{"id":2203524,"date":"2025-12-17T23:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203524"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:25:40","slug":"new-treatment-for-tinnitus-could-finally-bring-relief-to-millions-of-sufferers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-treatment-for-tinnitus-could-finally-bring-relief-to-millions-of-sufferers\/","title":{"rendered":"New treatment for tinnitus could finally bring relief to millions of sufferers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"546e9bcc-363a-44e3-9b07-8ca25912a1f3\"><strong>Tinnitus affects as many as seven million people in the UK alone, and yet treatment for this quality-of-life-ruining ailment still varies from a non-existent \u2018deal with it\u2019, to impossible-to-pin-down and quantify \u2018brain retraining\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Symptoms range from simple &#8216;ringing in the ears&#8217; to invasive perception of loud or unpleasant high and low frequencies, to repetitive and intrusive &#8216;beating&#8217; or &#8216;swooshing&#8217; sounds which can seemingly come and go at random.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"546e9bcc-363a-44e3-9b07-8ca25912a1f3-2\">And given the aural nature of the illness, it\u2019s no surprise that musicians, engineers, producers, DJs and anyone who relies on critical listening in their day-to-day, are among the most affected.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And while it\u2019s possible to avoid its arrival through ear protection and actively avoiding loud, and potentially damaging environments, it seems that some sufferers are simply more prone to the illness than others, with its onset being frequently unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>But now there\u2019s some good news.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press\/articles\/archive\/2015\/feb\/fundingfromcharityfornewtreatmentstosilencetinnitus.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press\/articles\/archive\/2015\/feb\/fundingfromcharityfornewtreatmentstosilencetinnitus.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><u>Newcastle University<\/u><\/a>, funded by hearing loss charity <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/get-involved\/research-and-policy\/facts-and-figures\/prevalence-of-tinnitus\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/get-involved\/research-and-policy\/facts-and-figures\/prevalence-of-tinnitus\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><u>RNID<\/u><\/a>, have discovered a treatment that \u2013 in trials so far, at least \u2013 has had a marked effect on alleviating the problems of sufferers within their test group.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers have trialled the treatment on 77 people suffering from tinnitus, playing them different musical pitches, making small changes to the notes for one group, while giving the second group placebo frequencies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-88UQ6iQBho3poNA8fCBuUm\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-88UQ6iQBho3poNA8fCBuUm slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trial group listened to these sounds for an hour a day for six weeks, followed by a three-week break. Then they changed the groups over for a further six weeks of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, there aren&#8217;t really very good treatments to get rid of the tinnitus sound, and it&#8217;s all about helping people disengage and learn to live better with the symptom,\u201d Dr Will Sedley, a researcher at Newcastle University, conceded, in an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=11005&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=mrd-gb-1398474292457950678&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fdo-you-have-ringing-in-your-ears-for-millions-who-do-there-could-now-be-a-solution-13481300\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/do-you-have-ringing-in-your-ears-for-millions-who-do-there-could-now-be-a-solution-13481300\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?awinmid=11005&amp;awinaffid=103504&amp;clickref=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fdo-you-have-ringing-in-your-ears-for-millions-who-do-there-could-now-be-a-solution-13481300\" data-merchant-name=\"Sky\" data-merchant-id=\"16841\" data-merchant-network=\"AW\" data-merchant-url=\"sky.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, their tests show that those members of the group who listened to the \u201cactive\u201d sounds (as opposed to placebo ones) remarked upon a \u201csignificant\u201d quieting of their tinnitus \u2013 reducing by around 10% on average.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This quieting \u2013 diminishing the continuous, intrusive sounds that sufferers endure \u2013 then went on to last for up to three weeks after the trial had finished. It\u2019s now hoped that the treatment could be developed upon with \u201cdifferent modifications\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we could build this into the normal, listening to music, talk radio, and podcasts people are doing anyway, they could rack up hours and hours of listening every day,\u201d Sedley suggests.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hoped that, with further refinement, the treatment could be rolled out in the years to come, giving much-needed relief to musicians and more.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have more on this one as the story develops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tinnitus affects as many as seven million people in the UK alone, and yet treatment for this quality-of-life-ruining ailment still varies from a non-existent \u2018deal with it\u2019, to impossible-to-pin-down and quantify \u2018brain retraining\u2019. 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