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There are many places of attack along the auditory nerve pathway. Using penetrating electrodes to stimulate the auditory nerve trunk has been shown to produce selective activation in animals but not been tried in humans. Stimulation of the auditory brainstem, midbrain or cortex has all been used to suppress tinnitus in humans.
