News tagged with tinnitus
Tinnitus caused by too little inhibition of brain auditory circuits, study says
Tinnitus, a relentless and often life-changing ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions of others, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Soldiers screened for potential vulnerability to tinnitus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hearing loss is common for soldiers coming home from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, but another perhaps equally vexing problem is a condition that causes them to hear sound that isn't ...
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Mar 29, 2011 |
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Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers were able to eliminate tinnitus in a group of rats by stimulating a nerve in the neck while simultaneously playing a variety of sound tones over an extended period of time, says a study published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Tinnitus is much more than a 'hearing problem', researcher says
Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2011 |
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'White-noise' therapy not enough to curb tinnitus
Tinnitus — what many think of as “ringing in the ears” — is the perception of sound without any real acoustic stimulation. Sound masking therapy, a common component of tinnitus treatment, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Tinnitus in the elderly is prevalent and impacts quality of life
Tinnitus is common among elderly Nigerians and associated with treatable health conditions like otitis media, rhinosinusitis, head injury and hypertension, according to new research published in the October 2010 issue of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Prolonged mobile phone use may be linked to tinnitus
Regularly using a mobile phone for at least four years seems to be associated with a doubling in the risk of developing chronic tinnitus (persistent ringing/roaring/hissing in the ear), indicates a small study published online ...
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus
About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Low heritability of tinnitus
The relative importance of genetic factors in tinnitus is low, according to new research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This is the first large population-based study to measure the heritability of tinnitus.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Study suggests that tinnitus does not appear to be a highly inherited condition
Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, does not appear to be a highly inherited condition (i.e., does not pass frequently from parents to offspring), according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Study casts doubt on caffeine link to tinnitus
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has found giving up caffeine does not relieve tinnitus and acute caffeine withdrawal might add to the problem. This is the first study of its kind to look at the effect of caffeine ...
Jan 12, 2010 |
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More action is needed to support millions of tinnitus sufferers worldwide
As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Study: The new buzz on detecting tinnitus
It's a ringing, a buzzing, a hissing or a clicking - and the patient is the only one who can hear it. Complicating matters, physicians can rarely pinpoint the source of tinnitus, a chronic ringing of the head or ears that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 03, 2009 |
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