Surgical Tinnitus Procedure

[Bill Fellows]

I would like to know if anyone has a Doctors contact for the surgical tinnitus procedure Severing the nerve to the brain ? I understand there is some success with this and would like to find a Physician to facilitate this procedure for me. The constant headaches and high pitched ringing is unbearable for me...if you can help me thank you !

Bill Fellows
Kingston Ont. Canada K7P0K3

 

[InfiniteLoop]

@Bill Fellows

That kind of surgery is not common for just plain T. There are old studies, and in many cases the result was more T rather than eliminating T. It is a very risky proposition. The fact that this surgery has low success rate is used as one of the foundations that T is a brain problem that might be initiated by suppression of the auditory input signal.

 

[Jan64]

By cutting the 8th nerve the auditory cortex will be less (or just not) stimulated. And that is just the cause of tinnitus... I strongly advice against the suggested procedure!

 

[Jake007]

I'll second everything the above posters just said. My audiologist told me about a guy that was fed up with it and had his cut. It moved from his ear to his head (brain tinnitus). I strongly recommend you don't do it.

 

[Bobby B]

The study showed that a small majority had their T silenced or greatly diminished but the risk is high to be part of the deaf large minority without possibility of masking it

 

[glynis]

I wouldn't have the nerve cut as you can still have tinnitus and lost your hearing also.
I would look in to trying hearing aids as really help my sever bilateral tinnitus.
Love glynis x