Tag: neuroplasticity
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How Sound Retrains the Tinnitus Brain: The Neuroscience of Neuroplasticity-Based Therapy
Written by Adrian on February 23, 2026
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment
Tags: neuroplasticity tinnitus research notched sound therapy sound therapy
If tinnitus is created by the brain rewiring itself, can we fix it by rewiring the brain back? Two decades of research into neuroplasticity-based sound therapy -- from notched sound to bimodal neuromodulation -- are starting to provide answers.
New U of M Study Offers Promise in Developing Therapy for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 7, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: neuroplasticity research Tinnitus tinnitus developments tinnitus research
Fascinating research from the University of Michigan has illuminated some amazing new results: She explains that in tinnitus, some of the input to the brain from the ear’s cochlea is reduced, while signals from the somatosensory nerves of the face and neck, related to touch, are excessively amplified. “It’s as if the...
Cool Paper: "Homeostatic plasticity drives tinnitus perception in an animal model."
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 22, 2013
Tags: homeostasis neuroplasticity SCIENCE Tinnitus
Another cool paper has come out presenting animal research on the patho-physiology (abnormal physiology) that produces tinnitus. The abstract reads fairly easily: Hearing loss often results in tinnitus and auditory cortical map changes, leading to the prevailing view that the phantom perception is associated with...