Category: Tinnitus
Tinnitus and tinnitus-related news, research, and information
265 posts in this category
Testimonial from a new AudioNotch user
Written by Adrian on June 30, 2020
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: audionotch testimonial
We're always happy to get feedback from our users! Here's a recent email that we got from a happy user: No questions but I do need to tell you this, I thought I was going to go insane with Tinnitus, have tried numerous "low cost" initiatives in the hope it would abate on it's own. Well it hasn't and it won't but since...
The Definitive Guide To Detecting Your Tinnitus Frequency
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 1, 2019
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: AudioNotch tinnitus frequency matching tinnitus tuning
Detecting your tinnitus frequency isn't easy. Data shows that about fifty percent of users will be able to consistently and reliably identify a tinnitus frequency that matches their own. This process is called "pitch-masking," "frequency-matching," or "tinnitus tuning" (all of these terms are interchangeable). The...
Tinnitus Treatment in Homeopathy
Written by Adrian on November 26, 2018
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review
Tags: homeopathy Tinnitus Cure in Homeopathy
Is there a tinnitus treatment in homeopathy? This is a question that many tinnitus sufferers have. You may be looking for a tinnitus treatment and homeopathy looks like it may help. We should first seek to understand what homeopathy is. Homeopathy was created in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann (shown above). It's based on his...
Gene Therapy for Tinnitus
Written by Adrian on November 19, 2018
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment
Tags: 2019 news on tinnitus tinnitus cure tinnitus news
You may be familiar with notched tinnitus sound therapy like what AudioNotch offers. However this may not work as a cure for everyone. Gene therapy is being used to develop a treatment and potential cure for hearing loss, and possibly tinnitus. The most promising company is Frequency Therapeutics who have a drug that...
Suicide Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 6, 2018
Categories: DoctorHearingSpecialistTinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. There are many instances when unbearable health conditions have driven people to take their own lives. For example, pain may...
Tinnitus and Ketamine
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 30, 2018
Categories: DoctorTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus cure tinnitus treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. With one in five Americans suffering from chronic ringing in the ears, better known as tinnitus, there's no doubt this is a...
Test Tone Generator
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 16, 2018
Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentUncategorized
Tags: Notched Music Tinnitus tinnitus tuner
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Individuals who have tinnitus may experience a ringing or high-pitched sound on a constant basis. This may be true even in a...
Tinnitus Link Roundup
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 25, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus research
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Here's some interesting links about tinnitus and tinnitus-related news: Resident Advisor, a web site for DJ's, has written a...
When Should You see a Hearing Specialist?
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 23, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchDoctorHearingSpecialistTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. The question that everybody with tinitus is asking, Temporary Tinnitus or Serious Damage: When Should I see the Specialist?...
Treatment For Ringing In Ears
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 23, 2017
Categories: AnnouncementHearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. A sense of a “ringing” sound in the ears is referred to as Tinnitus. Tinnitus isn’t really an illness in and of itself. The...
Treatment For Ringing In Ears
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 16, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus TreatmentWhite NoiseWhite Noise Machine
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For tinnitus sufferers, the constant ringing in the ears can be life-altering. Buzzing, hissing, and other sounds that only...
White Noise Machine Tinnitus - What It Is and How Does It Help
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 13, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus TreatmentWhite NoiseWhite Noise Machine
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For people who suffer from tinnitus, each day can be difficult to say the least. While most people can carry on normal lives,...
Zinc Deficiency And Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 9, 2017
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentTreatment ReviewZincZinc Deficiency
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. According to statistics, the hearing disorder known as tinnitus affects approximately 17 percent of the population. The...
6 Steps to Treating Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 24, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review
Tinnitus Causes Strange Sounds Inside the Inner Ear. If you have tinnitus, then the constant sounds inside your ear canals can disrupt your life. Tinnitus affects numerous individuals worldwide, but researchers are still trying to understand this condition. In many cases, the cause of the strange sounds inside the ears...
A movie where the hero has tinnitus... and it's good?
