Our ambition is to find a cure for tinnitus within the foreseeable future - Tinnitus Free

The TinnitusFree Foundation is a fundraising  and campaigning institute that aims to increase the search for a cure and to increase tinnitus awareness and prevention. The exact cause of tinnitus is currently unknown. There is no known cure – but there are hundreds of deceptive claims.

We want to be leading in innovative fundraising for tinnitus. Musicians are the largest group of tinnitus sufferers and will be a driving force behind TinnitusFree. We bring healthcare professionals, the medical industry and politicians together to facilitate research on tinnitus, develop education, strengthen prevention, and eventually bring about a cure.

The TinnitusFree Foundation is steered by a board of experienced governors:

Wiebo Vaartjes (formerly CEO at TCL Entertainment Solutions, formerly Executive Vice President and CEO at Philips Lifestyle Entertainment), Chairman
Gerrit te Spenke (formerly Tax Attorney at KPMG, Executive Secretary)
Prof. Dirk de Ridder (MD PhD, Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery, Dunedin School of Medicine, New Zealand), Board Member
Ben Giezenaar (concert promotor), Treasurer
Anne de Jong Managing Director of NVPI (Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of Image – and Sound carriers)

The board has appointed Frank van Hoorn from Van Hoorn Company in charge of day-to-day management, fundraising and recruitment.