Customer Reviews
Tinnitus:Turning the Volume Down 
2008-10-05
I ordered this book after reading so many excellent reviews! Well, I have suffered with tinnitus for 5 years and I have to say this has got to be one of the worst books I have ever read. Mr. Hogan gives you some strategies to use and then over and over recommends the reader buy his program for tinnitus reduction. I felt like this was one long sales pitch with some real information thrown in once in awhile to make it seem like it's a useful book. Another thing that drove me crazy was how poorly written the book was. There has to be at least 50 typos, including some very poorly composed sentences. Doesn't this guy have spell check or an editor?
One last thing, after I read the book I went in and reread the reviews and it seemed to me that a large percentage of reviewers were either fellow therapists or former students. Maybe he asked them for the glowing reviews to help sell the book. I have wasted my money, I hope you are smart enough to not waste yours.
Drug recommendation 
2008-06-11
I read enough of this book to come to believe that the main recommendation is to be put on psych medications to lessen the problem.
If you suffer from Tinnitus you must get this book 
2008-04-23
After reading this book I now understand what's going on in my head and I have a plan to fix it. I am mixing TRT (listening to sounds 24/7, taking Ginko biloba and just started KLONOPIN) I am also trying to get rid of stress out of my life. And low and behold its Working!!!! The volume is down a good bit and the frequency is changing so I know something is working. Don't suffer get this book, show it to your Doctor.
If you do suffer from Tinnitus, I know what you are suffering it is the third most ghastly thing to have next to intractable pain and intractable dizzyness. I can offer to you that it *will* get better, this book will help you. Godspeed.
--B
Nothing But the Truth 2008-04-20
No hype or black magic cures enclosed. Just hard hitting, learned from experience methods to reduce the impact of this terrible affliction. Probably the best work on Tinnitus. Hogan's co-author keeps this book updated which is a real plus. This book includes helpful advice regarding prescription medications that help the afflicted deal with this condition, advice that was "road tested" by the author - a real plus.
Excellent Resource on Tinnitus 2008-04-19
Having Tinnitus myself since six months, I was given the standard ENT answer: "you'll have to get used to it". This book, written by a person who actually suffered and overcame it, provides valuable insight into the nature of Tinnitus - a condition which results from a combination of the ear and the brain. It provides also several possible treatments with different rates of success. On the downside, the book repeats it self several times, and it's always referring to the author's commercial Tinnitus Reduction Program. I'm giving it five stars for giving me a deeper understanding of the condition and above all, for giving me hope.
A Good Book about Tinnitus 2007-12-26
Over 50 million Americans experience some form of tinnitus and there are those who don't realize that the ringing in their ears has a name. Of those 50 million, 12 million are estimated to have severe tinnitus where they seek medical treatment. Approximately two million people are suffering so severely that they cannot make it through their daily activities.
Kevin Hogan has a positive approach to health as a definite goal worthy of determination. Kevin experienced tinnitus, and partly because of this, he treats those who suffer from it with respect!
He heard the usual, You have to live with it, and he does NOT live with it. In addition he has remolded his profession to help those with tinnitus. This book is a positive example, a helping hand, a light in the darkness.
Kevin once wrote a book called The Gift: A Discovery of Love, Happiness and Fulfillment, describing a quest for happiness. Readers discover on their quest that only by giving it (The Gift) away to everyone they meet can life be complete and whole. This book is Kevin's gift to us.
AWESOME BOOK! 2007-10-25
GET THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE RINGING IN THE EARS!KEVIN HOGAN IS THE REAL DEAL!VERY INFORMATIVE AND HE IS A GREAT SUPPORT.GOD BLESS YOU KEVIN!
INSIGHTFUL AND RESEARCHED 2006-06-29
This book reads well, offers many methods for relief from tinnitus, and makes us think hard about our own character traits. Hogan's story is compelling, and he claims we can all find real help with our hearing "problem." He also gets into some interesting discussions on how the brain's pathways are set up. Engaging psychology! (I also recommend Paul Twitchell's The Flute of God - to fill Hogan's book out with more-than-inspiring notions about "the psychology of spirit," the dynamics of spiritual sound.)
Please read this book!! 2005-06-06
If you have tinnitus, or you're a health professional, please read this book!!
It is extremely comprehensive. Yet it's very easy to get through - it's written in an easy-to-read style, and is very concise and well organised.
Best of all, it describes a range of scientifically proven methods to reduce tinnitus. It is extremely well referenced (and contains over 40 pages of research abstracts at the back, which is useful if you're a health professional).
The vast majority of people who have tinnitus and read this book will see that the odds are greatly in their favor!!
The book's author had extreme tinnitus, which he reduced to zero. (After doing a massive amount of research!) Very inspiring!
Hogan has made a great leap forward because knowledge of tinnitus was really backwards, by being so fragmented. Tinnitus isn't looked after by any one type of health care profession. So no health profession has responsiblity to keep tabs on all tinnitus research, and no one was exposed to all the research - most of which was published in journals for other health professions...
Kevin Hogan took on the task of reading all the research that was available, from everywhere! (So as you'd expect, he recommends a multi-modal approach to treating tinnitus - using a range of strategies which just one type of health professional can't give you.)
The result of Hogan's research is that people no longer need to accept the following sort of hackneyed, awful advice: "Tinnitus is an incurable condition, that one can, with patience, learn to live with." (Which is well-intended, but whoever says this simply isn't up-to-date with scientific research.)
The book lists the different causes of tinnitus, the different ways in which it presents itself, and the different effects that experiencing tinnitus has on individuals. It points to the most likely strategies for success depending on individual characteristics.
However, it emphasises that all tinnitus is just a perception of sound (not originating from the environment). It tells you how to reduce that sound perception, pretty much regardless of cause. Many people do that to the point where the perception doesn't exist at all - i.e. no tinnitus!
This is a landmark book.
Most practical tinnitus book 2003-05-19
I've read a lot of tinnitus books. This is one of the handful that actually doesn't beat around the bush with audiological theory or bogus natural remedies.
Hogan has put together a remarkable book that anyone can use to reduce the volume of their tinnitus. (He is careful to note that the profoundly deaf are often not as easy to achieve good results with.)
I found the information about medications to be an eye opener. I never dreamed there were so many medications that can help someone who suffers with this maddening sound.
I also believe what Hogan calls "SPADES" (stress, panic, anxiety, depression, emotional difficulty) play a role in tinnitus generation and resolution.
Maybe most compelling was the authors personal story about how he suffered with tinnitus. His very real pain that he experienced. His daily decision about suicide and the final victory which he was told could never happen.
Highly recommended.