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 10, 2017
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: ansel elgort baby driver
Baby Driver is a movie about a getaway car driver who has tinnitus. From what I can tell, it's the first Hollywood movie where the hero has tinnitus. Seeing tinnitus sufferers represented onscreen is a really wonderful thing, and humanizes us further. Currently, the film has an 86% rating on MetaCritic, a review...
AudioNotch launches new mobile app!
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 9, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch Google Play iOS mobile app
Hey everyone, We're super pumped to announce that we've completed a mobile app, which is available for both Android and iOS devices! Click here to download the iOS app for Apple devices Click here to download the Android app from the Google Play store One AudioNotch account allows you to access both the mobile app and...
Ginkgo Biloba Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 13, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Ginkgo Biloba Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For those who suffer from the devastating effects of tinnitus, they are always on the lookout for a new type of treatment...
Meditation Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 31, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: meditation tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is one of the most common medical issues in the world. It is an affliction that leaves some people debilitated while...
Tinnitus With Normal Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 6, 2017
Tags: tinnitus with normal hearing loss
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. You Might Have Tinnitus Combined With Hearing Loss Tinnitus with normal hearing loss is a common occurrence, but you might...
Ringing In Ears When Quiet
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 3, 2017
Tags: ringing in the ears when quiet
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you have experienced ringing in ears when quiet, then you may have a condition that is known as tinnitus. You may also...
Tinnitus Masker
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 29, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitus
Tags: tinnitus masker
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What does a Tinnitus Masker do? A masker of tinnitus is a device or white noise machine that generates sounds in order to...
Evidence for Notched Sound Therapy: Does it Actually Lower Tinnitus Volume?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 9, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: notched sound therapy Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy tinnitus treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Here's a summary of experimental research that has demonstrated a reduction in tinnitus volume with Notched Sound Therapy:...
New Research on Notched Sound Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 6, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: notched sound therapy Tailor-Made Notched Music Therapy tinnitus treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Notched Sound Therapy is an ongoing area of clinical research. With scientists examining its therapeutic potential in...
Tinnitus Gone After A Year
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus gone after a year
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is an audiological condition commonly described as either a ringing in the ear for no known reason. Some experience...
Tinnitus With No Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 23, 2017
Tags: Tinnitus With No Hearing Loss
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a condition that may cause someone to hear continuous hissing, buzzing or humming noises even in quiet or silent...
Tinnitus Frequency Test
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 16, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Frequency Test
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. In late 2016, news of the tragic suicide of Craig Gill, drummer of the influential British band Inspiral Carpets, shocked...
Stem Cell Cure For Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 11, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Stem Cell Cure For Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For those who suffer from tinnitus, life can be a very frustrating experience. As day after day goes by, those with this...
Celebrities With Menieres
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 9, 2017
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusHearingTinnitus
Tags: Celebrities With Menieres
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Meniere's disease is a condition that can affect the inner ear. It causes vertigo, ear pressure and tinnitus. It was first...
How To Cure Tinnitus Permanently
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 5, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitus
Tags: How To Cure Tinnitus Permanently
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you suffer from tinnitus, then you know how stressful it can be. It is a noise that simply won't go away. In your pursuit...
Celebrities Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 3, 2017
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: Celebrities Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Dealing with tinnitus can be difficult. Many people who suffer from tinnitus feel as though they are alone. However, there...
Baby Driver: A Movie where the Hero Has Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 18, 2017
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. They did it! They finally made a movie about a hero who suffers from Tinnitus. Ansel Elgort plays a getaway driver who...
Tinnitus Went After 4 Years
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 30, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Went After 4 Years
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For those who suffer from tinnitus, life can be very frustrating. A constant ringing, humming, or buzzing in the ears can...
Unilateral Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 28, 2017
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Unilateral Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Different disorders are associated with tinnitus. However, it is not unique to have unilateral tinnitus without hearing loss....
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 23, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus retraining therapy
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Studies suggest that approximately 20 percent of people in the United States have experienced or live with chronic tinnitus....
Tinnitus 2017
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 21, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus 2017
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Groups of researchers from the University of Buffalo, Southeast University in China and the Dalhousie University in Canada...
Itunes Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 16, 2017
Categories: HearingTinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Itunes Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a condition in which you hear phantom sounds that other people do not...
