. Around 15% of the world’s population suffers from tinnitus, a condition which causes someone to hear a sound (such as ringing or buzzing) without any external source. It’s often associated with hearing loss. Not only can the condition be annoying for sufferers,...
