1/12/2011 PERMALINK
Researchers say they can eliminate your tinnitus by re-tuning your brain. Brain scientists at UT-Dallas have found a way to rebooting the brain to stop the ringing of tinnitus in rats. The researchers were able to eliminate tinnitus in a group of rats by stimulating a nerve in the neck while simultaneously playing a variety of sound tones over an extended period of time. Similar to pressing a reset button in the brain, this new therapy was found to help retrain the part of the brain that interprets sound so that errant neurons reverted back to their original state and the ringing disappeared.