If Tinnitus Is a Hearing Problem, Why Do Deaf People Still Have It?
Surgeons proved the ringing ISN’T in your ears back in 1981.So why is everyone still treating your ears?
Thursday, October 08, 2026
- HEALTH
- TINNITUS
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- NATURAL HEALING
When surgeons cut the hearing nerve, the ear goes completely deaf...
But the ringing stays.
Which means the sound was never coming from the ear in the first place.
Frazer Clacherty, founder of Down To Ground and a former pro cyclist from England, went viral recently for creating a mattress cover that connects his customers to the earth from the comfort of their beds.
Customers who slept on one reported better sleep, lower pain and reduced inflammation after just a few nights of putting it on their bed.
But he kept getting asked about tinnitus.
In fact… it comes up in his community more than almost anything else.
So he went and read the research properly. Not the supplement ads. The real studies.
What he found explains why the ringing gets louder the second your head hits the pillow.
And why some of his customers are finally sleeping through the night, and noticing the ringing start to fade.
Take Lori for example...
Lori Bought It to Sleep Better. She Didn't Expect Her Ears to Notice.
Lori does X-rays at a hospital in Iowa. Always on her feet, a couple of vein grafts in her legs, a few years from retiring.
And like most people her age, she couldn't switch off at night.
"The older we get, our brains don't shut off... we just can't stop, and nobody really sleeps."
She'd already tried a grounding sheet. The silver-thread kind. "I did not get the actual effects," she says. She didn't even keep it.
So she did more research and switched to Down To Ground.
By the third night, she was waking up feeling heavy because she'd slept so well.
Then, a couple of months in, she noticed something else.
"My tinnitus has actually not gone away. Not going to blow any smoke. But for the most part, I think it's fading."
But Lori isn't alone...
From 2 Hours Staring at the Ceiling to Asleep in Under 30 Minutes
Cassandra from Colorado had struggled for years. It took her an hour or two just to fall asleep.
Now she's out in under 30 minutes.
"I am hooked," she says.
The Data Analyst Who Set Out to Prove It Was Placebo
Wade, a data analyst, tracked everything with his Whoop to prove it DIDN'T work.
His sleep quality jumped from 82% to 98% in 4 days.
As you're about to see, sleep is the whole story here.
So what did Frazer find?
Surgeons Cut the Nerve. The Ear Went Deaf.
The Ringing Didn't Stop.
There's an operation where doctors cut the auditory nerve. That's the cable running from your ear to your brain. They do it when a tumor is growing on that nerve.
Once it's cut, that ear is completely and permanently deaf.
And the ringing stays.
Dr. William House, the man who invented the cochlear implant, documented it back in 1981.
In about half his patients, the tinnitus was actually worse after surgery.
"Think about what that proves," Frazer says.
"If your ear was making the sound, cutting the cable would end it. It doesn't.
…Because the sound isn't in your ear. It's in your brain."
Your Brain Is Playing a Sound That Isn't There
Researchers now call tinnitus a phantom sound.It's the same idea as phantom limb pain, where someone loses a leg and still feels it aching. The leg is gone. The brain hasn't caught up.
The sound you hear is real. It's just not coming from where you were told.
Which raises the obvious question...
The Question Your Ear Doctor Never Asked
In 2018, a team at Montefiore Medical Center reviewed 16 separate studies on tinnitus and sleep.
In most of them, more than 40% of tinnitus sufferers also had insomnia.
In 2005, researchers put tinnitus sufferers in a sleep lab with electrodes on, measuring everything. They took longer to fall asleep and woke more often through the night.
Measured, not reported.
Yet you get sent for a hearing test, it comes back "fine," and you're told to learn to live with it.
Nobody asks how you sleep.
And it turns out - that matters a LOT…
Night Alarm Syndrome: Why It Gets LOUDER the Second Your Head Hits the Pillow
Your nervous system is meant to power down at night.
Cortisol, your stress hormone, is supposed to fall in the evening so melatonin can rise and you can sleep.
But when you're stressed and wired, cortisol stays up. The alarm never switches off.
And a brain stuck on high alert turns the volume up on everything it's monitoring. Including a phantom sound.
It's called Night Alarm Syndrome. It's what Lori meant when she said our brains don't shut off.
That's why it's loudest in a quiet bedroom. Why it spikes after a stressful few weeks.
Bad sleep makes it louder. Louder makes the sleep worse.
Round and round, every single night.
Why Your Ringing Isn't Getting Worse (Even Though It Feels Like It)
Most people with tinnitus believe it's slowly getting worse. That in 5 years it'll be twice this loud.
