Medical Breakthrough: Cured of the Rings (tinnitus)

Discover Magazine ^ | Aug 10, 2002 | Fenella Saunders

[Eva]

Interesting, thanks.

[Billy_bob_bob]

Paging Mr. Pete Townshend. Mr. Townshend to the white courtesy phone please.

I do hope this is the breakthrough it appears to be. There are a lot of good people out there with this terrible affliction.

[toenail]

"they wonder if they're going insane,"

Tinnitus is a known correspondent to schizophrenia. Look for the question on your favorite multi-phasic personality inventory.

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for the post. I can certainly use and pass on the information to my audiologist.

Now if you will excuse me, I think I hear the phone ringing.

Seriously, tinnitus is a miserable disease to be inflicted with.

Word to the wise - turn down the volume and use ear protection around loud noises.

[EggsAckley]

Ditto, Diver Dave. I could really use this treatment myself. Now, if they could just figure out what to do with the "floaters" in my eyes, I would be perfect again!

[Senator Pardek]

Word to the wise - turn down the volume and use ear protection around loud noises.

Good point. When I was a young man, I worked in a recording studio. I was constantly monitoring loud sounds, and it was made worse by cranking my Walkman back and forth from work. It got so bad, I had to cover my ears whenever the subway train would apply its breaks in the station.

About once a week, I still get a high pitched tone (close to sinusoidal) in either one of my ears that lasts about 5 seconds - fade in/fade out. I guess I'm lucky.

[Senator Pardek]

"breaks"?

[The Raven]

or brakes?

[Senator Pardek]

I was showing my error. Oh, forget it - I can't hear you, anyway.

[The Raven]

Yep...I know--I was being polite ......I was going to "ping" you, but.....

[parsifal]

Why then when I had ring worm, did I have to rub Tinactin all over the spot? (I caught it from a stray cat I took in.) I have heard some people have to have their heads shaved when this happens so I bet they will love the computer solution. Isn't science great? parsy the erudite.

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

My Grandmother has this and it really does affect her quality of life. Any cure would be more than welcome.

[knarf]

I go to sleep with something (TV, Radio) in the background, or I can't get to sleep.

Maddening, indeed.

[watcher1]

OK, so they have a cure for the "rings"
Now, how about the voices?

[EggsAckley]

I have an aircleaner that makes kind of a "white noise." That not only drowns out the ringing, it also keep the dust down in the bedroom. I even take it with me when I travel.
Maddening is right.............

[JDoutrider]

I "caught" tinnitus from being in a situation where we had to call "arty" in on our own position...

It gets so loud at times my wife swears she can hear it when she puts her ear to mine! This procedeure might be what I've been looking for all these years...(moderate amounts of brandy seem to help...LOL!)

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

OK, so they have a cure for the "rings" Now, how about the voices?

LOL! I was going to make some joke about Gore having this, but well, too many FReepers have it. So there must be some benefit. Perhaps sound is too distracting, while reading brings one closer to the truth? FReegards....

[S.O.S121.500]

BookBumpiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg.

[gcruse]

I was in grade school before I found out everyone's ears don't ring. After a lifetime of annoyance, it would be so good to dispense of the malady.