Tinnitus and Deafness from Battle in Afghanistan

[Michael Spence]

I lost hearing in one ear and have severe tinnitus due to a portion of my brain stem being severed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, Sept 2006. Just wondering if anyone knows of any surgeries or new science that could benefit me? Appreciate it,

Mike

 

[erik]

Hey Mike

Welcome to Tinnitus Talk. Sorry it is under these conditions. Development in treatments for tinnitus have been slow however, there has been much more movement in this area in the past few years. If you check out our Research Section here at TT: http://www.tinnitustalk.com/forums/research-news.4/, it is pretty up to date on the latest goings on with T research, drugs and various treatments.

Again welcome and thank you for your service!

 

[Steve]

Hi Mike and welcome,

Have you had any help from your veterans association? Curious to know if they have anything that may help you or if there is anything they could offer based on your history, it is the number 1 disability for veterans so they are taking it more seriously these days.

I don't know how up to date they are but you will most likely get some kind of management strategy that may help you out a little.

 

[Inge]

I lost hearing in one ear and have severe tinnitus due to a portion of my brain stem being severed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, Sept 2006. Just wondering if anyone knows of any surgeries or new science that could benefit me? Appreciate it,

Mike

The VA is working with a device called serenade made by sound cure. It is not a cure but it is a advanced masking device which should bring relief.

 

[Aaron123]

You may already have this information, but there is a hearing related DOD website (http://hearing.health.mil/). There is a link for finding providers (http://hearing.health.mil/HelpCoping/LocatingaProviderTreatmentCenter.aspx) though there may be nothing hearing-specific about those providers. There are some other links toward the bottom of that page that may be helpful.