Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One patient's quest to end ominous ringing in her ear
It started with a small but persistent noise in her right ear.
Apr 18, 2016
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Neuroscience
Emotion processing in the brain changes with tinnitus severity, study says
Tinnitus, otherwise known as ringing in the ears, affects nearly one-third of adults over age 65. The condition can develop as part of age-related hearing loss or from a traumatic injury. In either case, the resulting persistent ...
Dec 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
Ringing in the ears and chronic pain enter by the same gate
Tinnitus and chronic pain have more in common than their ability to afflict millions with the very real experience of "phantom" sensations. Scientists noted similarities between the two disorders more than thirty years ago. ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study identifies cause of resilience to tinnitus, drugs that can reduce chance of developing the debilitating condition
Researchers have identified in an animal model the molecular mechanisms behind resilience to noise-induced tinnitus and a possible drug therapy that could reduce susceptibility to this chronic and sometimes debilitating condition. ...
Aug 27, 2015
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Surgery
Magnetic pulses to the brain deliver long-lasting relief for tinnitus patients
In the largest U.S. clinical trial of its kind funded by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, researchers at the VA Portland Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University found ...
Jul 16, 2015
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Neuroscience
Quiet that ringing in the brain: New drug promises relief from epilepsy and tinnitus with fewer side effects
A new drug may treat epilepsy and prevent tinnitus by selectively affecting potassium channels in the brain, UConn neurophysiologist Anastasios Tzingounis and colleagues report in the 10 June Journal of Neuroscience.
Jun 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
Breakthrough in tinnitus research could lead to testable model
Tinnitus is the most common service-related disability for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Often described as a ringing in the ears, more than 1.5 million former service members, one out of every two combat ...
May 12, 2015
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Neuroscience
In search of tinnitus, that phantom ringing in the ears
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound—often described as ringing—that isn't really there. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 23 have taken advantage ...
Apr 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
Novel tinnitus therapy helps patients cope with phantom noise
Patients with tinnitus hear phantom noise and are sometimes so bothered by the perceived ringing in their ears, they have difficulty concentrating. A new therapy does not lessen perception of the noise but appears to help ...
Oct 30, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AAO-HNSF clinical practice guideline: Tinnitus
The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation has released the first ever mutli-disciplinary, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to improve the diagnosis and management of tinnitus, the ...
Oct 1, 2014
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