Posted on 07/17/2015 12:11:24 PM PDT by Red Badger
Robert Folmer of the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center gave people with chronic tinnitus transcranial magnetic stimulation as part of a study. Participants found their symptoms decreased by about a third. (Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center ) =================================================================================================
Imagine dealing with stresses of every day, juggling the demands of family life and deadlines at work, with a constant ringing in your ears?
That's just what millions of Americans who suffer from tinnitus face.
Hope could be on the way. New research by the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University found that a noninvasive technique involving stimulation of the scalp can help.
The study involved 70 patients suffering from tinnitus, a condition that affects up to 15 percent of adults in the United States. Patients hear sounds that have no apparent source. It can be a buzz, hum or whistle that they hear in one ear, both ears or in their head.
Some of the study participants received a placebo treatment and the others underwent a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, which involves delivering electromagnetic pulses through a coil to the scalp. Researchers have proposed low frequency rTMS, which reduces brain activity in the stimulated regions as a treatment for medical conditions associated with increased cortical activity, including tinnitus.
Those who received the treatment were zapped with 2,000 pulses per session on 10 consecutive workdays. Others got a placebo treatment. No one withdrew from the study because of adverse effects.
Assessments were done at successive intervals. At 26 weeks, those who had received the treatment reported about a third reduction in the ringing. The placebo group reported a 7 percent reduction.
Robert Folmer, the lead investigator, said researchers hope to conduct a larger, multi-site clinical trial in the future. If effective, the stimulation should be adopted as treatment for chronic tinnitus, the authors said.
The study was published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
On or off the TINNITUS RING LIST, just FReepmail me................................
RINGY DINGY!....................
Does anyone know who has the VETERANS AFFAIRS PING LIST? THEY MIGHT WANT TO SEE THIS................
My chiropractor has a cure also. He’s used it for years.
WHAT DID YOU SAY
MORE INFO, MASH HERE:
I’ve had tinnitus my whole life. I thought it was normal. I only notice it when it is really quiet, though.
AT LAST - a use for EMP!!!
Side effects are minimal......................
I’ve had it my whole life, too. It’s pretty loud when I’m just sitting around. Lots of foolishness with my ears when I was younger.
Me, too. Loud unmuffled lawn mowers; loud guns; loud rock concerts; setting off entire rolls of caps with a hammer; loud power plant work; loud factories; loud machine shops; loud CANAM car races. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart really rings true...and rings and rings and rings.
Drag races, mowing lawns, shooting guns, ZZ Top x 4, Van Halen x 3, RATT, Motley Crue, Poison, Billy Squire, etc.
I had a .22 shell casing separate and misfire, blowing up next to my ear when I was 18 that left me half-deaf for three days, and I was scared to tell my parents about it, so I didn’t mention it to them. Worked in commercial kitchens for 15 years, too. I have a ton of frequencies that I just plain don’t hear, and have loud ringing all the time. Firecrackers, whole rolls of caps, gunpowder, C02 bombs, other kinds of exploratory bombs, plenty of shotguns, etc.
Still love loud music and engines and explosions, but I use protection now, for what little good it will do me.
I’ve been listening to loud music since I was a kid, and consequently have a ringing in my ears at all times. I always thought it was normal! Doesn’t bother me at all though LOL.
LOL I said the same thing as you.
Eh?
I’m probably pretty deaf and don’t realize it. I find myself saying, “WHAT!? WHAT YOU SAY!? HUH!?” quite a lot.
Maybe you can sue Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne for some big moola!................
Sounds like the squid and I have the same contributing issues
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