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Annmef1 - 07 May 2006 19:26 GMT

I was reading about a new hearing system under development. I hope it will
have a place in the treatment of tinnitus.

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/10/443b292917516?in_archive=1

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Jim Chinnis - 07 May 2006 21:09 GMT

"Annmef1" <annmef1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in part:

>I was reading about a new hearing system under development. I hope it will
>have a place in the treatment of tinnitus.
>
>http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/10/443b292917516?in_archive=1

The news story talks about sensorineural hearing loss, but the device
described addresses conductive loss instead. Unfortunately, I think the
reporter got it all wrong and that it probabably won/t do much for most, if
any, tinnitus.

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Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG

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jga.socal - 08 May 2006 06:07 GMT

Jim. Thanx for saving us the trouble/bother of looking into this. :-)

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drfrank21@gmail.com - 08 May 2006 23:17 GMT

> "Annmef1" <annmef1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in part:
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> Jim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA
> Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG

I agree Jim.
It sounds fairly similar to the BAHA (bone anchored hearing aid for
those
not familar with the acromyn) which is also for conductive hearing loss
and single sided deafness.And none of these devices deal with tinnitus
regardless.

frank

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Jim - 09 May 2006 00:57 GMT

>>"Annmef1" <annmef1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in part:
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> frank

It seems to me that this is a device that would work in parallel with
whatever hearing mechanism you have, whether or not it has been damaged
by tinnitus. It seems to me (vast oversimplification here) that what we
need for tinnitus is a widget that either (1) replaces or (2) fixes
the existing hearing apparatus. This is "synthetic hearing", and to
judge from what happened with the visual version of this, will require
much calibration for individuals. To fix tinnitus it would need to
spliced into the hearing nervous "system" in such a way that its signals
replace the signals from the existing (tinnitus damaged) hearing.

I would rate this development as encouraging and probably part of a
full solution. There are many tinnitus sufferers who would gladly trade
their defective hearing for a mechanical (probably lower quality at
first) substitute.

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drfrank21@gmail.com - 09 May 2006 01:35 GMT

> It seems to me that this is a device that would work in parallel with
> whatever hearing mechanism you have, whether or not it has been damaged
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> their defective hearing for a mechanical (probably lower quality at
> first) substitute.

I think you may be confused if you think tinnitus causes hearing loss
(as expressed by your first sentence).

Tinnitus can occur with or without hearing loss. "Curing"/aiding a
hearing
loss (by cochlear implant, BAHA,trad hearing aid etc) will not
necessarily
have ANY effect on tinnitus.

This may be a real help for some people with hearing impairment but
it wont do anything for the tinnitus itself.

frank

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