A new treatment for tinnitus using vibrations created by synthesised music, improved symptoms in almost all patients during its first trial. The sonic brain reprogramming treatment, based on sound vibrations that pass through a bone behind the ear, helped eight out of ten of the patients who had twice-weekly sessions of the therapy. Its inventors, who are planning larger trials, say the technology could be a real breakthrough for the one in ten people who suffer with the debilitating condition at some time. Tinnitus is the sensation of a sound in the ear, usually a hissing, whooshing or ringing noise....