Tinnitus Research: Moving the World Toward a Cure

Finding a cure for tinnitus is ATA’s #1 priority. Research will get us there. Over the last 10 years, scientists have made tremendous advances in figuring out what causes tinnitus and how to treat it.

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ATA is dedicated to finding and funding the best and brightest tinnitus researchers to speed up our progress toward finding a cure for tinnitus. Find out how you can support tinnitus research to help speed our progress toward finding a cure.

New and Past ATA-Funded Research

The American Tinnitus Association is at the forefront in the search for better treatments and a cure for tinnitus.

We are pleased to play such an important role in supporting some of the best and brightest scientists in the field and invite you to review our research program.

Read published research reports
from ATA-funded studies.
 

Funding Facts

The American Tinnitus Association:

  • Awarded $4,843,659 in research grants since 1980
  • Supported 104 studies into the causes of and treatments for tinnitus
     

Scientific Advisory Committee

This distinguished committee crafted ATA’s Roadmap to a Cure and is the body that reviews all research grants submitted for ATA funding.
 

Roadmap to a Cure

ATA's Scientific Advisory Committee designed a Roadmap to get us closer to a cure. It specifically maps out what we need to find and the steps to get there.

See recent ATA-funded research and where it fits on the Roadmap to a Cure!

 

Supporting Research

Participate in a Clinical Trial

For clinical trials you may be able to participate in, visit clinical trial opportunities.
 

Hyperacusis Study at The University of Iowa

University of Iowa Study researchers are inviting people with loudness hyperacusis for an online survey.

It was back in 1983 that the University of Iowa first showed a link between tinnitus and hyperacusis. For many people with tinnitus, loud sounds are often heard as VERY LOUD.

If you have loudness hyperacusis, Iowa researchers would very much appreciate you completing a brief, 30-minute survey at: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_22YHczpQkvXNHsE

The research team is hoping to learn important characteristics about hyperacusis that might lead to more helpful treatments.

 

Photos from the Fifth International TRI Tinnitus Conference

Photos from the Fifth International TRI Tinnitus Conference, "The Neuroscience of Tinnitus", hosted by the Center for Hearing & Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo and the Tinnitus Research Initiative, August 19 -21, 2011.
- Special thanks to photographer Michael Chrostowski from McMaster University -
 

Upcoming Conferences and Meetings


February 25 - 29: ARO Meeting

The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) invites you to its 35th Annual MidWinter Meeting, February 25 - 29, 2012.

Visit http://www.aro.org/mwm/mwm.html for additional information.

Presidential Symposium: Listening with the Brain: Cochlear Implants and Central Auditory System Plasticity

Symposia and Workshops: Speaking for Science: Addressing the Use of Animals in Research; Facing Animal Rights Extremism: A Community Response; Mechanisms and Circuitry Underlying Auditory Spectrotemporal Integration; Interactive Workshop on 3D Reconstruction of the Ear; Molecular Anatomy and Physiology of the Ribbon Synapse; Current Theories About the Generation of Otoacoustic Emissions and the Clinical Implications; Using Massively-Parallel Next Generation Sequencing Techniques to Advance Studies & Clinical Cares of Hearing Loss; The Yin and Young of Sound Localization Vestibular Psychophysics; The Spiral Ganglion: Neurogenesis and Concepts for Regeneration; New Insights on Vestibular Neuropharmacology: From Bench to Bedside; Real-World Hearing: Neural Coding and Perception
 

March 8 - 10: AAS Meeting

The American Auditory Society is having its annual meeting March 8-10, 2012 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Registration: Registration is nonrefundable after February 18, 2012. Prior to February 18, registration refund requests must be received in writing to AAS Registration, aas@talley.com.  All fees paid will be refunded minus a $25.00 processing fee.

Visit www.amauditorysoc.org/annual-meeting/reginfo.htm to learn more.

 

March 28 - 31: AudiologyNOW! 2012 Conference

AudiologyNOW! is the world's largest gathering of audiologists. This annual meeting provides participants the opportunity to attend four days of educational sessions, explore the latest in hearing technology and network with colleagues from around the world.

AudiologyNOW!, the American Academy of Audiology's annual meeting, is scheduled for March 28-31, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Convention and Exhibiton Center (BCEC).

For more information visit Audiologynow.org.

 

April 29 - May 3: World Congress of Audiology Meeting

The World Congress of Audiology is the biennial congress of the International Society of Audiology and is held in different regions of the world to discuss important issues in relation to audiology. The XXXI World Congress of Audiology which will be held in 2012 in Moscow, will be jointly organized by the International Society of Audiology (ISA) and Russian Society of Audiology.

Visit http://www.wca2012.ru/general/ for more information.


 

 

June 13 - 16: 6th International TRI Conference on Tinnitus

Registration is open now at http://www.tri2012.org

The 6th Tinnitus Research Initiative (TRI) conference will be held from June 13th to 16th, 2012 in Bruges, Belgium by the multidisciplinary TRI Tinnitus Unit Antwerp, Belgium, part of Brain Research center Antwerp for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation (BRAI2N), Antwerp University Hospital & Antwerp University and the Tinnitus Research Initiative.

TRI 2012 is the premier venue for scientists and clinicians from around the world to discuss cutting‐edge research on tinnitus. Poster session will also cover unpublished preliminary or finalized data, novel ideas and techniques, with the added value that viewers can study and restudy your information and discuss it with you one on one.

Deadline for all submissions and proposals: April 1st, 2012 Abstract submission at http://www.tri2012.org

Exhibits related to the theory, practice and education of tinnitus and related techniques are invited.

Please request our exhibitor package for details. More details can be found at the conference website (http://www.tri2012.org/).

Contributors are encouraged to contact the conference coordinator at meetings@tinnitusresearch.org for further information.
 

Do you have questions, would like to become a member or request additional information?

Please email us and we will be happy to assist you! Fill out this convenient online form and ATA will mail you and information packet of our materials.

 

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