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In honor of the upcoming summer Olympics in London, for Tinnitus Awareness Week (TAW) 2012, ATA picked the theme “Carrying the Torch n for Silence.”

SoundCure Inc., a new tinnitus solution provider, announced the launch of the Serenade Tinnitus Treatment System. This marks the formal commercial release of a novel advancement in sound therapy based on the development of S-Tones®, customized treatment sounds developed independently by leading hearing researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

The Countdown Has Begun: The 2012 AZ Walk to Silence Tinnitus is JUST TWO DAYS AWAY!

Join us on March 24th online or in person!

If you will be participating in the AZ Walk in person the 5K walk begins at 8 a.m. and registration will begin at 7 a.m.

You are being asked to participate in an online research study! Researchers at the University of Wyoming are interested in implicit attitudes toward sound-related words. Through this study, you can learn whether you have an implicit negative attitude toward sound.

A new custom sound mixer was created for ATA by supporter Andris Zalitis. Visitors to ATA.org/sound can custom mix multiple sounds (like rain, seagulls, fire, and even Darth Vader!) and determine what types of sounds that may work to provide distraction from their tinnitus.

ATA member and tinnitus sufferer Sal Gentile is planning to participate in this year's "Tour de Tinnitus", sponsored by the American Tinnitus Association.

Three years ago, New Jersey musician and tinnitus sufferer Roland De Castro held what would become an annual event, the Tinnitus Awareness/Benefit Concert, a gathering of local musicians and their supporters to raise money for the American Tinnitus Association.

Featuring ATA Executive Director Michael Malusevic, and narrated by ATA Director of Public Affairs Jennifer Born, this new "Spotlight on Tinnitus" video produced by filmmaker and ATA supporter Jose Cassella, will be played on public television stations throughout the United States beginning at the end of January. Stay tuned! For a preview, click here.

One of the more surprising facts of hearing loss is that the rate of hearing loss is higher with the young than it is with the elderly. Research shows that roughly over 5 million children from 6 to 19 years of age have permanent hearing damage resulting from two primary sources: loud music and toys.

Sergie Kochkin, Ph.D., from The Better Hearing Institute, Richard Tyler, Ph.D., from the University of Iowa, and Jennifer Born, American Tinnitus Association Director of Public Affairs and Tinnitus Today editor, collaborated to determine the prevalence of tinnitus in a nationally representative sample of more than 46,000 households—the largest survey of its kind.

Summary of Findings