Antidepressants, Antianxiety Medication and Cochlear Implants
Antidepressants and antianxiety drugs can make your tinnitus symptoms less annoying. Doctors often prescribe this as part of combination therapy. A study found [10] that people with tinnitus who used the antianxiety drug alprazolam (Xanax) experienced some relief.
The American Tinnitus Association recommends [11] antidepressants like imipramine and clomipramine to treat tinnitus.
Cochlear implants are used by people who have tinnitus with advanced hearing loss. Your doctors may recommend this option if they believe you need it. Cochlear implants work by bypassing the damaged part of the inner ear. They send signals electrical signals that directly stimulate the auditory nerve.
According to the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [12], this implant brings in outside noise to mask the internal ringing and stimulate a change in the neural circuits in the brain.