The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog

One of the challenging things for patients who acutely develop tinnitus is the absence of therapeutic interventions available in the acute phase (i.e. shortly after a person develops tinnitus in a rapid fashion). Current theory surrounding the pathophysiology of tinnitus is that there is a “therapeutic window” in the acute term where the brain’s plasticity is still open to modification. Experiments have been done with N-acetylcysteine, for example, which was given to troops preventively in order to offset the excitotoxicity that causes hair cell death in the cochlea following acoustic trauma. However, after the acute phase, the brain seems to … Continue Reading