Schumann Frequenzgenerator
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 14, 2017
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Schumann Frequenzgenerator
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. The Schumann resonator, which is also called the Schumann Frequenzgenerator, is a machine that generates a magnetic pulse at...
Tinnitus Terminator Sale Price
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 9, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus Terminator Sale Price
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. You no longer have to suffer from the constant irritation of tinnitus. Take advantage of the current Tinnitus Terminator sale...
Ringing Ear Frequency
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 7, 2017
Tags: Ringing Ear Frequency
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus, the uncomfortable hearing condition that causes a constant droning, buzzing or ringing in heads of sufferers,...
Another AudioNotch Testimonial
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 5, 2017
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitus
Tags: audionotch testimonial
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Here's a wonderful message from one of our users: Mr. Phua, I've had tinnitus for most of my adult life - now 69. I've been...
Braunes Rauschen Download
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 2, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: Braunes Rauschen Download
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What Is Brown Noise? Brown noise is a type of noise that is used to soothe people. It can also be used to treat tinnitus....
Tinnitus Cure Found
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 28, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus Cure Found
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Many people are wondering whether there has been a tinnitus cure found. Unfortunately, as of yet, no tinnitus cure exists....
Tinnitus Cure Very Soon
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 23, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus Cure Very Soon
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. According to a story reported by London's Express, there could be a tinnitus cure very soon. Scientists Believe They are...
Tinnitus Cure 2017
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 16, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus Cure 2017
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus Cure 2017 For people trying to find a tinnitus cure 2017 may be the greatest year ever. There is more hope for an...
Tinnitus Therapy Music
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 15, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus Therapy Music
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a problem for many. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, it is estimated...
Tinnitus: "Just Get Used to It?!"
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 12, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: habituation
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Ever been frustrated when others tell you to "just get used" to your tinnitus? Originally, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy was...
2016 News on Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 24, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: 2016 news on tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. One of the most common service-related health conditions of veterans is tinnitus, or uncontrollable ringing in the ears. Yet,...
Remission of Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 19, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: remission of tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a condition in which sufferers hear sounds without anything that might be causing the sound. It often manifests...
Tinnius Clicking Sound
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 17, 2017
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnius clicking sound
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For many people, tinnitus can be a debilitating and frustrating condition. Characterized by numerous sounds in the ears such...
Sound Retrains the Tinnitus Brain
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 12, 2017
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: sound retrains the tinnitus brain
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a poorly-understood medical condition that presents itself as an unpleasant, distressing, and sometimes outright...
Testimonial from a user in Japan
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 28, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Keiichi, an AudioNotch user from Japan, sent us the following message: Thank you for offering us tinnitus sound therapy.I...
Sounds For Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 17, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Sounds For Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. It is believed that millions of people throughout the world have a condition called tinnitus. Someone who has tinnitus...
Tinnitus Composer
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 15, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Composer
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Have you ever been to an extremely loud live musical performance? How about a shooting range without ear protection, or to a...
Tinnitus Habituation For Dummies
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: how to habituate to tinnitus Tinnitus Habituation For Dummies
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is an extremely irritating condition that varies widely in its symptoms. Some people hear loud noises that range...
Tinnitus Habituation
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 8, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: how to habituate to tinnitus Tinnitus Habituation
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a problem where a person hears constant ringing, buzzing, humming or whistling in their ears that has nothing to...
Tinnitus Disappears Completely
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 1, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Disappears Completely
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. As sufferers know, there are no cures for tinnitus. This is an ailment that sufferers have simply learned to manage. You can...
Tinnitus Cd
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Cd
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Whether it's ringing, buzzing or other persistent sound, tinnitus is something that you are looking to find relief for....
Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 16, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For those with moderate to severe tinnitus, the persistent ringing in your ears can degrade your quality of life. In some...
Zabell Hearing Centre
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 10, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Zabell Hearing Centre
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. At the Zabell Hearing Centre, patients are able to work with audiology professionals who are genuinely concerned about their...
Sudden Ringing In Ear
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 19, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Sudden Ringing In Ear
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What Is Tinnitus? If you have experienced sudden ringing in the ear, then you may have a condition called tinnitus. This is a...
