Breakthrough in search for tinnitus cure

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After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers at the University of Auckland are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile-phone-based therapy. The study randomised 61 patients to one of two treatments, the prototype of the new ‘digital polytherapeutic’ or a popular self-help app producing white noise.

On average, the group with the polytherapeutic showed clinically significant improvements at 12 weeks, while the other group did not. The results have just been published in Frontiers in Neurology. “This is more significant than some of our earlier work and is likely to have a direct impact on future treatment of tinnitus,” Associate Professor in Audiology Grant Searchfield says.

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Tinnitus is such a horrible and awful condition, that can badly impacts one's quality of life. It is very serious. We might all give our time to raise awareness to this condition, and for those who can, give money to researchers and institutions in order to find a cure.