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It’s in the brain, not the ears

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Rob Archer
Nov 11, 2010
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Researchers from US and Canadian universities have confirmed that the source of tinnitus – the ringing or buzzing in your ears after hearing nerve damage – isn’t really in your ears, it’s in your brain.

McMaster Professor Larry Roberts says they have evidence the high-pitched ringing or hissing noise tinnitus sufferers hear is generated by neurons firing…

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