That's the thought that keeps you up at 2am.
But look at what's actually happening.
It hasn't been getting worse. It's been getting LOUDER.
Those are two different things. Damage is hard to undo. A volume level can come down.
And researchers have already shown that it can.
Researchers Ignored the Ears Completely. Here's What Happened.
In 2022, researchers at University College London and the University of Bath ran a randomized controlled trial, funded by the British Tinnitus Association.
They didn't treat anyone's ears. They treated their insomnia.
80% reported a meaningful improvement in their sleep. And alongside it, less tinnitus distress.
"So the real question isn't how do I fix my ears," Frazer says. "It's how do I get my nervous system to actually switch off at night."
Every Fix in Your Drawer Made the Same Mistake
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Lemon bioflavonoid tablets
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Ginkgo, zinc and magnesium formulas
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A sound machine you now can't sleep without
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A device costing several thousand dollars
Every one of them was aimed at your ears, or at covering the noise.
None of them touched the alarm.
And while you were buying them…
Tinnitus made your life smaller.
The restaurant where you can't follow the conversation…
The flight you turned down…
The same argument over the TV volume every night.
But it turns out, there’s been a simple solution all along…
What Humans Did for Millions of Years That We Stopped Doing
For millions of years, humans slept on the ground.
Then came rubber-soled shoes, carpet, and beds raised off the floor.
Cut off from the earth, your body carries a measurable electrical charge.
It’s called Electron Deficiency Syndrome.
And a body carrying that charge has a much harder time standing the alarm down.
Researchers have shown that charge drops the instant your body makes contact with the earth.
In 2004, Maurice Ghaly and Dale Teplitz had people sleep grounded for 8 weeks and measured their cortisol overnight.
Their cortisol patterns shifted back toward normal, and they slept better.
In 2011, another study found grounding improved heart rate variability, one of the clearest signs your nervous system is moving out of stress mode and into rest.
Grounding has been studied for exactly the two things tinnitus is tied to.
Sleep, and a nervous system that won't switch off.
You're in Bed 8 Hours a Night Anyway
Most things people try for tinnitus get dropped by week two, because they mean fitting something new into an already busy day.
Grounding happens while you're asleep.
The cover goes under your fitted sheet and plugs into the ground port of a wall outlet. After that you get into bed the same way you always have, and you're grounded until morning.
But not every grounding product actually works...
The Hidden Flaw That Kills Most Grounding Sheets in Months
Most grounding sheets use silver thread. Silver oxidizes. Air, moisture, sweat and every wash strip more of it away.
"People think grounding stopped working, or that they got scammed,"
Frazer says.
"Really, their sheet just died but nobody tells them."
That's what happened to Lori's first sheet. And Daniell went through two of them before finding Down To Ground:
"I've tried two other brands. They started out fine, but after a few washes, they failed. Yours eliminates the washing."
Why Frazer Ditched Silver for Carbon
Before Down To Ground, Frazer raced bikes professionally. Serious race bikes are made from carbon fiber because it's light, strong, and doesn't corrode the way metal does.
So when he saw silver sheets dying after a few washes, he already knew which material wouldn't.
He wove carbon right through the cover itself.
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Can't oxidize. It's already in its most stable form
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Nothing to wash out
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So thin you can't feel it through your sheet
Introducing the Down To Ground Mattress Cover
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Carbon-infused fibers
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Goes under your fitted sheet, so it never touches your skin
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Never needs washing. Just a wipe every few months
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Half size grounds only your side of the bed
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15-foot cord reaches any outlet
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FREE outlet tester in the box, so you can check it's working yourself
It connects to the same ground port that protects your home's wiring. No electricity runs through it.
Production Update: Every cover is hand-tested 3 times for conductivity before it ships. Frazer refuses to skip a single test, which caps how many can go out each month.
Then Her Coworkers Started Asking Questions
Lori didn't keep it to herself.
"I've been singing your praises. I've got a couple people at work that have gotten it. I bought it for my parents."
That's how it's gone for Down To Ground. One person sleeps through the night, and their family wants to know what changed.
Over 100,000 customers now sleep grounded with Down To Ground.
What Every Bad Night Is Really Costing You
While you decide, the alarm keeps running.
Every night without proper rest:
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The volume goes up
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The sleep debt gets deeper
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Another day of managing instead of living
Imagine falling asleep before midnight...
Following the conversation at dinner...
Waking up and not checking whether it's still there...
