Surgical Tinnitus Procedure

I would like to know if anyone has a Doctors contact for the surgical tinnitus procedure Severing the nerve to the brain ? I understand there is some success with this and would like to find a Physician to facilitate this procedure for me. The constant headaches and high pitched ringing is unbearable for me...if you can help me thank you !

Bill Fellows
Kingston Ont. Canada K7P0K3

 

@Bill Fellows

That kind of surgery is not common for just plain T. There are old studies, and in many cases the result was more T rather than eliminating T. It is a very risky proposition. The fact that this surgery has low success rate is used as one of the foundations that T is a brain problem that might be initiated by suppression of the auditory input signal.

 

By cutting the 8th nerve the auditory cortex will be less (or just not) stimulated. And that is just the cause of tinnitus... I strongly advice against the suggested procedure!

 

I'll second everything the above posters just said. My audiologist told me about a guy that was fed up with it and had his cut. It moved from his ear to his head (brain tinnitus). I strongly recommend you don't do it.

 

The study showed that a small majority had their T silenced or greatly diminished but the risk is high to be part of the deaf large minority without possibility of masking it

 

I wouldn't have the nerve cut as you can still have tinnitus and lost your hearing also.
I would look in to trying hearing aids as really help my sever bilateral tinnitus.
Love glynis x