Tinnitus News

During Tinnitus Awareness Week, clinic Director, Josephine Swinhoe spoke on British Forces Broadcasting Service about tinnitus and protecting your hearing. You can listen to the interview here. Listen to the interview…

“Is it true I have to live with this noise for the rest of my life?” This is just one of the disheartening statements that we at The Tinnitus Clinic hear regularly from distressed patients. Recognising that GPs might need more support in managing their first contact with tinnitus patients, The Tinnitus Clinic has published the “Tinnitus First Appointment Guide for General Practitioners”.

The Tinnitus Clinic in Manchester is now offering joint ENT and Audiologist appointments as of Friday 5 February 2016. The joint consultations will be conducted by Mr Sean Loughran, an ENT consultant surgeon since 2005, alongside senior clinical audiologist of the Manchester tinnitus clinic, Mr Mike Wells Mr Wells said. “People experiencing one sided tinnitus, […]

Tinnitus is a combination of symptoms; the most common being the hissing, buzzing or whistling sounds which patients report hearing. With no external noise creating these sounds, so no means of ‘switching the noise off’, patients’ understandably get increasingly stressed and anxious about what is happening to them. Tinnitus symptoms can also include sleeplessness, anxiety, […]

Josephine Swinhoe talks to Fight Through magazine on the issues surrounding hearing protection and the consequences of exposure to loud noises during military operations.

Josephine Swinhoe talks to Fight Through magazine on the issues surrounding hearing protection and the consequences of exposure to loud noises during military operations. The article is available to read below, along with a link to view the full magazine. Did you know that our hearing system is one of the most irreparable parts of […]

In February 2013, The Tinnitus Clinic posted a seven-minute video about Acoustic CR® Neuromodulation, our treatment for tinnitus, on the video-sharing website, YouTube. Last week, the number of views for this video surpassed 200,000.

A tinnitus sufferer has described living with the condition as “torturous” and feels as if he has been given up on by doctors. It is estimated that more than 340,000 people in the South West have tinnitus and with about 33,568 people suffering in Dorset.

Sleeping can be difficult as the noise of the tinnitus disturbs the usual peace of the night. Concentrating at work seems impossible as the tinnitus sounds distract your focus and prevent you from being productive.

Mark Williams, Chief Audiologist at The Tinnitus Clinic, will deliver the keynote address on the first day of the International Hearing Aid Conference and Expo on Audiology and Hearing Devices on August 17th and 18th in Birmingham, UK. 

Following The Tinnitus Clinic’s report on the need to protect our hearing from recreational noise, we were pleased to read about an emerging product called HearAngel.

The chance of an improved life for six million people in the UK living with tinnitus is offered by an extensive study published this week.