Tinnitus Gone After 1 Year
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 7, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus Gone After 1 Year
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. There are millions of people who suffer from tinnitus. It's an annoying ringing in the ears that never seems to dissipate....
Acoustic CR Modulation Calgary
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 5, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Acoustic CR Modulation Calgary
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. In its continuing efforts to help sufferers manage tinnitus, the medical and therapeutic communities have produced a range of...
Tinnitus Cures That Work
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Cures That Work
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you are a victim of tinnitus, you know how frustrating it can be. Tinnitus is a condition that causes a ringing or buzzing...
University Of Colorado Menieres
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 23, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: University Of Colorado Menieres
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. As anyone who has ever experienced problems with hearing loss can attest, it can be one of the most frustrating and...
Cure Tinnitus Permanently & Naturally
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Cure Tinnitus Permanently & Naturally
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Can You Really Cure Tinnitus Permanently & Naturally? Many people are desperately trying to find ways to cure tinnitus...
GABA Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 14, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: GABA Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Many people have never experienced tinnitus, so they have no concept of how irritating and frustrating this condition can be....
Does Tinnitus Increase In Intensity?
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 26, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Does Tinnitus Increase In Intensity
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Many people with tinnitus wonder, "Does tinnitus increase in intensity over time?" There is no surefire way to determine...
Best Masking Sound For Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 10, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Best Masking Sound For Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. While tinnitus is an internal sound that doesn't have a matching exterior source, sufferers can often find relief through...
Online Tone Generator
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 5, 2016
Tags: Online Tone Generator
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. For people who suffer from tinnitus, it can be one of the most frustrating conditions they will ever experience. However, in...
Auris Medical Am101
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 3, 2016
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Auris Medical AM101
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. The Swiss biopharmaceutical company Auris Medical is in the process of conducting the third clinical phase of trials on a...
Tinnitus And Musical Genius
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 19, 2016
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus And Musical Genius
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. When you think of tinnitus, you usually don't think of musical genius as well. However, to the surprise of many people, some...
Is Tinnitus Treatable?
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 8, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Is Tinnitus Treatable?
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is one of the most intrusive disorders known in our modern society. It is far more prevalent today than ever before...
Is Tinnitus Treatable?
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 24, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Is Tinnitus Treatable?
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is a condition where a person frequently experiences buzzing, hissing or ringing in the ears. It...
Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 15, 2016
Tags: Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is characterized by a ringing sound in the ears, but it may also be heard as a buzzing, whirring, chirping or other...
Online Tone Generator
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 8, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Online Tone Generator
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a medical condition in which a person hears a sound from within their ears, but there is no external sound...
Best Masking Sound For Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 1, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Best Masking Sound For Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a condition often described as a “ringing” or “buzzing” sound in the ears. Tinnitus can be continuous or...
Tinnitus And Musical Genius
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 25, 2016
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus And Musical Genius
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Famed German composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann both suffered from tinnitus. Beethoven eventually went deaf,...
White Noise For Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 23, 2016
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: White Noise For Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you are someone who has suffered with tinnitus, you know all too well how irritating it can be. Most people describe...
Tinnitus Suicide
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 29, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Suicide
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus can be a difficult condition to live with because it can impact you on a daily basis and prevent you from leading a...
Can Tinnitus Go Away
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 22, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Can Tinnitus Go Away
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you have tinnitus, you may want nothing more than for your hearing condition to go away. Tinnitus is sometimes confused...
Cure Tinnitus By Meditating
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 17, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Cure Tinnitus By Meditating
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If you suffer from tinnitus, you may go to great lengths to find a cure. Many people will unfortunately try everything from...
Tinnitus Pro
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 15, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Pro
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Auditory therapy is one of the more increasingly popular forms of treatment for tinnitus. Tinnitus, which is more commonly...
Audible 2 Tinnitus Review
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 8, 2015
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Audible 2 Tinnitus Review
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus, also known as ringing of the ears, can be one of the most frustrating physical problems a person can deal with in...
