MemberThe official publication of the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) is Tinnitus Today. I used to subscribe, but eventually lost interest and didn't renew, because it became very repetitive.
Today, perhaps a year after I received my last issue before the subscription died out, I received what I assume is a complementary copy, which contains a request for financial support.
I don't like to complain about a freebie, but something is very wrong when a magazine that I had previously recommended, has sunken to new lows. This issue,Vol. 45, No.2, Summer 2020, has actually done this. The theme of this issue is, "Lifestyle Choices That Can Limit the Impact of Tinnitus", which can be found online, for free.
Aside from general tinnitus related articles such as how to exercise, by a personal fitness coach, tinnitus and hearing loss, diabetes and tinnitus, COVID-19 and tinnitus, etc., and a completely misnamed article, "Can Marijuana Decrease Tinnitus Distress", which had not a single mention of tinnitus distress in it, and nothing of value in the rest of the piece other than the usual conclusion that more research needs to be done, to study whether marijuana is a help, or hindrance, to tinnitus.
When I saw the name of tinnitus therapist Julian Cowan Hill listed, I thought that perhaps it was an expose of his claims to be able to relieve tinnitus through some kind of pseudoscience known as craniosacral massage, which naturally is very expensive and requires in-person visits. Instead, he is treated like a legitimate tinnitus therapist and expert. His current article isn't bad, about reducing stress due to tinnitus. The skull quackery isn't mentioned, the article is likely just bait, for desperate people who are willing to pay for just about anything that might help them, including methods that are unproven and not recommended by any legitimate medical authorities or organizations.
I used to recommend this magazine, and although there's a few good articles to be found in this issue, the inclusion of an article by a known quack is clearly an indication that the organization has lost some of its integrity.
Today, perhaps a year after I received my last issue before the subscription died out, I received what I assume is a complementary copy, which contains a request for financial support.
I don't like to complain about a freebie, but something is very wrong when a magazine that I had previously recommended, has sunken to new lows. This issue,Vol. 45, No.2, Summer 2020, has actually done this. The theme of this issue is, "Lifestyle Choices That Can Limit the Impact of Tinnitus", which can be found online, for free.
Aside from general tinnitus related articles such as how to exercise, by a personal fitness coach, tinnitus and hearing loss, diabetes and tinnitus, COVID-19 and tinnitus, etc., and a completely misnamed article, "Can Marijuana Decrease Tinnitus Distress", which had not a single mention of tinnitus distress in it, and nothing of value in the rest of the piece other than the usual conclusion that more research needs to be done, to study whether marijuana is a help, or hindrance, to tinnitus.
When I saw the name of tinnitus therapist Julian Cowan Hill listed, I thought that perhaps it was an expose of his claims to be able to relieve tinnitus through some kind of pseudoscience known as craniosacral massage, which naturally is very expensive and requires in-person visits. Instead, he is treated like a legitimate tinnitus therapist and expert. His current article isn't bad, about reducing stress due to tinnitus. The skull quackery isn't mentioned, the article is likely just bait, for desperate people who are willing to pay for just about anything that might help them, including methods that are unproven and not recommended by any legitimate medical authorities or organizations.
I used to recommend this magazine, and although there's a few good articles to be found in this issue, the inclusion of an article by a known quack is clearly an indication that the organization has lost some of its integrity.
