Some 15% of adults in the U.S. have tinnitus, that ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound of silence. U-M researchers at the Kresge Hearing Research Institute suggest relief may be possible.

Specially timed signals ease tinnitus symptoms by targeting unruly nerve activity in the brain.

U-M scientists restore hearing in mice partly deafened by noise, paving the way for new treatments in humans.