Researchers Find Sites In Brain Responsible For Tinnitus; Work Raises Possibility of Treatments, Cure

By Lois Baker

Release Date: January 22, 1998 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Researchers at the Â鶹´«Ã½o and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Buffalo, using positron emission tomography (PET), have pinpointed for the first time the specific brain regions responsible for tinnitus, a constant and debilitating ringing in the ears experienced by millions of Americans.