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by kanjalid on April 23rd, 2005

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Why did Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear?

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  • by kit on February 28th, 2009

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    I heard he suffered from extreme ringing of the ear, tinnitus, which I do have.If I knew cutting off my ear would stop the incessant ringing I would also. My ENT Doctors have said the same thing. Tinnitus in hearing loss can also be referred to as phantom pain. Like when one looses a limb the brain knows something is missing so it compensates by pain, in ears it compensates with sound ringing.

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