| Yes, there are ways how to stop ringing ears. It is | | | | effects on targeted auditory pathways. This, combined |
| estimated that ringing ears (tinnitus) affects | | | | with certain combinations of sounds that sooth the |
| approximately twenty percent of the American | | | | limbic system, has had an astounding success rate. |
| population. While it doesn't bother some, others find | | | | There are also hypnotherapy techniques to help |
| they can no longer lead normal lives with this affliction. | | | | sufferers of tinnitus. Tinnitus causes distress in some |
| Research into tinnitus has finally produced many very | | | | people but not in others because it triggers an anxiety |
| beneficial therapies. | | | | response in them and not because it is louder. A good |
| It seems barbaric now, but in the recent past one of | | | | hypnotherapist with a receptive client can re-train their |
| the ways to treat tinnitus was to severe the nerves | | | | mind to not react to the constant ringing in the ears |
| that enable us to hear. This of course was a | | | | that is tinnitus. |
| treatment that was worse than the disease, but it was | | | | Tinnitus does originate in the ear, but it is not always |
| undertaken by desperate people. | | | | caused by load noises. Since it must have a cause, |
| Advanced imaging devices like the PET scan (Positron | | | | holistic practitioners have focused on biological and |
| Emission Tomography) and other sophisticated | | | | physiological aspects of health to tackle the problem. |
| instruments have enabled researchers to find effective | | | | Homeopaths, traditional Chinese herbalists and other |
| treatments for tinnitus. One method called Tinnitus | | | | alternative health practitioners have come up with a |
| Retraining Therapy or TRT has been proven to work. | | | | variety of natural remedies that are said to remedy |
| TRT treatment consists of psychological counseling, | | | | chronic imbalances in the body that lead to tinnitus. |
| relaxation therapy and the use of a device called a | | | | Of all the ways that tinnitus is being treated, the two |
| Tinnitus Control Instrument or TCI that uses White | | | | that have shown the greatest success rate employ |
| Noise to mask the ringing sound. While this method has | | | | both some form of audio treatment, particularly white |
| an impressive success rate, it is very time-consuming | | | | noise, and psychological techniques to relax and |
| and expensive. | | | | desensitize the sufferer. While white noise, with its mix |
| While the TCI is not just a White Noise generator, | | | | of masking frequencies is a powerful tool, so is the |
| White Noise is indispensable to its effectiveness. White | | | | use of tinnitus specific sounds. Psychology and sound |
| Noise is basically the mixture of a broad spectrum of | | | | together seem to be the most effective way to stop |
| frequencies tuned to the same pitch and randomly | | | | ringing ears. |
| generated. This is how it masks the ringing of tinnitus. | | | | Psychological approaches always seek to help the |
| Many people have found that a White Noise CD alone | | | | patient learn to relax and learn to live with tinnitus. |
| can have a profoundly curative effect on their tinnitus. | | | | Because the fear response in the brain has been |
| After listening to the CD, they still don't hear the ringing | | | | triggered by the ringing in the ears, turning off this |
| in the ears. This is because of a residual effect of the | | | | response is the goal of this therapy. |
| White Noise. | | | | Together, psychological therapy and sound therapy |
| Another listening method is more focused on carefully | | | | make the most powerful team in the search for ways |
| selected frequencies based on the individual tinnitus | | | | how to stop ringing ears from destroying your peace |
| symptoms. These frequencies have a stimulating | | | | of mind. |