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Seven years before he finished translating the Bible, Martin Luther started hearing a loud buzz. The sound was so distracting that, whenever it started, he had to put his work aside and wait for the torment to go away. “The Devil had something to do with it,” he concluded in a letter.
Although this passage is almost five centuries old, the suffering it communicates still resonates with many today: an estimated fifty million Americans suffer from tinnitus, a highly heterogeneous disorder that manifests as phantom ringing in the ear. Although it can be ignored by some, five percent of those affected report severe impacts in their lives, ranging from concentration problems to difficulty socializing or even depression. Finding a solution to these problems can be challenging, as even identifying the source can be difficult.: For some, the sound can come from a physical source such as muscles in their ears, while for others, ringing originates from signal