Tinnitus: Ringing in the Brain | Josef Rauschecker | TEDxCharlottesville

In this talk Josef Rauschecker illuminates the science behind tinnitus as well as the current state of treatment options.

Josef Rauschecker has 35 years of experience in systems and cognitive neuroscience, more than 25 years of experience in animal electrophysiology, and upwards of 15 years of experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). At Georgetown University Medical Center, he helped create the first human fMRI research facility. He has also held visiting appointments at several institutions, including Harvard Medical School, and has been the recipient of a Humboldt Award and a Finland Distinguished Professorship.

[TimothyLeeClark]

1:56 lower your sound if you are a tinnitus or hyperacusis sufferer. This loud tone can be really hard to handle. Upvote please to help others.

[jerrywiese]

These medical researchers are the actual heroes in our society,
not the sports stars or the musical stars or the television stars or the movie stars .

[JohnSmallMoncler]

Since college I had tinnitus, ringing was so intense that I was falling into depression, I asked universe to help me overcome this and it guided me to Shirlest, after few weeks of using it ringing was slowly disappearing, now I live a life like I should, thanks to Shirlest

[brucemccomas]

To hear silence again would be beyond description.

[keensab]

I've had tinnitus for over 40 years. It's always there (high frequency), but you get used to it. You have to, or you go mad.

[deaddocreallydeaddoc]

I'm 71 and I have had tinnitus since 1974. it has grown worse over the years. In my case, it's a very high pitch in both ears. It is very loud. My ears have become very sensitive to abrupt sounds, but I don't let it get me down. I ignore it the best I can, but that is requiring a lot of determination these days. It sometimes gets to me and I languish for a while wishing the ringing would stop, trying to imagine what silence is like. The funny thing is that I have played harmonica since I was ten and still love to play. I still have good pitch, too. I usually avoid watching videos on tinnitus because they end up offering fake cures that require a subscription, etc. This is the first time I see something that makes sense (I am a retired DC). I hope they succeed in finding a treatment plan soon.

[adabong]

as horrible as it is to live with this it’s comforting to know that im not alone in this it gives some sort of hope

[htroxell]

I'm 33 and have it so bad I made plans to end my life but fortunately my family intervened. It's still a daily struggle and I hope we make medical advances some day. I wouldn't wish this condition on my worst enemy.

[blakebrothers]

I clearly remember a sinking feeling when the realization that my life with tinnitus was the new normal hit me. The emotional stages of grief that followed shook me at my roots. I largely can ignore it during the day now and feel stronger from the experience but like almost everyone, the quite nights that used to be so glorious have now become a cacophony that takes away what was once a precious time. Please keep up the good work!

[paulamoors]

I’ve have this for years. It’s a hissing sound that never goes away. The phrase “silence is golden” is so under rated. This is an update after a year that I wrote this and I don’t know if this will help anyone else but I had an iron infusion due to being anemic and while I was undergoing this my tinnitus disappeared and it has not come back. I don’t know if it’s an iron deficiency but it’s gone.

[lorettadillon-ham]

I have only just discovered this video. His words, "help is on the way, we're not there yet, but help is on the way" brought tears and I broke down and cried that someone cares about root cause ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[jayfaisa]

I cried while watching... I have noise-induced tinnitus (loud music) and it's bad. This gives me hope. I'm 21. The thought of not having to live the majority of my life with the ringing and hissing and headaches-- Man, that would be really swell. I want to have some silence again. Hopeful for a cure in my lifetime.

[calspassionbeyondscale]

It's the first sound that I hear when I wake up and it's the last sound I hear when I drift off to sleep... and it follows me around all day. I can hear people just fine when they face me when they're talking, but if they're some distance away, speaking more quietly or not facing me I can always hear that they are talking, but it often makes it difficult to clearly hear their words. And, when I'm in a more noisy environment, like a restaurant, it just seems to get louder and complicate conversations. It's really hard to explain this to the people who are closest to me because they think I'm losing my hearing and keep pushing me to get hearing aids, but they don't understand it's not that I can't hear, it's that I constantly hear something I don't want to hear that makes it harder to hear the things I really want to hear. This is the first time I've had the opportunity to share comments with people who understand what I've been experiencing for more than forty years. Thanks for "listening."

[catmom]

I was 9 months pregnant when I woke up on my 30th birthday with tinnitus and Bell's Palsy. My doctor said that he'd never seen anyone with that disorder that late in pregnancy. I wasn't permitted to take time off without pay from my 2nd grade teaching position, so I had to teach 30 seven-year-olds after having sleep interruptions to get up and feed my newborn. The students were so loud during the day that the sounds were camouflaged, but I never experienced quiet over the two years I dealt with it. I heard whistling, someone blowing in my ear, geese honking, and other sounds and it was driving me mad, but when I was pregnant with my second baby and caught a bad head cold, the sounds slowly went away as I recovered from the virus. I am now 73 and it never came back. I have so much empathy for those who are suffering with it because I completely understand how life-changing it is. The only thing that kept me from considering suicide was my little baby. I truly wish they would find something that could help (other than listening to the static between radio stations--what I was told to listen to so I could fall asleep).

[GlennEvans]

This guy sure understands better than any doctors I've ever been to. Yes, I suffer from tinnitus, and it's a daily experience that I must deal with.

[turkeeg]

I suffered with this for years. The past year I started to take my health back. Getting right nutrients. Magnesium, d3k2, iodine, did some fasting, keto diet, eliminated sugar and processed carbs, I also used tea tree oil around and behind the ear. Had issues with ears for years. Unwanted pathogens can hide out in the ears . I don't know if it was one particular thing or a combination but I have been free from this for months now. I hope you all can find a healing path.

[Zgl]

As someone who deals with tinnitus, I'm very happy to learn, that there's something going on bout the T. I thought it was marginalized and no one gave a dang. Suddenly this guys happens on TEDx Talks. Thank you so much. I hope they will find the cure.

[TheThreekeys]

I had tinnitus. Had my hearing tested and it was PERFECT. I had been under a tremendous amount of stress. After some time — removing myself from the stress—the tinnitus STOPPED.

[liquaticgames]

Who have tinnitus here? Lets pray for them.I have it now just now sept 21 2019 im sad :(

[farshid]

20 years having tinnitus and I have noticed it gets louder when under major stress