In the wake of our announcement this week about ReSound’s new partnership with the Tinnitus Practitioner’s Association (TPA), here’s a look at what hearing industry bloggers are saying about Tinnitus treatment. Hearing Mojo blogger, David Copithorne, talks about an interesting phenomenon he has noted among his over-50 friends. “These guys (yes, they are usually guys) …
Marcia Dewey, Au.D., CCC/A, is a Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Program Team Leader at Froedtert Health & The Medical College of Wisconsin. She sees a lot of patients with Tinnitus. We talked to her about her experiences treating Tinnitus patients with sound therapy to get feedback on what tends to be most effective. “We find that …
VA hearing aid sales are on the increase. Tinnitus complaints occur more than hearing loss among veterans due to the types of conflict that young vets are involved in (loud noise exposure – gunfire and bomb blasts). In 2010, 92,260 veterans began receiving compensation benefits for tinnitus compared to 63,583 veterans for hearing loss. Among …
Researchers at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois have found that hearing loss may lead to permanent changes in the brain. Faculty member, Fatima Husain, who led the research said the results suggest “that functional changes due to sensory deprivation may result in long-term structural changes. However, in the case of tinnitus, surprisingly, …
The MarketTrak VIII research report was published in November about the prevalence of tinnitus in the United States. According to this report, the size of the tinnitus population in the US is now 30 million – about 10% of the entire population. Sergei Kochkin, PhD, Richard Tyler, PhD, and Jennifer Born present data in this …
Tinnitus sufferers can now find relief in a hearing aid that teaches the brain to ignore unwanted sounds. Alera TSTM, our new hearing aid for tinnitus, combines an advanced hearing aid with a Tinnitus Sound Generator (TSG). The TSG is used to administer sounds that make the disturbing noise less noticeable, drawing your attention away …
By Michael Piskosz, M.S., CCC-A Tinnitus is the most prevalent physical disability reported by service members. Previously, there were very few devices that could treat both hearing loss and tinnitus in one system – and these devices didn’t have the flexibility to adapt to the ever-changing sound therapy plan recommended by the VA-accepted Progressive Tinnitus …