Patient Stories

“I am so glad that this treatment has come to the UK otherwise so many people would continue to suffer like I used to before TDT.”

“The sound seemed to be getting worse by the day but it’s so much better now – the Tinnitus Clinic has been good as gold with me.”

“The TDT treatment was excellent and, Mike, my audiologist, has been so patient and helped every step of the way. My tinnitus has effectively disappeared now.”

“After taking up DJing in 2016, I started to develop a mild form of tinnitus in my ears due to being around constant loud music.”

“Out of all my injuries, tinnitus is the one that’s affected me most.”

“You don’t have to live with it. I would recommend The Tinnitus Clinic 100 per cent.”

“...without a doubt, I would recommend it to anybody. Give it a go! It changes your life, it’s changed my life.”

“Don’t give up’ – tinnitus sufferer’s message after treatment ‘improves condition by 90%”

“I was in a very sad place. I wasn’t sleeping and I really thought I was going to go out of my mind if I didn’t get relief from the noise.”

“The tinnitus had a major effect on my mood and there were points when I thought this is my life; this is what it’s going to be like from now on. I didn’t share much about it with my family and kept much of it to myself to a large extent.”

Though the tinnitus was tolerable at the time – it was after a bout of stress following a family bereavement in early 2015 that an unsuspecting Sandra began to feel the condition slowly taking over her day-to-day life.

Alan, a bookmaker from Durham, regularly attends events like the Cheltenham festival and Royal Ascot, began noticing a buzzing and hissing sound following a cold and chest chest infection in September 2014.

"The tinnitus took its toll. I couldn't eat or sleep properly, I couldn’t do anything. In 2014 I gave up on the NHS and started to do my own research and that is how I found The Tinnitus Clinic."

"For me, it is a success and I am very happy with them. It is a 3 in 1 improvement, better hearing, no tinnitus and no longer sensitive to loud noises."

"If I spoke to other people with tinnitus I would say there is help out there and so don’t panic. There is help and you won’t be trapped anymore."

"I would say that if you have the chance then try the treatment because it has worked for me and I would never have believed it when I was given the devices."

“I am more relaxed, I’ve got my patience back, I am sleeping well and no longer have that constant longing to curl up and go to sleep. I now feel I have complete control over my life.”

“When I get up in the morning the tinnitus is in the background and I am rarely aware of it during the day. Before, I was constantly aware of the tinnitus. At this point, today, I would say my tinnitus is 80% better than it was.”

“I feel The Tinnitus Clinic is on my side – they understand what you are going through. This all makes me feel that I am in control, and the tinnitus is not in control of me. I owe a great deal to Kathryn and the rest of the team at The Tinnitus Clinic.”

“It has been a year since I have been treated by Kathryn. My tinnitus is much better, it has definitely helped. It is more in the background than it ever used to be.”

Janice Dyson relief from Tinnitus “Now I am 80 per cent better. I can still hear the noise but it’s nowhere near as loud. I’m back to sleeping normally and going out, socialising again.”

“After a terrible ear infection during a particularly stressful period of work, I woke up one morning with tinnitus in both ears. It was high-pitched, hissing and very distressing. Even when my ear infection was treated and cleared, the tinnitus remained.”

“I went to see my GP and explained that I couldn’t live with it, that I wanted to end it. He said he’d have to section me, which I didn’t want, but I knew I couldn’t live with the ringing. Then, my wife and my son found The Tinnitus Clinic on the internet.”

Richard Baines is a 44-year old IT professional from Ossett, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire and received Tinnitus Desensitisation Therapy™ for high-frequency atonal tinnitus in both ears and an abnormal sensitivity to environmental noises.

Twenty-five year old Nathan Bushay – a green grocer and market trader from High Wycombe - experienced debilitating tinnitus following a whiplash injury. Within days of starting the pioneering new treatment – called Acoustic CR® Neuromodulation – he noticed his tinnitus was less intrusive.

Mike Harding is a retired Human Resources professional and lecturer from Manchester. He had experienced low-intensity tinnitus for approximately ten years, until recently, when it became far worse over night.

"There is a lot of quackery surrounding a condition such as tinnitus, but this treatment is scientifically validated and it was this that attracted me to it. The tinnitus is still there - but it’s less shrill, and I hope one day it will fade until it no longer bothers me."

Keith, a retired farmer from Kent, first noticed his tinnitus about three years ago. “It sounded like a very loud ringing in my left ear. Quite frankly, it destroyed my every day and night. There was no respite at all and it was so intrusive. I felt like I couldn’t look forward to anything at all."

Retired florist from Middlesex, Astrid Pryce first experienced tinnitus about four and a half years ago. “It didn’t start over night; it was a gradual thing. Six months previous to this, I’d looked down as I was getting out of the car and both of my ears went pop, like when a plane comes into land. It seemed quite strange. I held my nose and blew out, to try and clear my ears; both ears cleared but my right ear quickly blocked again and felt pressured. I kept trying but I couldn’t clear it.”

"In the left ear, it does seem to be coming down... It sometimes feels a bit stringy now like it's trying to fade out a bit… You get up one day and think this is an improvement and you are so happy about it."

"I noticed an improvement to my tinnitus nearly immediately with a lowering of frequency and diffusion of the tone. My stress level is lower, so life is better as a result."

"It started many years ago – probably about 30. It developed gradually but became more noticeable after a particularly stressful period in my life. I saw a Specialist about how to reduce the high-pitched noise and was told that I would have to learn to live with it. So that’s what I did. I just got on with it.”

"I experienced the most dynamic change within the first two weeks, followed by an ongoing progressive improvement in symptoms. I went from not being sure if I would sleep at night, to dropping off straight away. From being unsure if I'd have a good day, to having a succession of them.

It's hard to describe how much the condition changed, but it's gone from feeling like my head would split open, to being a very mild annoyance, like a scratch on your foot – and the relief has been sustained. It really seems to work and, at long last, I'm enjoying my life again!"

"I'm amazed to find that the treatment is working. Once the clinic had assessed my tinnitus, I was given the small clip-on device and earphones. I didn't need any further guidance; treatment was very easy and, as it was non-invasive, I had no concerns.

I first noticed a change after about ten days. Since then, there's been a noticeable change every couple of days as my tinnitus starts to disappear. My advice would be to give it a go! It seems to be working for me, so I'd strongly recommend it."

Leo McAuliffe, an 80-year old retired gentleman from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, suffered from tinnitus for over ten years, until a new treatment – TDT - changed his life dramatically. Leo didn’t have any history of audiological issues but was exposed to a great deal of noise whilst motorcycle racing.

‘Absolutely it’s worked for me. I’d recommend going and have the assessment because the Clinic can then advise you on whether you are suitable. If you are, then I would say go for it.’

Pioneering new tinnitus treatment, Acoustic CR® Neuromodulation, has transformed daily life for Cleveland-born Anne Wilson. Now, just six months into treatment, Anne is enjoying tinnitus-free days and peaceful nights.

“Sometimes if I am tired or a bit stressed with work or something then the ringing’s really loud… then I will just get the device and put it in my ear and give myself a bit of break. I can turn it up loud or quiet depending on how I feel and that makes me feel more in control.”

"It was the first time in seventeen years that I have been able to relax fully knowing I can just plug these things in. The tinnitus doesn’t disappear completely, but it’s greatly reduced and I can count on it working almost always. I did notice that when I wasn’t wearing the devices my tinnitus had also abated quite a lot."