by Chris A. Scott
When it comes to tinnitus, your medical treatment options are really very limited indeed. To start with, there is no effective drug treatment yet for this condition so the most obvious and convenient cure is immediately not for consideration. However, there are still a range of possible medical treatments that can be looked into and do provide some relief for millions of sufferers around the world.
Drugs
In terms of drugs, some clinical trials have been carried out and continue to be done for antidepressant drugs. Unfortunately the results so far have been far from positive and we still do not know whether there is any merit in using these drugs to cure tinnitus.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has shown some promise for people who want to cope with their existing tinnitus. It is often used at the same time as noise therapy to learn how to ignore the ringing/buzzing sound. To be clear however, it does not actually reduce the real symptoms or do anything to address the cause of the tinnitus.
Other Medical Interventions
There are also a few other, less widely known treatment options such as digital hearing aids, exciting the brain with electromagnets placed on the head, surgical implantation of a cortical stimulator and acoustic stimulation. As you can see, people are looking in many different directions for a medical treatment for tinnitus.
Ultimately, medical science has not yet cracked the problem of tinnitus but there are still many non-medical things that you can do. For example, avoid foods containing salicylates, a natural substance that aggravates tinnitus. Also be very wary of artificial ingredients because many of them do indeed cause tinnitus, despite otherwise appearing to be harmless.
When it comes to tinnitus, your medical treatment options are really very limited indeed. To start with, there is no effective drug treatment yet for this condition so the most obvious and convenient cure is immediately not for consideration. However, there are still a range of possible medical treatments that can be looked into and do provide some relief for millions of sufferers around the world.
Drugs
In terms of drugs, some clinical trials have been carried out and continue to be done for antidepressant drugs. Unfortunately the results so far have been far from positive and we still do not know whether there is any merit in using these drugs to cure tinnitus.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has shown some promise for people who want to cope with their existing tinnitus. It is often used at the same time as noise therapy to learn how to ignore the ringing/buzzing sound. To be clear however, it does not actually reduce the real symptoms or do anything to address the cause of the tinnitus.
Other Medical Interventions
There are also a few other, less widely known treatment options such as digital hearing aids, exciting the brain with electromagnets placed on the head, surgical implantation of a cortical stimulator and acoustic stimulation. As you can see, people are looking in many different directions for a medical treatment for tinnitus.
Ultimately, medical science has not yet cracked the problem of tinnitus but there are still many non-medical things that you can do. For example, avoid foods containing salicylates, a natural substance that aggravates tinnitus. Also be very wary of artificial ingredients because many of them do indeed cause tinnitus, despite otherwise appearing to be harmless.
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