Tinnitus From Loud Explosion
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 26, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus From Loud Explosion
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. One of the most common causes of tinnitus is exposure to loud sounds. In many cases, the sounds are heard on a recurring...
Psychiatrist Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 21, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Psychiatrist Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus is a medical condition that is usually describing as a “ringing” sensation in the ears. Many patients report that...
Habituation To Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 8, 2015
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Habituation To Tinnitus
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Habituation is being credited as an excellent form of therapy for tinnitus. It applies the theory that appropriate stimulus...
Tinnitus With Ptsd
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 7, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus With Ptsd
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Tinnitus and post-traumatic stress disorder are at the top of the list of reasons veterans seek help from the VA. People who...
Can tinnitus suddenly go away?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 18, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Can tinnitus suddenly go away?
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. If there is a ringing noise in your ear, do not ignore it. This noise could lead to the common medical condition known as...
mp3 white noise frequency response
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 12, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: mp3 white noise frequency response
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. What kind of response can you get to our therapy using Notched White Noise therapy in the MP3 format? It's a question we get...
averiguar frecuencia tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 12, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: averiguar frecuencia tinnitus
¿Cuál es la frecuencia de tinnitus más común que la gente tiene ? La mayoría de la gente tiene una frecuencia de tinnitus único que coincide con el patrón de pérdida auditiva de alguna manera. Sin embargo, nadie , hasta el momento, ha trazado lo que la distribución de frecuencias de tinnitus es en la población....
Tinnitus After Acoustic Trauma
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 28, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus After Acoustic Trauma
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Many people have experienced some level of tinnitus, a condition where they hear sounds that no one else can. These sounds...
Best of Blog
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 23, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: best of the blog tinnitus Notched Sound Therapyb tinnitus treatment
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Stories of Tinnitus: Why Hope? And then it rained The Science of Tinnitus: Tinnitus but No Detectable Hearing Loss? You May...
Tinnitus Sounds
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 8, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus sounds
Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. A person's tinnitus tone is a unique entity. As far as we know, people's tones vary across a broad spectrum of human hearing...
Acoustic Co-ordinated Reset
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 9, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Acoustic Co-ordinated Reset
Tinnitus is a phantom auditory sensation which may be a transient or chronic condition. There are a number of factors that CAN cause tinnitus, but excessive exposure to noise and aging are the two most common. There are various theories concerning the biological processes that produce the sound that only the person...
Physical Trauma Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 10, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Physical Trauma Tinnitus
Of all the human senses, hearing is one of if not the most important. Being able to hear birds singing, a favorite song on the radio or simply the laughter of a child is something most people cherish, and when they experience hearing problems life can suddenly feel very lonely and depressing. For many people, tinnitus...
Pilots With Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 17, 2015
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: pilots pilots and tinnitus Tinnitus
The noise and constant vibrations that are associated with air travel can take its toll on those who fly for a living. Pilots with tinnitus are very common. Pilots are one of the most notorious sufferers of ringing in the ears, a condition that is medically referred to as tinnitus. This condition is at best annoying....
Anthony Kiedis Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 8, 2015
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: Anthony Kiedis Tinnitus
Long-Term Exposure to Loud Sounds Fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers know this is a heavy-duty rock band that plays loud music at numerous venues each year. In existence since 1983, one of it first members was Anthony Kiedis who was born in 1962. After singing onstage with this band for over 30 years, Kiedis has openly...
Will AudioNotch work on my iphone?
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 3, 2015
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus iphone
Yes! AudioNotch will work on an iPhone or any iOS device! You have two options: 1. You can access www.audionotch.com through the browser on your iphone, go to step 3, and click the "play" button. The audio will be streamed through your internet connection on your phone. 2. You can manually download the MP3 files onto...
Is there evidence that caffeine can reduce tinnitus volume?
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 31, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: caffeine and tinnitus diet and tinnitus
Here is an idea that I've always found intuitively ridiculous: the concept that dietary changes can modify your tinnitus tone volume. Now - most of you are probably aware of "EBooks" that purport to "cure" your tinnitus in an "all-natural" way, usually involved some combination of dietary modifications and new-age...
