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Continuing breakthroughs in tinnitus research

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Rob Archer
Jul 20, 2011
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The big recent breakthrough is the discovery that tinnitus is centered not in the ears but in the brain itself. And figuring this out is a big step toward a treatment that works, or maybe even a cure.

Tinnitus is neurons “talking to themselves”

Tinnitus is generated by neuron activity in the brain, researchers say.

Tinnitus, that phantom ringing in the ear…

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