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Effective Treatment for Tinnitus is Available

By Jody A. Jedlicka, AuD, Doctor of Audiology

Michael, a professional musician, has had tinnitus for years, but it wasn’t until about seven or eight months ago that he became very aware of it. He reports, “It made perfect sense that I would be the sufferer of such a malady. After all, I am a professional musician, with heavy education and live performance on percussion, drums, pianos (loud electric ones) electric and acoustic guitars - anything I could play that would make music, mostly loud music. Good drummers joke about their hearing loss and the justification of the volume we play our drums. If it’s too loud, your too old!” After becoming very aware of his tinnitus, he states, “My biggest fear was that I would never be able to escape my own mind and this “loud” noise. 'Will it get worse?' was the next fear, and finally there really is nothing anybody can do about all this…” That was when Michael decided to learn everything he could about his condition and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT).

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