Tinnitus Volume Mayo Clinic
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 25, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: mayo clinic tinnitus tinnitus volume mayo clinic
The Mayo Clinic is considered a good resource for patients who want to acquire a basic understanding of their illness and also to seek clinical diagnosis and treatment for whatever symptoms they're experiencing. Lots of people seeking to reduce the volume of their tinnitus will likely look for resources like the mayo...
Why Hope?
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 24, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: hope and illness stoicism suffering
Why hope? It's a simple question. Despite the best efforts of medical science, and despite the existence of treatments that can lessen your suffering, there still exists no cure for tinnitus. I regularly get e-mails from people who have slipped into despair. They tell me that they can't sleep because of the noise. They...
Tinnitus Pillow
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 23, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus insomnia tinnitus pillow
Some of our users have e-mailed us regarding the possibility of listening to Notched Sound Therapy in their sleep. Would this work? What would be the efficacy of this? Although we don't have any clinical evidence that Notched Sound Therapy would work overnight, it's not necessarily an unreasonable thing to try....
And then it rained
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 13, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: personal story Tinnitus
When I was 22 years old, I went out with some friends to a nightclub. I was in my first year of medical school. Like most people my age, I wasn't concerned with noise trauma (despite being a medical student). The next day, I noticed the ringing in my ears wasn't gone. I started to research tinnitus. I became panicked -...
Residual Inhibition for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 10, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: residual inhibition tinnitus Tinnitus
Some of our users have noticed that listening to their tinnitus frequency using our tinnitus tuner, and then turning the computer generate sound off, can result in a temporary reduction in their tinnitus tone. This is a known phenomenon that has been studied and is known as residual inhibition. To read more about this...
Tinnitus Desperation
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 21, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus Desperation
What Can Cause Tinnitus? Anyone dealing with constant ringing and clanging noises in their ears will have tinnitus desperation that leads to visiting multiple physicians for medical treatments. No one knows exactly what causes tinnitus symptoms, but many medical experts have theories concerning the condition. In many...
Tinnitus and Vagus Nerve
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 20, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus and Vagus Nerve tinnitus vagus nerve vagal nerve stimulation tinnitus vagal nerve therapy
Here's an overview of our posts on vagal nerve stimulation for tinnitus as a therapy: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tinnitus New Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Study Approved Promising Early Results for Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Tinnitus Treatment Vagal Nerve Therapy Trial Recruiting...
New tinnitus treatments 2014
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 20, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: new tinnitus treatments 2014
Tinnitus is another name for a constant ringing in the ears. While the severity of the ringing will vary, one out of every five people is thought to suffer from tinnitus. However, it is not a condition itself. Tinnitus is a symptom of an underlying condition, such as a disorder of the circulatory system, an injury to...
A musical composer copes with tinnitus through art
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 16, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: art and tinnitus tinnitus and composition
Tinnitus can be an extremely debilitating affliction. Sometimes people are devastated by the illness. Take, for example, the story of one young composer by the name of Fishkin, who was unable to continue in his field of work because of tinnitus. Creating an art show that incorporates sounds reminiscent of tinnitus was...
Tinnitus Frequency Most Common Hz
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Tinnitus Frequency Most Common Hz
Tinnitus, a chronic ringing in the ears, can be extremely frustrating for its victims. While some people are not negatively affected by this issue, others have serious problems. Anxiety, disrupted sleep patterns, and inability to concentrate are only a few of the issues experienced by those with tinnitus. It's a...
Can an old drug (D-cycloserine) reduce the cognitive side effects of tinnitus?
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: D-cycloserine tinnitus tinnitus research
Extremely interesting new research indicates that some tinnitus patients found a subjective improvement in their cognition when they took D-cycloserine: People with tinnitus perceive ringing in their ears and this phantom noise can cause difficulty concentrating. A new noise doesn’t make the perceived noise go away—but...
Another NMDA receptor antagonist for tinnitus is in clinical trials
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: NMDA receptor antagonist tinnitus
We've posted about another drug called AM-101 that acts in the same fashion, and here's a new one: Ear disease-focused firm Otonomy has entered an agreement with Ipsen allowing Otonomy to use Ipsen's gacyclidine data in the development and registration of OTO-311, Otonomy's sustained-exposure formulation of gacyclidine...
