Tag: neuroplasticity

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New U of M Study Offers Promise in Developing Therapy for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 7, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags: neuroplasticity research Tinnitus tinnitus developments tinnitus research


Fascinating research from the University of Michigan has illuminated some amazing new results: She explains that in tinnitus, some of the input to the brain from the ear’s cochlea is reduced, while signals from the somatosensory nerves of the face and neck, related to touch, are excessively amplified. “It’s as if the...

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Cool Paper: "Homeostatic plasticity drives tinnitus perception in an animal model."

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 22, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: homeostasis neuroplasticity SCIENCE Tinnitus


Another cool paper has come out presenting animal research on the patho-physiology (abnormal physiology) that produces tinnitus. The abstract reads fairly easily: Hearing loss often results in tinnitus and auditory cortical map changes, leading to the prevailing view that the phantom perception is associated with...

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