Posts belonging to Category Tinnitus

What is Otolaryngology?

When certain health disorders develop around the ears, nose or throat, Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that diagnoses and specializes in the medical and surgical treatment those areas. The more commonly known term for this field is called ENT, short for ear, nose, throat. Here in the Puget Sound of Washington State, Proliance Surgeons [...]

Tinnitus – Do You Have to Live with It?

Tinnitus sufferers in the United States number almost 50 million according to the American Tinnitus Foundation. This “ringing in the ears” sensation is quite mysterious as well as being extremely disturbing and frustrating. Tinnitus is not a Disease Tinnitus is not a disease – it is a symptom of some underlying cause. This makes treatment [...]

US Army Funds Study of Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment

Think tinnitus isn’t a major issue? The US Army has just contracted with Neuromonics, Inc to study the effectiveness of their new product called Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment. US Army invests $700,000 to study Tinnitus A recent article on benzinga.com says: The contract, issued and administered by the U.S Army Medical Research Acquisition Act, totals nearly [...]

Drugs Coming for Tinnitus?

A new investment by GlaxsoSmithKline in a spum-off biotech company, Autifony Therapeutics, will allow them to “bring together our drug-discovery experience with the expertise of academic groups in this field, in particular the Ear Institute.” New Drugs to Combat Tinnitus PharmaTech.com carries the story of this investment by GSK in a recent article on their [...]

American Tinnitus Association

The ATA was founded some 40 years ago to help people suffering from this not uncommon symptom. Tinnitus is not a disease: it is the result of something else, but is no less debilitating because of that. Established to Help Find Relief from Tinnitus This is how the ATA describes their mission: The American Tinnitus [...]

Veteran Beats Tinnitus with Sleepsonic Pillow

The following is a testimonial we received from an ex-serviceman who had been suffering from Tinnitus for years. I’ll just let you read what he has to say. Tinnitus Tortures Ex-Soldier +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Julia, You are such an angel and I want to thank you for all of your help. Your knowledge and suggestions have [...]

Tinnitus Pillows

Tinnitus Affects 12 Million in the US Alone By one conservative estimate, there are at least 12 million Americans who have tinnitus. Eight percent of those who have it say that it regularly interferes with their daily activities. What can become even more problematic is that the ringing or clicking sound tinnitus sufferers experience can [...]