Most of us have experienced tinnitus following a long night at a concert hall, with the sensation normally going away after a few hours. For some, though, the ringing in the ears is a constant of life that just doesn’t go away. It can have many causes, but usually it’s due to nerve or hair cell damage within the ear, triggering the perception of sound by the brain when there is none. Now a new device called mutebutton from Neuromod Devices (Dublin, Ireland) has been cleared in Europe to treat subjective tinnitus, overwhelmingly the most common form of the condition.
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