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Posted by Jack Rodgers
> But in 40% of tinnitus cases the cause for the tinnitus cannot be
> identified. And in the other 60% **with very few exceptions** either
> the cause cannot be effectively addressed with technology as it stands
> in 2001 ... or it CAN be effectively addressed, but doing so does not
> resolve the tinnitus.
This is just my theorey:
The neurons that transmit info in our brains resemble a sphere with strings
that attach themselves to other spheres. The data-impulses travel along the
strings.
How are these strings formed? Can they be randomly formed, say by a surge of
energy that overpowers the circuitry similar to the sparks we see when we
pull an electric plug?
Let's assume that these strings are permanently attached otherwise how we
would have memories or be able to control our movements.
Thus, if these strings are permanently attached how will we be able to
unnattach those that cause the tinnitus? Would a drug selectively locate
those strings that carry the tinnitus sounds and delete those strings?
My thoughts are that these circuits become permanently wired and that a drug
will not be able to unwire them. Since brain cells die and are replaced, it
is possible that time will cause an easing of the noise.
A second thought is that a bodily process may create and maintain a series
of connections. If that process has its access broken and another process
takes over the series of connections, the second process will confuse the
brain.
So, the problem in my scenario is that the wirring circuits remain intact if
one string is broken somewhere and those circuits can be rejuvenated if
attached to another neuron and be erroneously used for something else.
With so many billions or trillions of such neurons and circuits in our
brain, making adjustments may be difficult.
How flexible are these circuits and how much control do we have over them
through memorization, deliberate attempts to forget, attitude changes, etc.
Consider how difficult it is to forget an unpleasant event, a heart breaking
event or a personal failure. If these persist in our minds, what about
tinnitus? Can we not have a tinnitus memory?
