Someone going by Fox managed to overcome tinnitus using a combination of the TMS approach and an approach called TRT. In response to the question, "Has anyone experienced ear ringing as part of TMS?" he responded, Yes - my devastating tinnitus - that lasted about 3 years after attending a fireworks display - was totally cured by my using a combination of Sarno and TRT (Tinnitus Retraining Therapy). Don't ask me any questions. Just go to www.tinnitus.org, believe what they are saying, and get to work on your problem. If you need a professional, find a TRT ceritified audiologist - like they have at the Speech and Hearing Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. But all the info needed is on the web site. In an earlier thread he provided more detail: I recovered using TRT (see tinnitus.org) and Sarno. I do have a hearing loss in the ear that was affected by ringing - it doesn't matter - it had nothing to do with the ringing. I also had the feeling of fullness/stuffiness in the ear. It's part of the psychological syndrome. See the TRT audiologist list on the tinnitus.org web site....Actually, I probably didn't need to see the audiologist (in Greensboro NC) because all the info that I received during the visit is on the web site....Sort of like seeing a TMS doc...Getting the diagnosis and the treatment info first hand from the professional helps give the treatment approach validity and gives you encouragement to do the hard work necessary.....If necessary, travel to the Tinnitus Clinic at UNC-Greensboro. It's certainly worth the travel time and expense and the small cost of the visit itself to rid oneself of such an annoying, anxiety-provoking TMS equivalent. The staff is wonderful at this clinic. TRT is very complicated stuff. You need to read and re-read EVERYTHING on that web site. From what I remember, the main idea is that the ringing is something everyone hears as background noise in their head/ears but certain sensitive, obsessive, fearful individuals (read TMSers) at certain points in their lives start paying more attention to these noises and start perceiving these noises as a threat to their well-being and a distraction. (Plus my personal belief is that the brain is cutting down blood supply to the that region of the ear so that may cause some of the ringing.) Individuals start to think that the ringing is aggravated by exposure to moderate or loud noises so they start wearing ear plugs or doing other stuff to avoid noises that are innocuous and normal to our environment. (Very few noises are loud enough decibel-wise to cause ear damage and these usually must be or a prolonged nature.) Conditioning comes into play so that the ringing comes on after exposure to certain noises because you expect it to happen and you start searching for the ringing in your head until you do perceive it....The basic cure is to realize that, yes, the ringing is a physical phenomenom but your perception of it is and distraction because of it is purely psycological. TRT theory says you must not avoid loud noise (except REAL loud noise like gunshots), and in fact, you must expose yourself to nearly constant noise like a radio or TV left on, fans on, and sleeping with a sound making machine. This is called sound conditioning....Of course, you should throw in a little Sarno and search for any anger....I hope I haven't gotten the TRT and the Sarno stuff too comingled....Read the site, try it, and if it doesn't work, fork out the money to fly to Greensboro. In both cases, the core of his advice seems to be to read the advice about TRT on www.tinnitus.org and then to find a TRT certified audiologist if the assistance of a professional is required. Postscript: when Forest contacted Fox to ask if it was okay to add those quotes, Fox emailed back to say, I am still 100% cured of tinnitus because of TRT and Sarno. The only time I get the ringing is times like just now - the ringing is back - but of course it's only because we are chatting about tinnitusright nowand my mind has just picked this up as a convenientdistraction for the moment. In other words my constant vigilance and search for psychosomaticpain or othersensorydistractions has momentarilyled my brain tojump on the tinnitus bandwagon - I'm now paying attention to the natural ringing in one's ears and either perceiving/noticing it now - whenI did not before -or maybe I am actually turning up the volume of the ringing a bit by unconsciouslydecreasing blood flow in the area....Never fear, it will be gone as always in a few minutes and some other sensation (maybe sciatica) will probably replace it. [Fox also gave permission to use all three quotes.] The earliest post was made in August of 2006 and the email was received in October of 2009, so apparently the cure stuck!