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It isn't somatic. So it can't be psychosomatic.

This is completely wrong. Both dB and dB SL are relative measures in exactly the same way. The former is relative to an arbitrary standard sound...

Stephen, you may recall that I went through a major worsening of my tinnitus, along with sudden hearing loss, not that many years ago. I had...

@dan, I'm very familiar with drug-related research sponsored by the ATA, as I am with Billy Martin's work. My advice is just to call this a...

Avoid the word, "trial." I had just skimmed this thread, and that word--as Dr. Nagler mentioned it might--implied something huge to me.

If we are trying to get a drug approved for tinnitus, it will require (in all places I'm familiar with) a clinical trial of some size and rigor....

I'm sympathetic to that view, @jarvic. I have some experience in the evaluation of medical research and am published as well. But I came away with...

Corporations have to make profits for their shareholders. Charity is done for publicity and sometimes to take advantage of tax loopholes. And I'm...

I don't think that logic is exactly correct. I know that in my own case, I spent a good while reading research papers and getting familiar with...

@jazz Funding a lot of research, lobbying for government funding of tinnitus research, working to get tinnitus included in the direct activities...

The "T As" are each very different. The ATA--which is the only one I know in detail--solicits competitive proposals and also lobbies for greater...

I hope people will sign up to donate this weekend, as the deadline is upon us. I know that there are excellent and novel research proposals that...

Sorry. I really have no information of that type.

If we get down to where we have funded a study of every feasible treatment of tinnitus save LLLT and Fruit Loops, I would support a study of LLLT...

I almost mentioned that in my post, but it was already way too long. There was some evidence that ginkgo increased blood flow in some cerebral...

In order for a researcher to decide to do a test of LLLT, he/she has to have some reason to think it might work. We haven't had a randomized...

Mick, I think we might be in agreement, at least in part. I worked a lot in my career thinking about and researching probabilities. There is a...

I think it does help a person who is struggling now. It can have a powerful effect.

Anyone who is seeking hope in LLLT and the like might want to consider participating in an actual clinical trial of (other) tinnitus treatments,...

I had a physics professor in college who addressed this 100% business very well, I think. I'm a tad older now, but I still remember the class,...

Mick, I would argue that there is--in the greater scheme of things--good evidence that LLLT does not help tinnitus. Because if it did, a...

As citigirl said, this happens to everyone whether there is tinnitus or hearing loss or not. It can come and go in spells and is normal.

But where does the "years later" bit come from?

I haven't seen research that shows that the hearing loss occurs "years after the exposure." If you are referring to the talk in Providence, I...

Donations tend to come in in the final week.

Based on my experience, I'd say that broad-based support of tinnitus research from the public is very unlikely, regardless of the type or...

I'm doing great. But it took me a couple of years.

I doubt they are actually "spikes." I suspect you simply get used to not hearing the tinnitus that loud when the hearing aids are on. Then, when...

There's also the effect of contrast. If you look at a candle in a dark room, it can seem quite bright, yet, with the daylight streaming in, it...

This is normal. It's also normal to hear one's pulse at other times, such at with certain positions when lying down or when straining to lift...

I don't want to derail things, but I do want to make a counterpoint to mick's complaints about medical studies showing eggs are bad, etc. There...

My tinnitus "tones" are so chaotic, I wouldn't know how to detect new ones. I think new tones come and go (or stay) all the time. But I don't...

Thunder is loud, but it doesn't last long. It's the combination of loudness and duration that determines auditory damage. Unless you are outdoors...

As in many other cases, this work on tinnitus by Dr. Shore was initially funded by the American Tinnitus Association. The small directly-funded...

Because researchers can't see any reason why LLLT should work; because the evidence so far doesn't indicate that it works; because they have more...

One of the tinnitus "treatments" that has been studied in a large randomized controlled trial is ginkgo. It was found not to differ from placebo.

Wonderful post and wonderful photographs!

It's interesting that the more effective treatments for tinnitus and chronic pain at present are similar and involve shifting one's mental focus...

The comparison of TRT and Neuromonics is first-rate.

It took a long time, but I came to enjoy silence again. I guess it's a bit like viewing a beautiful sunset through dirty glasses, but it still works.

My tinnitus is always on. The migraines tend to come in bunches, unpredictably. They are visual only--I see pinwheels and all the usual visual...

Ashley, I'm a research psychologist (a bit older than 22) who studied sensory processes and perception in grad school. My tinnitus came on about...

The ATA does lobby for tinnitus research and has been successful at getting the US government to target tinnitus in a special funding program...

Why would myelin be damaged in farmers, musicians, and others who have tinnitus and hearing loss? I don't see any reason for it. Nerves don't...

I haven't seen the paper, only the abstract you posted. I've never heard of the journal. When a researcher compares a placebo with a treatment,...

I've never before seen an abstract of a randomized controlled trial without statistical significance levels.

I don't know what drugs you are taking for your glaucoma, but I doubt that they caused the tinnitus. Can you tell us what drugs you take?

Altering the sound of the tinnitus with neck movements and the like is normal. Sensory inputs from muscles interact with auditory inputs in the...

I don't think LLLT works for tinnitus. Nothing about it makes any sense, and there hasn't been a randomized controlled trial showing efficacy.

I agree. But I think this cure may work only for certain types of hearing loss. I doubt that it will work for someone with "normal" hearing, for...

There are a lot of research papers that examine auditory neuroplasticity in animals and humans. It is a well-established fact. Plasticity remains...

Wilden has TRT all wrong. His paper is an incredible hatchet job.

Oops. I think this thread got moved to "Alternative Treatments" while I was writing my post!

I don't agree with this characterization of the (neuro-)auditory system. For starters, I wouldn't characterize it as an electric circuit. It is...

The major problem with the lead post in this topic was the original title given to it, which further sensationalized and distorted the story.

Think about how different this might have played out here and how differently it would affect newbies if a journal article instead of a news item...

I'm a bit conflicted on this issue. Tinnitus forums have had people talk about killing themselves. They have had people kill themselves. It is...