>Tinitus is misfiring nerves firing along the path somewhere from ear cochlea to cortex I've had tinnitus in both my ears for 25 years. Knowing that tidbit yo

>Tinitus is misfiring nerves firing along the path somewhere from ear cochlea to cortex I've had tinnitus in both my ears for 25 years. Knowing that tidbit you mention, I've always wo dered if it would be possible to invent a "switch" that completely "cuts" the communication between the ears and the brain (making you temporarily deaf . So that you can turn it on at nights while in bed, and turn it on in the morning. That would be a huge relief. And can be "rougher" than trying to stop the specific misfiring nerves