From the UK Daily Mail:
Want to beat tinnitus? Try meditating for 20 minutes
Meditation "teaches patients to regularly stop and confront their thoughts and worries about the noise - and this appears to have the opposite effect.
"It seems the brain gradually comes to terms with the tinnitus and stops focusing on it so much. By 'detuning' in this way, the patient begins to notice the problem less and less.
"Psychologists and hearing specialists pioneering the therapy insist that it's not a cure for the underlying nerve damage in the inner ear that is responsible for tinnitus.
"This damage - which can be caused by a cold, an ear infection or exposure to loud music - triggers an abnormal stream of impulses the brain interprets as constant sound.
"But there is evidence that the new therapy may, over time, lead to changes in brain function that mean the patient eventually doesn't notice the tinnitus."
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