[monochrom] A Music-Based Treatment For Tinnitus

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Loud, persistent ringing in the ears, known as 
tinnitus, can be vexing for its millions of 
sufferers. This perceived noise can be 
symptomatic of many different ills—from earwax to 
aging—but the most common cause is from 
noise-induced hearing loss, such as extended 
exposure to construction or loud music, and 
treating many of its underlying neural causes has proven difficult.

But many people with tinnitus might soon be able 
to find refuge in the very indulgence that often 
started the ringing in the first place: music.

A new music-based therapy has shown promise in 
helping reduce the ringing's volume in tinnitus 
sufferers within a year, according to a study 
published online Monday in the Proceedings of the 
National Academy of Sciences. "Tinnitus loudness 
can be significantly diminished by an enjoyable, 
low-cost, custom-tailored notched music 
treatment," wrote the researchers, who were led 
in part by Christo Pantev at the Institute for 
Biomagnetism and Biosign Alanalysis at Westfalian 
Wilhelms-University in Munster, Germany.

<http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=music-to-the-ringing-ears-new-thera-2009-12-28>Link 


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