Tag: tinnitus research
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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.
Brain Training Outperforms Talk Therapy for Tinnitus: What a New Clinical Trial Found
Written by Adrian on February 18, 2026
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment
Tags: tinnitus research neurofeedback fmri cbt
A clinical trial found that real-time fMRI neurofeedback - where patients learn to control their own brain activity - reduced tinnitus distress significantly more than cognitive behavioral therapy, with benefits that kept growing over 12 months.
Harvard Researchers Discover Objective Biomarkers for Tinnitus
Written by Adrian on January 6, 2026
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus research biomarkers harvard
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear have identified objective, measurable biomarkers for tinnitus severity - and the implications for treatment development could be significant.
Can an old drug (D-cycloserine) reduce the cognitive side effects of tinnitus?
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: D-cycloserine tinnitus tinnitus research
Extremely interesting new research indicates that some tinnitus patients found a subjective improvement in their cognition when they took D-cycloserine: People with tinnitus perceive ringing in their ears and this phantom noise can cause difficulty concentrating. A new noise doesn’t make the perceived noise go away—but...
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...
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...
Tinnitus and Neuroticism, Part 2
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 2, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus and neuroticism tinnitus research
We've posted on a similar tinnitus study in the past linking neuroticism as a personality trait to tinnitus . Now, a new press article summarizes some of the findings in a more accessible framework: People with 'neurotic' tendencies are more likely to be troubled by their tinnitus, a new study involving researchers at...
Tinnitus but No Detectable Hearing Loss? You May Still Have Hearing Loss.
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 30, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus research
The development of tinnitus has a strong association with hearing loss. The association is so strong that many researchers believe that hearing loss is the most common cause of tinnitus - the evidence is very strong on this point. However, some individuals have "normal" audiograms that have no detectable hearing loss...
Why Do Some People Develop Tinnitus After Hearing Loss and Others Do Not? (part 2)
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 30, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus research tinnitus treatment
A lot of people are puzzled by the fact that even though two individuals may have the same level of hearing loss, some people will develop tinnitus and others will not. This suggests that people may have different underlying levels of vulnerability to developing tinnitus. We've posted about research in the past that...
A Comprehensive Summary of the Hypothesized Mechanism Behind Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 7, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: lateral inhibition Notched Music Therapy Notched White Noise Therapy Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy Tinnitus tinnitus research
Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is an umbrella term that subsumes two types of Notched Sound Therapy: Notched Music Therapy (also referred to as Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy by the researchers who discovered it) Notched White Noise Therapy (also referred to as Windowed Sound Therapy by the researchers who...