New Tinnitus study and possible treatment (via Science Daily)

Thanks for that. Tinnitus is an interesting malady and (as someone noted above) a pain in the ass. Progress on a treatment for it is most welcome, I would gladly participate if offered the opportunity. Now, back to my own experiments with ghost peppers... 

Why does medicine always attempt to fix the symptoms instead of the cause. Imagine fixing a roof leak with the house foundation shaking. Attempting to fix the sound in your room by not paying attention to the room itself? Instead of an apparatus for the tinnitus, it should be for those whose bodies have been shown (criteria as stated, not disclosed in the article)) to not be deficient in the mineral copper, have excessive free radicals in the body, toxic overload in the body, Oxygen deficiency in the blood vessels. Now we have a salvage procedure that has possible merit with the device. Until enzyme pathways can function at optimum, organs begin to fail, maybe tinnitus is one of the first recognizable cracks in ones deterioration. Doesn’t necessarily have to be. I’m always reminded of an old definition of an optimist. A person that jumps out of a 10 story building and after each floor they pass, they say I’m OK.  

I've had 4000hz notch tinnitus since I was 25. It affects stereo imaging a bit. But just plain sucks...until last winter I lost every ounce of bass and all of the the upper end. When that happens, there is zero ability to form a soundstage. And little interest in enjoying music.

Lots of visits to otolaryngologists...no result.
After a thorough review with a homeopathic intern as part of a case study, I decided to give it a shot.

A few food restrictions (no coffee was the toughest) later and my upper end came back.
I could hear a solid soundstage! Then it faded away. Now after my 2nd attempt, I have regained everything except the 4000hz notch. A hint of tinnitus remains but it's wonderful to have what I have now.

My point: do something about it. Try everything.
Homeopathy really works.  Understand that it doesn't seek to fix the symptom...but the root cause instead. It just gets your body back to balance. Then your body does the rest.

I'm 53. I also have a better sense of balance now (didn't even know that was an issue). 

@sandthemall Thanks for relaying your story. Supporting one another in this way is just about the best thing a forum like this can do. I'm really glad to hear about your improvement and will look into homeopathy.

@hilde45
No problem! I should mention that all my issues were with my left ear. 
Right ear is a champ. Most people have issues with their left ear. Seems that most people are right ear dominant regardless of being right/left hand dominant...has to do with speech recognition at early stages of learning to talk. 

Would almost have preferred if both ears declined equally. 

Good luck!