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Computer-Based Cognitive Training Program May Help Patients With Severe Tinnitus

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday January 24 2017, @02:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the ear-ringer dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Individuals with tinnitus have poorer working memory, slower processing speeds and reaction times and deficiencies in selective attention. Neuroplasticity (the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections) has been the foundation for the creation of several cognitive enhancement programs intended to slow normal aging and potentially improve disorders such as attention deficits. Brain Fitness Program-Tinnitus (BFP-T) is a cognitive training program specially designed to exploit neuroplasticity for preservation and expansion of cognitive health in adults with tinnitus.

[...] Tinnitus assessment, neuroimaging, and cognitive testing were completed at baseline and 8 weeks later. The controls underwent neuroimaging and cognitive assessments.

The researchers found that patients with tinnitus in the BFP-T group had improvements in tinnitus perception, memory, attention, and concentration compared with patients in the non-BFP-T control group. Neuroimaging changes in brain systems responsible for attention and cognitive control were observed in patients who used the BFP-T. "A possible mechanistic explanation for these changes could be neuroplastic changes in key brain systems involved in cognitive control," the authors write.

No changes in behavioral measures were observed between the two tinnitus study groups.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:44PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 24 2017, @03:44PM (#458116) Homepage Journal

    After this many years with it, my brain doesn't even pay it any attention unless I tell it to.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:06PM (#458183)

    What a let down. I thought you were this ominous raptor-like creature...but now you admit that your screen name is from the mighty buzzing between your ears.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:37PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @06:37PM (#458196) Journal

    Well, good. I'm glad you don't notice anymore. The rest of us, however, are keenly aware.

    I kid, I kid...

    I also suffer......ed through the Princess Leia CGI and thought it looked weird.