It's been a combination losing weight, exercising, avoiding certain foods, and, of course, eliminating any unnecessary noise from my life (a quiet PC!). To give your friend some hope (though not immediate), my initial research into tinnitus informed me that that an individual gets *used to it* after...

Before I build my first quiet PC, or even knew it was possible, I came down with a disabling case of tinnitus. I needed a solution, fast, or I was going to lose my mind with the PC noise. Using some yankee ingenuity, I got extension cables for VGA, PS/2, USB, Audio, and Joystick. I cut a 2"x2" hole ...

I couldn't agree with the author more. I have tinnitus, and I'm almost certain it was caused by long-term exposure to PCs in my career as a software developer of PC games. I tried the therapy mentioned and, in my case, it made the tinnitus worse! I found other solutions to my health problem, but I'm...