'Rebooting' brain could ease ringing in ears

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[Red Badger]

Better get Norton Anti-virus.............

[dis.kevin]

P&W J52’s (A-6) for me.

[Redcloak]

I also have tinnitus and hope that this results in a cure, but I gotta wonder: How does one know that a rat has tinnitus?!

[Red Badger]

Depends on the manufacturer’s warranty...............

[Red Badger]

They squeak louder than other rats?................

[TheThinker]

I have heard from alternative doctors, and yes there are some kooks and some are decades ahead of mainstream doctors, that ringing in the ears is caused by osteoporosis.

Those little bones in your ears have thinned out and you need to supplement and lay off all carbonated beverages, most importantly.

[CholeraJoe]

In rats with tinnitus, they electrically stimulated the vagus nerve,

There's yer Junk Science right there. Tinnitus is purely subjective, just like headache. There is not a test that can quantify tinnitus. Rats can't report tinnitus, any more than they can whistle "Dixie" or deal cards.

[SeeSac]

There's yer Junk Science right there. Tinnitus is purely subjective, just like headache. There is not a test that can quantify tinnitus. Rats can't report tinnitus, any more than they can whistle "Dixie" or deal cards.

Sorry. I missed where you got your M.D., Dr. Joe.

[Red Badger]

Rats can't report tinnitus, any more than they can whistle "Dixie"

Well, Yankee rats won't..................

[Nachoman]

After my experiences with doctors monkeying around with my central nervous system, I think I’ll just put up with the tinnitus.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Mine is from an Atlantic City Motorhead show in Sept of ‘09. I have no regrets.

I have almost a quarter century lead on you: mine is from Motorhead at the Warfield in San Francisco, 1984. Of course I went to a lot of metal shows back in those days, but Lemmy's bass volume at that event was one level beyond. :)

[SeeSac]

I have heard from alternative doctors, and yes there are some kooks and some are decades ahead of mainstream doctors, that ringing in the ears is caused by osteoporosis. Those little bones in your ears have thinned out and you need to supplement and lay off all carbonated beverages, most importantly.

I think your good source is confused. Otosclerosis leads to some case of tinnitus. It is an abnormal bone growth, not a thinning of the bones.

[CholeraJoe]

MD, cum laude University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1974.

[grobdriver]

Ah, C-130?

P-3B and C.

[adorno]

I got mine from a bad reaction to some perscription meds in 2000.

Hey, I just posted about a similar situation for my case of tinnitus, which started in 2000, and after a hernia operation, where I was given several drugs before the operation. My post appears in that other thread with the same article.

[Moltke]

bmfl

[dljordan]

“I only hear it when everything else is quiet.
...sometimes it is like a diesel generator running off in the distance
...other times it is like a bad motor bearing
...it is always rhythmic
...it keeps me awake at night sometimes
...it is more of a nuisance than anything else.”

That’s not Tinnitus, that’s like the Taos Hum. I used to hear the same thing when I lived on a farm in Tennessee but when I moved to Colorado I couldn’t hear it anymore. I think it may be an earth hum. I drove around all over the countryside one night trying to find that motor that I thought was running.

[SeeSac]

MD, cum laude University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1974.

I would have expected a doctor to post more professionally but I have seen some really bad doctors in my day so my expectations of doctors have been lowered quite considerably. I have also seen many doctors that are totally unknowledgeable in fields outside their expertise.

[Diver Dave]

I too have tinnitus and hearing loss. Tinnitus started during my Navy days - 63-67 (machinery, gun fire, etc.).

A couple years ago I was talking with a fellow vet who suggested filing a claim with VA. I did & got a favorable ruling. Now have new hearing aids and VA med coverage and pension.

My tinnitus “noise” is similar to a steam leak on a leaky valve. Each ear’s noise is a different frequency and the R ear noise is louder than the left.

[TangoLimaSierra]

How do they know whether or not the rat is experiencing ringing in its ear?

First, they teach it English...