Hallo Dr Nagler,
There seems to be an ongoing debate of tinnitus could be originating from the inner ear. In the past (in some cases) the Auditory nerve was severed and the tinnitus would resolve, or it would not. In the sort mailing I had with a dutch tinnitus researcher he said: the success rate of this type of intervention is highly exaggerated. If it would be successful, section of the nerve will cause new tinnitus to arrive. It seems difficult to completely rule out tinnitus with an inner ear "source/driver".
My question is: Why is it not possible to sedate the auditory nerve and find out that way. Is it dangerous? Is it difficult? etc etc.
Kind Regards,
Sjoerd
There seems to be an ongoing debate of tinnitus could be originating from the inner ear. In the past (in some cases) the Auditory nerve was severed and the tinnitus would resolve, or it would not. In the sort mailing I had with a dutch tinnitus researcher he said: the success rate of this type of intervention is highly exaggerated. If it would be successful, section of the nerve will cause new tinnitus to arrive. It seems difficult to completely rule out tinnitus with an inner ear "source/driver".
My question is: Why is it not possible to sedate the auditory nerve and find out that way. Is it dangerous? Is it difficult? etc etc.
Kind Regards,
Sjoerd