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Originally Posted by GoHuge
Tinnitus is usually caused from a high frequency hearing loss. I'm a PA for an ENT. The only real treatment for it is usually some type of hearing aid. Rebuilding the OCR (Ossicular chain) Malles, Stapes, Incus usually doesn't help much unless you've had some type of blunt trauma to the head or an acute or chronic process which could be, but not limited to otitis media, cholesteatoma, mastoiditis, etc.....Don't waste your money on hocus pocus cures because that's exactly what you'll be doing. Go get a baseline audiogram and see an ENT if the problems persist. There is no known cure for tinnitus.
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I had a follow up with a world renowned specialist in researching hearing loss, etc. at Mass. Eye and Ear and she said the same thing. As I understand it, the brain is saying "hey, there's no sound coming from the ears at the higher frequencies, so I'll create one".
WTF? It'd be like the brain creating annoying bright light to "compensate" for the vision loss of a blind person. It doesn't ****ing do that, so why does it do THIS??