Tinnitus, Turning the Volume Down: A Decade of Specific Proven Strategies for quieting the Noise in Your Head

Over 50 million Americans experience some form of tinnitus and there are those who don?t realize that the ringing in their ears has a name. Of those 50 million, 12 million are estimated to have severe tinnitus where they seek medical treatment. Approximately two million people are suffering so severely that they cannot make it through their daily activities. I have worked with such clients who are unable to go to work and are often homebound. Scared to leave their own house for fear of the noise getting louder, contemplating suicide.Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears and/or in the head when no external sound is present, according to the American Tinnitus Association (ATA). Simply put, it is the medical term for ?ringing of the ears? although the type of noise can take the form of hissing, buzzing, clicking, whistling, chirping, thumping, and even music. The sound heard can be constant or intermittent with single or multiple tones. To listen to someone try to describe their tinnitus is a lesson in desperation. More often than not, they are the only person in the world who hears it and they are desperate to make you understand what they are going through and what it sounds like. From describing the air being let out of a tire to hearing the emergency broadcast system going off in one?s head 24 hours a day, all they want is relief. There is one metaphor that mistakenly makes the noise in your head easy to handle and yet time and time again, tinnitus suffers are told to ?just live with it?. With this book, you longer have to just "live with it". Treatment and coping options are revealed to you - so that you can get on with living.