Unlearning Tinnitus

Daniel Lyman, LCSW interviews Audiologist Dr. Marcia Dewey

This is a wonderful and succinct conversation and it covers most things clients need to know from a neuroplastic and mind-body healing perspective about making peace with tinnitus and unlearning the fear associated with ringing, buzzing, and other mind-produced sounds. In the interview, there is less discussion about the emotional processing component of recovery, but for some patients, working with emotions and anxiety is an important for unlearning the ringing or buzzing perceptions. Sometimes working with a coach or therapist is quite helpful for doing emotional work related to these sensations, which can help lower overall anxiety, and thus reduce mind-produced sounds and the reactions to those sounds, which can become a feedback loop.