What is silence, anyway? Well if you’ve got tinnitus silence can feel like a distant dream.
There are many causes of the ringing or buzzing that many people hear despite there being no external sound.
Norman and Tegan discuss some of the treatments – current and in the works – that could one day bring some peace and quiet.
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- Targeting the Limbic System: Insights into Its Involvement in Tinnitus - PMC
- Chronic tinnitus and the limbic system: Reappraising brain structural effects of distress and affective symptoms - PMC
- Gray matter declines with age and hearing loss, but is partially maintained in tinnitus | Scientific Reports
- Therapy and Treatment Options | American Tinnitus Association
- Effects of tinnitus retraining therapy on patients with tinnitus: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- Effect of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy vs Standard of Care on Tinnitus-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Otolaryngology
- Neuromodulation for Treatment of Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis - Wiley Online Library
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