Tinnitus treatment, a new hope by stimulating a nerve in the neck.

gaetan8888 · 11:12 AM

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NIH-funded 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, says a study published today in the advance online publication of the journal Nature. Future tests will start on human.

University of Texas at Dallas (2011, January 13). Tinnitus treatment: Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats.

Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats [NIDCD]

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Gaetan

kevinahcc20 · 15th January 2011, 02:11 PM

How do the rats tell the NIH investigators that they have tinnitus, or that it is gone?

chlorofille · 15th January 2011, 04:17 PM

wwenze · 15th January 2011, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinahcc20

How do the rats tell the NIH investigators that they have tinnitus, or that it is gone?

Probably through a brain activity scan.

kevinahcc20 · 16th January 2011, 12:08 AM

Think they can scan a rat's brain & detect 27 dB of tinnitus at 3kHz...maybe but seems pretty challenging from a signal to noise ratio perspective.

MJL21193 · 16th January 2011, 12:17 AM

They have a rat whisperer on staff.

c2cthomas · 16th January 2011, 12:17 AM

Hmmmmm......... I suspect that some of those rats are busy writing reviews for ..... errr .... I better not mention any names of publications or suspects.

What's the deal with the "pacemaker"? Guess I should go and read the article. Seeing how I was raised in Northern Texas (where we kept guard on the "northern" border from Oklahoma (after all - Texas is it's own county - juz ask any gooood Texun) I suspect that there is a need for this technology due to shooting off Colt 45's at the local ho-down after the rodeo.

Pano · 16th January 2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kevinahcc20

How do the rats tell the NIH investigators that they have tinnitus, or that it is gone?

It's in the article. They looked at neuron activity.

c2cthomas · 16th January 2011, 12:28 AM

Gaetan - how do you find this stuff????? Read the article - thanks for sharing!!!

gaetan8888 · 01:04 AM

Hello

I've eard it in the tv news, so to know more about it, I've done a Google search, VNS (vagus nerve stimulation) was allready used for epileptic and depression treatment.

I have myself a tinnitus, so that news was quite interesting for me, but it can take some times before they use this tinnitus treatment on humans.

Bye

Gaetan

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kevinahcc20 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Farmington Hills, MI USA	Think they can scan a rat's brain & detect 27 dB of tinnitus at 3kHz...maybe but seems pretty challenging from a signal to noise ratio perspective. __________________ Kevin(ahcc20)...I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!

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c2cthomas 49 - for the 16th time diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Near "Music City" (Nashville Tennessee)	Hmmmmm......... I suspect that some of those rats are busy writing reviews for ..... errr .... I better not mention any names of publications or suspects. What's the deal with the "pacemaker"? Guess I should go and read the article. Seeing how I was raised in Northern Texas (where we kept guard on the "northern" border from Oklahoma (after all - Texas is it's own county - juz ask any gooood Texun) I suspect that there is a need for this technology due to shooting off Colt 45's at the local ho-down after the rodeo. __________________ "You can't always get what you want" K. Richards/M. Jagger *** "Next time I will know some things better" Zen Mod

16th January 2011, 12:28 AM	#9
c2cthomas 49 - for the 16th time diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Near "Music City" (Nashville Tennessee)	Gaetan - how do you find this stuff????? Read the article - thanks for sharing!!! __________________ "You can't always get what you want" K. Richards/M. Jagger *** "Next time I will know some things better" Zen Mod


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gaetan8888 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Hello I've eard it in the tv news, so to know more about it, I've done a Google search, VNS (vagus nerve stimulation) was allready used for epileptic and depression treatment. I have myself a tinnitus, so that news was quite interesting for me, but it can take some times before they use this tinnitus treatment on humans. Bye Gaetan Last edited by gaetan8888; 16th January 2011 at 01:04 AM.

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