Sound therapy may train the brain to ignore tinnitus, reveals new study

After three months of treatment, patients with all three types of sound therapy reported being less bothered by ringing in their ears.

A sound-emitting device worn in the ear during sleep may train the brain to ignore an annoying chronic ringing in the ears, a new study suggests.
 
People with the disorder, known as tinnitus, who slept with the in-ear devices felt less bothered than patients who used bedside noise machines, researchers found in a study funded by the device manufacturer.
 
Tinnitus is the perception of sound that has no source outside the head, and it’s often caused by exposure to loud noise. While sound therapy is one of the treatments doctors recommend, research to date has offered a mixed