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Tinnitus and Suicide
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 30, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: mental health tinnitus and suicide
The topic of tinnitus and suicide is a complex one. I've taken a look at some of the information I could find and I think the following points are reasonable: Establishing a causal relationship between cases of tinnitus and suicide is methodologically extremely difficult, and likely impossible. We know that people who...
AM-101 Tinnitus Results
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 23, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: AM-101 AM-101 tinnitus results tinnitus research
Some of you may be aware of a new drug in development for the treatment of acute tinnitus acquired due to noise trauma. Noise trauma actually kills inner ear hair cells not via direct physical trauma, but via excitotoxicity from an increase in glutamate neurotransmitters. The AM-101 drug is designed to specifically...
McMaster is Running A Music Therapy for Tinnitus Study
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 3, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus Research
Tags: mcmaster university music for tinnitus music therapy tinnitus tinnitus music
Good news! If you're in the Hamilton area, McMaster University (my former alma mater) is running a trial of a customized music therapy for tinnitus. Could it be Notched Music Therapy? We'll have to wait and see! McMaster University is currently running a study to test if a customized sound therapy can reduce a person's...
Tinnitus Focused CBT Can Help You Cope With Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 22, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: CBT for tinnitus
Obviously, it's not a cure, but a new article in CNN referencing a new variant of CBT for tinnitus has shown efficacy in reducing subjective distress caused by tinnitus: The study, conducted in the Netherlands, involved 492 patients. Half received an audiological work-up and no other structured treatment, while the...
The Psychological Devastation of Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 15, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus and depression tinnitus and psychological distress
The mood disorders that can result after the onset of tinnitus are devastating for many people. I believe that some people are more predisposed than others to developing a crippling depression after the onset of tinnitus. There are likely a set of vulnerabilities in certain peoples' brains that make them more...
Predicting Depression after the onset of tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 6, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: depression and tinnitus
An interesting study in 2013 points towards some of the underlying psychological vulnerabilities that may predispose people towards developing depression secondary to tinnitus: Conclusion : Optimism influences depression in tinnitus patients both directly and indirectly. The indirect effect indicates that optimism is...
It's not the tone, it's the brain's reaction to the tone
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 1, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus and neuroticism
The suffering caused by an everpresent tinnitus tone can be broken down into various subcomponents: The loss of concentration from the tone itself Anxiety caused by the tone Depression caused by the tone Psychological distress caused by the tone Insomnia caused by the tone The tone itself is just a tone - it's the...
Meditating with Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 29, 2014
Categories: Treatment Review
Tags: meditating with tinnitus tinnitus and meditation
Below is an excerpt from a great article written by a tinnitus sufferer on how to meditate with tinnitus. As a tinnitus sufferer herself, the author can speak to the difficult daily reality of a person suffering from tinnitus. I think this another example of why the internet is such a powerful advocacy tool for people...
Vagal Nerve Therapy Trial Recruiting Patients
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 17, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: clinical trial vagal nerve therapy
An American clinical trial is being launched for Vagal Nerve Therapy for tinnitus. This is pretty exciting news (although the research thus far is limited). A summary below: The new study uses a technique known as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) that takes advantage of the brain’s ability to reconfigure itself...
A Twentysomething Millenial With Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 10, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus stories young people with tinnitus
As a young person who developed tinnitus at 23, I had few people who could relate to my condition. That's why I'm so glad that people are willing to share their stories of illness. I really enjoyed the following story on XoJane: My life as I knew it ended with a slosh. Way back in 2003, when I was a junior in college,...