Cure Research for Tinnitus

Treatments for Tinnitus

Treatments to consider for Tinnitus may include:

• Hearing aids
• Maskers - electronic devices to hide the tinnitus noises.
• Listening to sounds - music, radio static (for sleeping), natural sounds, etc.
• Relaxation
• Tinnitus retraining therapy - learning how to not hear the noises as much.
• Various medications are available for tinnitus
• more treatments...»

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Tinnitus

Zebra fish useful in tinnitus: Half of the soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan exposed to explosive devices suffer from tinnitus. The major cause is exposure to loud noises, which can damage and destroy hair cells of the inner ear. It's the number one war-related disability. An additional 12 million Americans have tinnitus severe enough to seek medical attention. In about two million of those cases, patients are so debilitated they can't function normally. The researcher says that Ear bleeds are a hidden problem just like heart disease or cancer. The research itself is challenging because the scientist can't ask mice and rats if their ears are ringing. Now, he's working with zebra fish (yes, they do have ears, which are remarkably similar to humans' ears.) He's been able to cause ringing in their ears -- he thinks -- by exposing them to certain drugs and tracking their erratic swimming on video. Moore then looks at the cells in their ears to see if the electrical firing has increased an early sign of damage and tinnitus. His early findings show an increased firing. He later attempted to block this effect with drugs to return the cells to their normal activity. In preliminary research, it appears the drugs he has tested do slow down the increased electrical firing or tinnitus-like behaviour of the hair cells in the ear. If the hair cell is not totally damaged -- just beginning to break down, and you administer these drugs, you might be able to prevent it from further damage and interfere with the cells' ability to generate tinnitus.

Tinnitus Treatment: Book Excerpts

• Treatment - Tinnitus
• Treatment - Tinnitus
• Patient counseling - Tinnitus
• Patient counseling - Tinnitus
• Nursing considerations - Tinnitus

Clinical Trials for Tinnitus

Some of the clinical trials for Tinnitus include:

• The Effect of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy on Subjective and Objective Measures of Chronic Tinnitus - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Multi-Site Randomized Clinical Study of Tinnitus Treatment Methods - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Effect of Gabapentin on the Sensation and Impact of Tinnitus - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - gabapentin
• Brain Imaging of Tinnitus - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Vestipitant Or Vestipitant/Paroxetine Combination In Subjects With Tinnitus And Hearing Loss - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vestipitant,Vestipitant + Paroxetine
• more trials...»

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