Hey group,

I found this article that discusses tinnitus. Apparently, they are now able to pinpoint where tinnitus occurs in the brain and treat it accordingly. As tinnitus is a common symptom of a head injury, I thought y'all might benefit from this.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1004141223.htm

I would be overjoyed if this study did as suggested. It just notes that they now have a way of pin pointing the area if dysfunction. Now, the researchers need to find a way of treating that area that is affordable and can get approved by the FDA.

Using MEG to find and treat tumors and intractable epilepsy is one thing. The invasive surgical techniques for treating intractable epilepsy will never get approved for "just annoying" tinnitus. A drug treatment may be worth developing, but at what cost of side-effects.

btw, I have checked my tinnitus to find the frequency. Mine rings at just above C#6 or Dflat6 on a piano. That is somewhere between 1108 Hertz and 1174 Hertz. When it is at its worst, it is about 65 to 70 decibels.

It is easy to find the frequency with a piano. The Db rating is much harder. Trying to find a sound loudness that overcomes the tinnitus is difficult. For some reason, my tinnitus is much louder after I eat. I have yet to compare my tinnitus to my blood glucose. Someday??

Yeah, we are never alone with Tinnitus are we? My problem with it is two fold. My tinnitus could be from my concussions or it could be from the fact that I went to a lot of concerts in my teens and early twenties. I also had a very nice and very loud stereo system in my car when I was younger. So, even if they do find a way to effectively treat tinnitus resulting from a brain abnormality, I may still be screwed because my ears could causing it. Oh well, such is life I guess...

Have you guys Tinnitus Retraining Therapy? I've been doing it for a few months and have had dramatic dramatic improvement.

At a minimum, sound generators are great for masking the tinnitus so it's not as maddening.

I've never heard of this. Do you have a link? Thanks for sharing.

Do a google for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and you will find lots of information, such as http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infoc...ments/trt.aspx

It appears my pitch is very low on the tinnitus scale. At 1108 to 1174, my tinnitus pitch is 1/4th that of common pitches. The higher pitches are the most problematic as they can evoke a fight or flight response. Pitches of 4000 Hrz to over 8000 Hrx are not uncommon. The highest pitch on a piano is 4186 Hrz. This is where many start to hear their tinnitus. Others have multi-pitch tinnitus.

Research suggests that the problem is in the brain's ability to filter out the tinnitus. Only half of those who have measured tinnitus of equal pitch and loudness find it problematic. The therapy is designed to help those with problematic tinnitus learn to ignore or filter out the sounds of the tinnitus. The sounds are still there but are pushed to the back of the list of 'heard' sounds.

Since this filtering mechanism in the brain is often damaged in PCS, it would appear that the therapy may be hap hazzard in its success in the PCS population.