By: Melissa Blasius Posted at 3:29 PM, Sep 22, 2021 and last updated 6:23 PM, Sep 22, 2021 A University of Arizona researcher is looking for commonalities in hundreds of people who have reported sudden or worsening tinnitus after receiving COVID-19 vaccines. “The risk is small, but it seems to me that it is there,”...
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Tinnitus
Tinnitus is an auditory perception in the absence of an auditory stimulus. It may be associated with acoustic trauma (eg, exposure to loud noise), chronic hearing loss, emotional stressors, or spontaneous occurrence. The psychopathological reaction to the perceived auditory stimulus is an enormous source of distress and disability for many patients with tinnitus. National health...
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Tinnitus: Scale of hearing damage for music industry workers revealed
by Samuel Couth, The Conversation Credit: Igor Bulgarin/Shutterstock Hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing, buzzing or whistling noises in the absence of any external sounds) are serious problems for music industry workers. The conditions can affect musical standards, limit employment and damage general wellbeing. Yet music industry workers’ susceptibility to hearing problems is not well understood, as it can...
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Neuromodulation for Tinnitus Relief
SCOTT JUNG ENT, EXCLUSIVE, NEUROLOGY Our nervous system plays a central role in how we sense things in our environment, and modulating the signals that pass through our nerves can manipulate our brain in various ways. Neuromodulation is commonly used for pain relief and is being researched to help restore movement, sight, hearing, and cognitive function for those...
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Mindfulness is key to tinnitus relief
A leading UK study has found that a new mindfulness-based approach to tinnitus could transform the treatment of the condition. The BTA estimates tinnitus affects approximately six million people in the UK. Credit: University of Bath Published in the journals Ear and Hearing and Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, the research, led by Dr. Liz Marks from...
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Neurofeedback Shows Promise in Treating Tinnitus
CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have found that neurofeedback training has the potential to reduce the severity of tinnitus or even eliminate it, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Tinnitus is the perception of noise, often ringing, in the ear. The...
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Google alert helps to end a former Royal Marine’s 10-year tinnitus hell: Notification highlighted pioneering IPOD-based therapy that has allowed veteran to ‘function again as a human being’
Harris Tatakis suffered the debilitating condition after 2007 bomb in Afghanistan The blast left the 39-year-old with ruptured eardrums and brain damage Since then he has had ringing in his ears so loud it caused him hearing problems He is believed to be the first UK veteran to benefit from the therapy A former Royal...
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Study suggests serotonin may worsen tinnitus
Millions of people suffer from the constant sensation of ringing or buzzing in the ears known as tinnitus, creating constant irritation for some and severe anxiety for others. Research by scientists at OHSU shows why a common antidepressant medication may worsen the condition. The study, to be published Aug. 22 in the journal Cell Reports, focused...
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Can coloured lights really stop that ringing in your ears? Wearing lenses in different hues could be a new way to banish tinnitus and migraines
Tinnitus is a common condition characterised by a ringing or buzzing in the ears It affects millions worldwide, and is linked to depression, anxiety and insomnia A lamp that gives out light in different colours could help banish it for good A lamp that gives out coloured light is being tested as a new treatment...
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Computer-based cognitive training program may help patients with severe tinnitus
In a study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, researchers evaluated the effect of a cognitive training program on tinnitus. Individuals with tinnitus have poorer working memory, slower processing speeds and reaction times and deficiencies in selective attention. Neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections) has been the foundation...
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