Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 08:11
in Psychology & Sociology
About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person 'hears' sounds, such as ringing, that don't actually exist. There isn't a cure for what has long been a mysterious ailment, but new research suggests there may, someday, be a way to alleviate the sensation of this sound, says a neuroscientist from Georgetown University Medical Centre (GUMC)...