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Needles can beat tinnitus – Daily Mail, 11^th October 2005 

Acupuncture could offer relief for tinnitus, a ringing in the ears affecting millions of Britons.  New research shows that most patients improved after two weeks of treatment.  More than four million people in the United Kingdom suffer from tinnitus, which causes a varying hissing or ringing noise in the ear. 

No cure has yet been found, but in the new research at the Universityof York, acupuncture was used to treat six patients.  They were aged 32 to 79 and had suffered for between one and twenty years with the complaint. 

The group was given ten acupuncture treatments over a two-week period.  The needle sites and number of points used varied between patients.  The needles were kept in place for 20 minutes.  Almost all patients showed improvements.  

After two weeks, there was a drop in loudness and pitch and fewer hours affected by tinnitus in the majority of patients.   Only one patient, the eldest, felt worse.   The quality of sleep also improved in the majority of patients.  The most noticeable improvement was in the youngest patient, a 32-year old woman who had suffered with tinnitus in both ears for about a year.