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>> TODAY WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE SOUNDS OUR BODIES
MAKE.
THE NEXT ONE CAN BE
DEBILITATING.
[AIR RELEASING]
>> THAT'S NOT A TEAPOT.
OUCH.
>> THAT'S TINNITUS.
RINGING IN THE EARS.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOUNDS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL HAD
RINGING IN THE EARS AFTER A
ROCK CONCERT OR BEING NEXT TO
A FIRE CRACKER.
THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING GOING ON ALL
THE TIME.
ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT A DISEASE;
IT'S A SYMPTOM.
TYPICALLY, IT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH HEAR LOSS, AND JUST TO
ORIENT THINGS IN THE EAR, YOU
HAVE THE EARDRUM, THE BONES ON
THE INSIDE OF YOURE THE
OSSICLES, AND THE THING THAT
LOOKS LIKE A SNAIL, THE
COCHLEA, IT PROCESSES SOUND.
TYPICALLY SOME TYPE OF INJURY,
HEARING LOSS, IT CAN BE A
MEDICATION, EFFECTS THAT PART,
YOU LOSE HEARING AND THE BODY,
IN RESPONSE TO THAT, FORMS A
SOUND.
>> SO IS THERE A TREATMENT,
DREW?
>> THERE'S A BRAND-NEW
TREATMENT THAT IS WORKING VERY
WELL.
WITH GOOD RESULTS.
IT'S CALLED THE NEUROMONIC
TINNITUS DEVICE.
YOU ARE MASKING THE SOUND THAT
YOU ARE HEARING IN YOUR EAR,
THAT RINGING SOUND, WITH A
MORE PLEASURABLE , SOOTHING
SOUND, WHICH I WANT YOU TO
HEAR.
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>> YOU SEE, WHAT THAT SOUND
DOES, IS, IT MASKS THE
ANNOYING SOUND THAT YOU DON'T
WANT TO HEAR
THIS TREATMENT INVOLVES TWO
PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE YOU WEAR THIS
FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND YOU
HEAR THAT MUSIC.
YOU THEN, OVER THAT PERIOD OF
TIME, GET A HEARING TEST TO
DETERMINE WHERE YOU HAVE LOST
YOUR HEARING; THEN THEY ADD A
SOUND TO THIS DEVICE THAT
TELLS THE BRAIN THAT YOU ARE
STILL ABLE TO HEAR THAT
FREQUENCY, AND THAT HELPS THE
RINGING IN YOUR EARS TO GO
AWAY.
THAT SOUNDS CONFUSING BUT IF
YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM, GO SEE
YOUR EAR-NOSE-AND-THROAT
DOCTOR, THE OTIOLOGIST.
THERE'S A GOOD WAY TO DEAL
WITH IT.
>> IT TRAINS YOUR BRAIN TO
IGNORE THE RINGING?
>> IT RETRAINS THE BRAIN BY
GIVING THAT SOUND, THE BRAIN
NO LONGER THINKS YOU HAVE A
HEARING LOSS, AND THEREFORE
THE RINGING GOES AWAY.
>> THERE'S NO CURE BUT IT'S A
GOOD TREATMENT.
>> NO CURE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT CHRONIC TINITIS.
OR FROM AN ACUTE INFECTION.
>> WE ALL HAVE HAD RINGING IN
THE EARS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
GOING ON AND ON AND ON.
NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER
SYMPTOMS LIKE DIZZINESS OR
SEVERE HEARING LOSS.
>> I TELL YOU, I STILL HAVE
RINGING IN THE EARS FROM
LISTENING TO DREW RAP EARLIER.
>> WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN?
>> MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE YOUR
OWN CD, AND PEOPLE COULD
LISTEN TO THAT ABOUT PLASTIC
SURGERY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> DOES THE I-POD CONTRIBUTE
TO THAT AT ALL?
PUTTING IT UP TOO LOUD?
>> WE KNOW THE THINGS THAT CAN
CAUSE RINGING IN THE EARS.
IT'S CERTAIN MEDICATIONS,
TRAUMA TO YOUR EAR.
ABSOLUTELY, IF YOU ARE AROUND,
GOING TO ROCK CONCERTS, IF YOU
PLAY YOUR MUSIC REALLY LOUD,
THAT CAN GIVE YOU A SENSORY
NEURAL HEARING LOSS, IN TURN
WHICH CAN GIVE YOU RINGING IN
THE EARS.
>> THE BEST WAY IS
PREVENTION.
PROK TECT THOSE EARS --