Do you have ringing in your ears? For millions who do, there could now be a solution

Do you suffer from ringing in your ears? For millions of people in the UK who do, researchers say they may have found a solution.

Experts are hopeful that a new sound therapy for tinnitus could one day be available as a smartphone app.

The therapy involves patients listening to modified sounds in an effort to disrupt patterns of activity in their brains and quieten the ringing.

The trial, led by Newcastle University and part-funded by RNID, the national charity for deaf people, included 77 patients with tinnitus, which can be caused by hearing loss, certain medications or depression and anxiety.

Tinnitis leaves people with the perception of noises such as buzzing, humming, throbbing or hissing, despite there being no outside sound.

Dr Will Sedley, consultant neurologist and researcher