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According to their site, they claim to be treating "temporary tinnitus" of the kind that is brought on by exposure to loud sounds. Being a "temporary" symptom,

According to their site, they claim to be treating "temporary tinnitus" of the kind that is brought on by exposure to loud sounds. Being a "temporary" symptom, I'm assuming that they are claiming to relieve it sooner than it would otherwise clear up naturally -- that's frequently an area where medical quacks operate. Here is a link from Wikipedia to a site at UC-Irvine http://today.uci.edu/iframe.php?p=/news/release_detail_iframe.asp?key=1570 http://today.uci.edu/iframe.php?p=/news/release_detail_ifram... about substantially the same thing and you can listen to a sample of the therapeutic sound for free. I also have the chronic (and unexplained) kind of tinnitus and my understanding is that there is no treatment for it. I know it can be quite bothersome for some people.

Tichy 17y ago
Have you and brodie tried Ostheopathy? Anyways I think there are all kinds of things that can cause tinnitus, but present day medicine seems to have a problem with diagnosing the cause, so you are stuck with experimenting yourself. Ostheopathy and Yoga could alleviate the varieties caused from stress and "jammed bones" (don't know how to express it in english).
- StrawberryFrog 17y ago
  present day medicine seems to have a problem with diagnosing the cause Not true, the cause is well understood. How to fix it is another matter. "jammed bones" (don't know how to express it in english). It's pronounced "Voodoo placebo"
  - Tichy 17y ago
    So what is "the" cause? As for the "jammed bones", I wasn't actually referring to the ostheopathy stuff, but to nerves that are caught between bones in the spine (again, I can not explain it better in english). This is something "normal doctors" consider as a cause, so I don't think "voodoo" does it justice. As for ostheopathy, as some doctors say: who cures is right.
- SlowOnTheUptake 17y ago
  I haven't tried either of those things and frankly I don't think it's likely that either would be effective, at least based on the explanations I've seen for them. They seem to be based on fixing problems (e.g. misalignment of bones and nerves or who knows what) that I don't believe have a basis in objective reality. On the other hand if people get relief from them I can't argue with it -- you can only go with what people report. As the old saying goes: believing is seeing.
  - Tichy 17y ago
    So you think bones and nerves don't have a basis in reality? What about "lumbago" - I mean, even "normal doctors" admit that nerves can get caught up in bones and cause problems? I am surprised about the strong rejection of this suggestion. It is not homeopathy - I just checked Wikipedia and it seems to suggest there are at least some positive studies for Ostheopathy. Also giving Ostheopathy a try seems to be far less intrusive and less expensive than some other stuff "normal doctors" throw at you. Sorry for going on about it, but I am just really surprised. I have another friend who has endured years of experimenting on her knee from normal doctors (usually not helpful). I don't know why she doesn't try Ostheopathy at least once - it would be neither more painful, time expensive nor money expensive than all the other stuff she went through. I can imagine that maybe people are afraid of learning they wasted their time on the wrong thing or whatever. If that fear is worse than their plight, fine. One problem is finding a good Ostheopath, though. I am not sure how one would go about it, without personal recommendations. It probably is not a label protected by the state, so finding a trustworthy practitioner would require some research. (Yoga is even less expensive, at 10€ a pop - again a problem of finding a good class, though).

Tichy 17y ago

Have you and brodie tried Ostheopathy? Anyways I think there are all kinds of things that can cause tinnitus, but present day medicine seems to have a problem with diagnosing the cause, so you are stuck with experimenting yourself. Ostheopathy and Yoga could alleviate the varieties caused from stress and "jammed bones" (don't know how to express it in english).

StrawberryFrog 17y ago
present day medicine seems to have a problem with diagnosing the cause Not true, the cause is well understood. How to fix it is another matter. "jammed bones" (don't know how to express it in english). It's pronounced "Voodoo placebo"
- Tichy 17y ago
  So what is "the" cause? As for the "jammed bones", I wasn't actually referring to the ostheopathy stuff, but to nerves that are caught between bones in the spine (again, I can not explain it better in english). This is something "normal doctors" consider as a cause, so I don't think "voodoo" does it justice. As for ostheopathy, as some doctors say: who cures is right.
SlowOnTheUptake 17y ago
I haven't tried either of those things and frankly I don't think it's likely that either would be effective, at least based on the explanations I've seen for them. They seem to be based on fixing problems (e.g. misalignment of bones and nerves or who knows what) that I don't believe have a basis in objective reality. On the other hand if people get relief from them I can't argue with it -- you can only go with what people report. As the old saying goes: believing is seeing.
- Tichy 17y ago
  So you think bones and nerves don't have a basis in reality? What about "lumbago" - I mean, even "normal doctors" admit that nerves can get caught up in bones and cause problems? I am surprised about the strong rejection of this suggestion. It is not homeopathy - I just checked Wikipedia and it seems to suggest there are at least some positive studies for Ostheopathy. Also giving Ostheopathy a try seems to be far less intrusive and less expensive than some other stuff "normal doctors" throw at you. Sorry for going on about it, but I am just really surprised. I have another friend who has endured years of experimenting on her knee from normal doctors (usually not helpful). I don't know why she doesn't try Ostheopathy at least once - it would be neither more painful, time expensive nor money expensive than all the other stuff she went through. I can imagine that maybe people are afraid of learning they wasted their time on the wrong thing or whatever. If that fear is worse than their plight, fine. One problem is finding a good Ostheopath, though. I am not sure how one would go about it, without personal recommendations. It probably is not a label protected by the state, so finding a trustworthy practitioner would require some research. (Yoga is even less expensive, at 10€ a pop - again a problem of finding a good class, though).