Teens Develop 60-Second Cure For Noise-Induced Tinnitus
by T Goodman
If you hang out in dance clubs, play in a band, listen to music blasting from your car
stereo or your audio headphones, or use noisy machinery, you'll be glad
to know that there is relief available for the after-effects of those
experiences. The "cure" for temporary tinnitus, the
bothersome ringing or buzzing in your ears, was developed by two Irish
physics students, who probably have experienced some tinnitus of their
own.
Tinnitus is a consistent and annoying tone, whir, or buzz that originates in the middle ear and, though it may let up for a few seconds or longer, it is a fairly continuous sound. Tinnitus is a medical condition which can have several causes, but temporary tinnitus generally does't last longer than 24 hours and is caused by a relatively short exposure to noise.
Rhona Togher and Eimear O' Carroll, inventors of sound therapy for temporary tinnitus, were runner-up winners of the the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this year. Their project for the exhibition was to test their sound therapy (a 60-second low frequency tone administered through head phones) on 250 subjects who were experiencing temporary tinnitus. The therapy had a 99 percent success rate!
"After coming out of discos or listening to MP3 players they [the subjects] found they had ringing in their ears. Our therapy... stimulated and soothed the ear, O' Carroll told BBC News.
O' Carroll and Togher, along with their teacher, Anthony Carolan, have since formed Restored Hearing Ltd., in Sligo County, Ireland to offer their technology to sufferers of tinnitus. You can find out more about it and order the treatment, very affordably, from their website.
The website is now creating "phenomenal levels of interest," said Ms. O' Carroll.
The team, which has been working on tinnitus for a few years, is now researching the effects of its therapy on persons who suffer from long-term tinnitus, a field in which minimal success has been made.
sources: BBC News, Restored Hearing, BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
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by Anonymous
Temporary tinnitus can become permanent
Trust me.
I am an MD who had a six-week temporary tinnitus. Then a few months later it returned and has remained for 20 years.
by T Goodman
Absolutely
Yes, without doubt, consistent exposure to loud noise can produce a long-term problem with tinnitus. Let's hope that the researchers at Restored Hearing have some good results from using their sound therapy with long term tinnitus sufferers because, as you probably know, there are very few things that work for those persons.
Thank you for sharing your experience with our readers.
by Anonymous
suffering...
I have permanent tinnitus from working in the music industry. It affects daily life. Its definitely torturous at times. A cure would be welcomed by many.
by T Goodman
To suffering...
I sympathize with you. I've known several persons with tinnitus. But why not try this sound therapy and see if it helps... even moderately? It's not very expensive... about the equivalent of $4 - $5 I think and then you would have it downloaded on your computer for permanent use if it was helpful. Here again is the website.
by Anonymous
Free Sound Therapy
Not specifically designed for tinnitus, but you may be interested to check out the Free Sound Therapy Home Programme available from Sensory Activation Solutions. Their Auditory Activation Method builds on the pioneering work of Dr. Alfred Tomatis (Tomatis method) and Dr. Guy Bérard (Auditory Integration Training) and has been specifically developed with the aim to improve sensory processing, interhemispheric integration and cognitive functioning. It has helped many children and adults with a wide range of learning and developmental difficulties, ranging from dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder to sensory processing disorders and autism. It is not a cure or medical intervention, but a structured training programme that can help alleviate some of the debilitating effects that these conditions can have on speech and physical ability, daily behaviour, emotional well-being and educational or work performance.
There is no catch, it's absolutely free and, most importantly, often very effective. Check it out at: http://www.sascentre.com/en_free.html.
by Anonymous
Same here. And tinnitus
Same here. And tinnitus didn't come alone, it came together with some hearing loss. If the therapy works, that's fine, but the risk is that people may even become less aware of the risks of loud noise. "No problem, 60 seconds of treatment and it's gone". But it doesn't cure the hearing loss, does it?
by Anonymous
tinnitus
Yeah I've had it my whole life... it sucks ass
by SuzieDsouza
vagus nerve stimulation
The vagus nerve stimulation is being the new technology to be working for tiniitus, as researches are going on in Texas. The experiment is successful in rats, lets hope the best out of it.
http://www.whatisguide.net/0103-vagus-nerve-stimulation.html
by Anonymous
another solution for tinnitus?
saya senang mengetahui ada lebih banyak lagi solusi yang ditemukan untuk menyembuhkan tinnitus..i will surfing more about this one..thx
http://tinnitusmiracleg.com/
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