Laser medicine
Low-Level-laser therapy in tinnitus treatment
In contrast to the so-called hard lasers (medically used in surgery) the high potency "low-level-laser therapy" works with low-energetic pulsed laser light. Laser energy penetrates skin and subcutaneous tissue up to the petrosal bone and stimulates certain key enzymes in the inner ear cells, the so-called hair cells.
In the hearing process the outer hair cells move at lightning speed, faster than any other somatic cell, comparable to an electric motor. This movement process consumes a lot of cell energy. Intracellular deficiencies of the key enzyme ATP can lead to an insufficient supply of the inner ear cells inducing a tinnitus, which is a cell function disruption without the hearing cell in question to die or to perish.
The gentle laser light activation of the key enzymes in the hair cells is achieved by an ATP increase which is in return able to induce regenerative metabolic processes (amongst others the combat of free radicals) so that the revitalisation of the damaged inner ear cell is stimulated sustainably.
Worldwide studies have shown impressive success rates in tinnitus treatment and this is in line with what we have experienced in long years of laser treatment.