[kj] OT: MAKE IT STOP!

[Neil Perry]

Alex,
I saw something on TV a while back about a successful treatment for it - sorry, can't remember who was pioneering it. It involves wearing a small earpiece that makes ANOTHER noise, so taking the brain's attention away from the tinnitus. After a short period you get rid of the earpiece and in many cases the brain has 'forgotten about' the tinnitus. Might be worth making enquiries?
N

Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:     Hey gang,....
 As many of you Gathering oldsters might remember from my whiney e-mails back in the day, I developed Tinnitus in my right ear back in October of 1999. In the ensuing years, the persistent ringing more or less levelled-off (this after a two-year moratorium on headphones). In the last month, however, the ringing has inexplicably increased in volume and annoyance. I don't know if it's my diet or work-related stress or the time of year or being irresponsile with my iPod (that's probably it right there), but it's a bit worse than it has been. 
 I was wondering if anyone out there in Gatheringland similarly suffers from Tinnitus and, if so, what are you doing about it? I'm seriously looking into trying accupuncture. It has a somewhat dubious track record of success in Tinnitus treatment, but if sticking needles in my head has a chance of liberating me from the demonic gremlin with an air-horn who lives in my head, I'm all fucking for it.
 Anyone?
 Alex in NYC

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