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Deep sleep could be the key to treating tinnitus, research suggests

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 06, 2026
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Human ear model (sasirin pamai/shutterstock.com)

Roughly one in seven people hears a persistent sound that doesn’t exist — a ringing, buzzing, or hissing called tinnitus. It’s the most widespread false sensory perception humans experience, and there’s no cure. But new research from Oxford suggests sleep may hold the key to changing that.

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