Otolaryngology
Tinnitus Treatment
UVa's Tinnitus Clinic, one of only 40 centers in the country that offers tinnitus retraining therapy, has the full back-up resources of the UVa Medical Center and can call upon the expertise of such specialists as otolaryngologistis, audiologists, physiologists and neuroscientists
Roger Ruth, PhD, professional director of the UVa Tinnitus Clinic, is one of about 100 professionals nationwide who have trrained with Dr. Pawel Jastreboff, the world famous neurophysiologist who developed habituation therapy for tinnitus and hyperacusis. Jastreboff's therapy uses a neurophysiological model of tinnitus that incorporates the entire auditory system and the brain. The therapy retrains the subconscious part of the brain to ignore, or habituate to, the threatening sounds, so that there is no longer a conscious awareness of the offending tinnitus.