As Tinnitus Awareness Week (6-12 February) gets underway, the award winning Bionic Ear Show from national charity Deafness Research UK is marking the event with two shows at the University of Westminster.

As part of Tinnitus Awareness Week, Deafness Research UK Outreach Adviser, Andrew Goodwin, spoke about the causes of tinnitus and what to do if you suffer from it

Leigh Martin, Paediatric and Research Audiologist shares his view of a recent hypercausis seminar organised by the Royal Surrey County Hospital and supported by Deafness Research UK.

At the National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing, researchers believe that the most effective treatment for tinnitus will be one that involves a complex intervention strategy that addresses more than one 'symptom', tailors the intervention to individual needs, and uses a range of different outcome measures for evaluating benefit.

New research has found giving up caffeine does not relieve tinnitus and acute caffeine withdrawal might add to the problem. This is the first study of its kind to look at the effect of caffeine consumption on tinnitus.

A Japanese study has found that the anti-depressant paroxetine can reduce the severity of tinnitus in patients also suffering from both depression and anxiety. The results may help doctors to design more effective treatment programmes for the patients who are most likely to benefit.

The Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI) was founded in January 2006 as a privately funded organisation dedicated to finding a cure for tinnitus through clinical and scientific research. In June 2009, TRI held its third conference in Stresa, Italy, bringing an international group of researchers together to discuss past and present results and move the field of tinnitus research forward. Deafness Research UK attended the meeting to share ideas and to find out what has been achieved so far.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, known as rTMS, is a technique that has been tested as a treatment for tinnitus over the past couple of years.

Listening to loud music over headphones or working in a noisy environment are just two examples of activities that can lead to tinnitus and noise-induced hearing loss.

Do you sometimes wonder how other people manage to cope with their tinnitus?

A simplified version of tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) has been found to significantly reduce the perceived loudness, annoyance, and effect of tinnitus on life, for the majority of patients who took part in a new study.

Results from a new study of tinnitus could go some way to explaining why a wide range of potential causes can all end up producing the perception of sound when in fact there is none.

Deafness Research UK has organised a rare opportunity for the public to meet the scientists who are working to find treatments and cures for tinnitus, and find out about the cutting edge tinnitus research in progress.

A study conducted at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has shown the potential to markedly improve tinnitus over an extended period of time.

Twenty years ago, Ernest Moore developed tinnitus after his hearing was damaged by exposure to too many M16 rifles and artillery explosions during his time in the US Army. Now an audiologist and Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at Northwestern University, Moore is studying zebrafish in his search for a cure.

Supporters of Deafness Research UK and Action for Tinnitus Research attended the charities’ first joint event in London on 27th March called ‘Meet the Scientists’. This provided a rare opportunity to meet the scientists who are working to find a cure for tinnitus, and find out about the cutting edge tinnitus research in progress.

Deafness Research UK has organised a rare opportunity for the public to meet the scientists who are working to find treatments and cures for tinnitus, and find out about the cutting edge tinnitus research in progress.

Tinnitus sufferers now have fresh hope that better treatments and potential cures for tinnitus may be closer, thanks to a new tie-up between Deafness Research UK and Action for Tinnitus Research (ATR).

A new working party report from the Royal College of Physicians says that patients with hearing and balance disorders can wait years to be seen by an appropriate specialist, and often remain undiagnosed and inadequately managed.

Phantom  noises that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus can be  experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new  research published in the January 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and  Neck Surgery.