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).

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.

Excessive noise in the workplace is to blame for tinnitus, according to tinnitus sufferers themselves.

Brain scientists at Johns Hopkins University in the USA have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around them.

In a breakthrough that is likely to accelerate research designed to find cures for hearing loss, tinnitus, and balance problems, scientists have perfected a technique that provides a reliable new source of cells critical to understanding certain inner ear disorders.

Psychotherapy may help tinnitus suffers cope with the life disturbances that sometimes accompany their condition, according to a new review of studies.

As the country prepares for Remembrance Day, Deafness Research UK is highlighting the failure of the NHS to help war veterans whose lives have been devastated due to tinnitus.

Hearing aids can relieve the discomfort of the millions of people who suffer daily from ringing in their ears, according to data from Denmark.

People with tinnitus do more poorly on demanding working memory and attention tests than those without tinnitus, according to research conducted at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

Researchers in Sweden have found that an antidepressant may reduce or even cure tinnitus.

Acamprosate (Campral), a drug normally used to treat alcohol dependence, can also be used to treat tinnitus, according to a recent study.