Will the Ringing Come Back?
The loop stays broken for as long as your nervous system gets its 8 hours to stand down.
That's exactly why Frazer built the cover to keep conducting for years, not months. A silver sheet that dies after a few washes puts you straight back where you started.
Stay grounded, and the alarm stays off.
Wait, Is It Safe to Plug Into the Wall?
Yes. It uses no electricity. It's as safe as standing barefoot on grass, from your own bed.
It can't shock you, and the tester lets you confirm your outlet is properly grounded before you sleep on it.
Night 3, Week 4, Month 2: What Lori Noticed
Lori's timeline is a good guide.
She was sleeping heavier by the third or fourth night. Her legs and circulation improved too. Her tinnitus took a couple of months.
"It wasn't instant, but I have noticed. Like I said, it's not gone, but it does seem to be fading a little bit."
Sleep first. Then the rest. That's the order the research predicts.
What 100,000+ Customers Are Saying
"Not only did I sleep through the night for the first time in a few years, but when I woke up, I was actually able to stand up out of bed without hurting and feel rested."
"At first I thought it was the placebo effect! However I knew from the third sleep onwards it was making an incredible difference to my quality and quantity of sleep!"
"My Fitbit shows my sleep score has gone from 76 to 90 regularly and my REM sleep has tripled. The energy difference at 61 years old is remarkable."
"We were both skeptics at first, but now after sleeping on it for over three weeks, it is the best thing we have ever done."
The Down To Ground "Grounding Guarantee"
You've tried everything. You've spent thousands. You've almost given up.
What if this is different?
Every cover comes with the Grounding Guarantee. It will ground you properly, just like standing barefoot on grass. If it ever stops conducting, it's replaced.
You Have 2 Options
Choice #1... Sleep the way you did last night. Lamp off, room goes quiet, the ringing climbs, and you lie there figuring out how many hours are left.
Or... Choice #2... Get your Down To Ground Mattress Cover and give your nervous system 8 hours a night to switch off.
Lori didn't get silence overnight. She got her sleep back by night three, and the ringing started fading after that.
Your ears were never the problem. If tinnitus and broken sleep have been running your life, this is one of the simplest things left to try.
"It wasn't that much cost to give it a shot... Just try it." Lori
Here's Your Next Step
Half Size: grounds your side of the bed only. Best if you sleep alone, or your partner isn't ready yet.
Full Size: grounds you both. If you share a bed, this is the one, so you're both sleeping through the night.
Both come with the FREE outlet tester, free shipping and the Grounding Guarantee.
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Get Yours for 42% Off Now With the Grounding Guarantee
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Stock Update, October 8: 49 covers left in this batch. Next batch could take up to 3 months.
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Was uncertain about having this cover directly under my sheet but have good quality cotton sheets and it is just fine! Just over 3 weeks now and my sleep length and quality improved within the first week.
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Vivien Greaves
It fits perfectly under my sheets, and I love that I don't have to compromise on my favorite bedding.
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Ron Patel
How is it safe plugged into the wall? My wife won't go near it.
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Hi Ron, it only connects to the ground port, the round earth pin, so no electricity runs through the cover at all. The outlet tester in the box lets you check your socket is properly grounded before you use it.
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Melissa Waters
It becomes out of sight, out of mind. It is very safe and easy to clean.
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Teina Nanai
We have had our mattress cover for a few weeks now and my wife and I love it. We both fall asleep within minutes of going to bed.
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Michele Dillon
Wow, what an innovation! There is excellent connectivity through the fitted sheet. We sure do fall asleep fast!
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References
House, J. W., & Brackmann, D. E. (1981). Tinnitus: surgical treatment. Ciba Foundation Symposium 85.
Asnis, G. M., et al. (2018). Insomnia in Tinnitus: A Review and a Clinical Approach. Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry.
Burgos, I., et al. (2005). Chronic tinnitus and associated sleep disturbances. Somnologie.
Marks, E., et al. (2022). Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in tinnitus: a randomised controlled trial. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 52(2), 91–109.
Ghaly, M., & Teplitz, D. (2004). The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 10(5), 767–776.
Chevalier, G., & Sinatra, S. T. (2011). Emotional stress, heart rate variability, grounding, and improved autonomic tone. Integrative Medicine, 10(3).
Chevalier, G., Sinatra, S. T., Oschman, J. L., Sokal, K., & Sokal, P. (2012). Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth's Surface Electrons. Journal of Environmental and Public Health.
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Does it actually work through a sheet? I don't want to sleep on something plasticky.