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Tinnitus Linked to Hidden Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A Step Towards a Cure (scitechdaily.com)
submitted 11 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works to c/goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works
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Curing tinnitus would sure be nice for a lot of people.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Kinda interesting in light of a cure that didn't work most of the time when it was tried: severing the auditory nerves. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6915835/

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

TL;DR: They think it's peoples brains compensating for hearing loss