New treatments are being developed for tinnitus

Private healthcare insurance could provide the financial means to fund diseases and conditions which require a constant level of supervision.

One of these ailments is tinnitus. The auditory defect can cause patients to suffer from a constant ringing in their ears and Josephine Swinhoe, director at the Tinnitus Clinic, said that symptoms need to be managed.

"Cognitive behavioural therapy and relaxation techniques are really there to help patients with the associated problems such as sleeplessness, anxiety, depression and to help reduce the emotional impact of tinnitus," she stated.

She explained that these were long-standing treatments that had changed very little over the past ten years.

Having access to private healthcare could provide further benefits such as giving a patient access to new treatments such as neuro-modulation.

This therapy actually tries to prevent the causes of tinnitus in the auditory cortex and could lead to a more suitable long-term situation for sufferers. ADNFCR-438-ID-801300180-ADNFCR