tinnitus

[colonelblink]

is there a cure for tinnitus, and if there isnt, is there any way that the symptoms can be minimised, my son was in a rock band and had to quit as the tinnitus has become really bad for him

[tellboy]

The short answer is no I am told. I used to ground run gas turbine engines without ear protection in the 1970's.
It is only really annoying when it is silent which is very rarely.
There are gadgets for giving a noise at a different frequency which gives some releif
http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/links.htm
When I hear cars driving by booming away with a young guy at the wheel I know it is no use telling him to be careful. He will soon join the club

[qapmoc]

Hi, Sorry to tell you that if your son has noise induced tinnitus then he is almost 100% sure to have noise induced hearing loss also. At present there is no cure for tinnitus although many people calim to get relief from various drugs, herbs and also zinc supplements, realistically you can only learn to live with it or develop a technique for ''masking'' it, such as playing soft music in the background etc...
suggest that you do a google search on tinnitus and you will lots of sites with info on the subject.