Earbuds Beat Depression by Shining Lights Into Your Brain

Here's the first two paragraph about the SAD through the earbuds:

"The concept for the Valkee sounds like the worst kind of snake-oil: It’s a little box that combats the dark blues of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) with bright lights. Nothing new there, except it shines the lights into your head through your ears.

Winter depression, in the form of SAD, has been treated with bright lights since forever. Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, say it’s not the eyes that need the light, it’s the brain. The ear canal is a convenient hole in the head through which to shine light, so the Valkee uses a pair of earbuds to light up the inside of your head, and stimulate photo-sensitive parts of the gray matter."

This is a funny article; plus there is no scientific explanation nor valid source to back up this article. According to this article, it’s the brain that actually need the light and ear canals are convenient holes in the head through which to shine light inside of your head and stimulate photo-sensitive parts of the gray matter.

From my deaf perspective, does this article imply that all people who wear two hearing aids and live in the northern climes are at high risk for cabin fever? Only time will tell.

By the way, a commenter left a message asking if it plays music too-- now that's hilarious!