COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — There’s a new The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved tinnitus technology that’s showing great results according to early studies. It’s a device that can be used at home, and many in Colorado Springs are already using it. KRDO13 met with a doctor who’s the only one in southern Colorado who’s been approved for the device.
“Essentially, your brain is searching for something that is not there,” says Dr. Cassie Iliff, a doctor of audiology at Hearing Consultants of Colorado Springs. “Most of the patients with tinnitus have some damage to their hearing organ. And when they have that damage to their hearing organ, their brain goes, ‘Hey, I am missing sound,’ and it searches and searches and eventually it just makes something up. So it is a brain and ear problem.”
While there have long been different tinnitus treatments and devices on the market, this new FDA-approved one is changing the game. Dr. Iliff says it’s showing positive results because it doesn’t just stimulate the ears, but also the tongue…