Maladaptive Plasticity
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 8, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: Maladaptive Plasticity
For centuries, the medical community was under the assumption that once the brain matured, the number of neurons and pathways between these delicate connections were permanent. However, beginning in the 1950s, the theory of neuroplasticity emerged. This theory suggested that among the approximately 100 billion nerve...
Hearing Loss And Tinnitus Causes
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 18, 2014
Tags: hearing loss tinnitus
Written by Max for AudioNotch at HitTail.com Hearing is one of the most important senses, but it unfortunately is also the sense that is most common for people to lose. Everyone loses some of their hearing ability as they get older. It is just a part of aging. One thing that many people don’t realize is that hearing...
Audio Interviews About Spontaneous Remission
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: spontaneous remission tinnitus
It's difficult, if not impossible, to find audio interviews about individuals detailing their experience of spontaneous remission of tinnitus. Instead, what I've done here is compile of list of the two best blog posts I wrote on the subject: Does tinnitus go away? (part 1) Does tinnitus go away ? (part 2)
Is Tinnitus under-appreciated by the Canadian Military?
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus veteran veteran tinnitus
A sad case of a veteran unable to acquire effective treatment for his tinnitus: The couple has tried desperately to get help for tinnitus, which is treatable. Back in 2008, Veterans Affairs’ own medical examiner acknowledged that Rainville has tinnitus, and since then, they have been fighting for funding for...
MDMA as Tinnitus Treatment?
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 12, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: MDMA tinnitus MDMA tinnitus treatment
Not recommended, but interesting nonetheless: An illegal party drug could hold the answer tinnitus sufferers have long been waiting to hear. This week, an international conference devotes three days of expert discussion to tinnitus research, a condition which causes a constant and long-term ringing within the ear drum....
What if one has have multiple tinnitus tones?
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 1, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
If one has multiple tinnitus tones, you can match them as needed. However, our software was only designed to treat one tinnitus tone at a time. If you want, it’s possible to make a track with multiple notches. Let’s say you have two tinnitus tones t1 and t2 at two different frequencies, f1 and f2. To create a Notched...
Tinnitus - Loud Silence - A documentary
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 1, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus documentary
This is a pretty interesting documentary we thought our readers would enjoy:
The trouble with anecdotes: Desensitisation therapy for tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 22, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus desenstitation therapy
The trouble with anecdotes is that you can use them to prove anything. As in, literally - anything. The scientific method came out of the realization that proving causality (i.e. A causes B ) couldn't be done from anecdotes alone. Teasing out the causality from a single linear sequence of events is logically...
Tinnitus Clinic in Toronto
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 17, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus clinic in toronto tinnitus clinic toronto toronto tinnitus
There are multiple tinnitus clinics available in Toronto. If you're in the Toronto area, you may want to check some of them out! DISCLOSURE: We are not affiliated with any of these clinics and do not receive any funds from them for any reason. The clinics are as follows: YorkVille Audiology Canadian Tinnitus and...
Celebrities with Meniere's Disease
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 17, 2014
Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusTinnitus
Tags: celebrities with meniere's disease Ryan Adams
Meniere's disease is an oftentimes debilitating condition that can cause bouts of intense vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss. Ryan Adams, a billboard top 100 singer, details his harrowing experience with this illness in US magazine: UsMagazine.com: Your last album of brand new material was Cardinology (with your band,...
Lidocaine Patch Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 13, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: lidocaine lidocaine patch tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Lidocaine patches are sometimes used for pain analgesia, such as for diabetic neuropathic pain. They can be applied locally to the skin and then diffuse into the affected area. There have been reports that intravenous administration of lidocaine can relieve tinnitus temporarily, but lidocaine isn't the kind of drug...
Tinnitus Sounds
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 7, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: sounds of tinnitus tinnitus sounds tinnitus tones
There are many different types of tinnitus tones. The heterogeneity of tinnitus tones is one of the most commonly understood elements of the illness. People have tones of all sorts of different types of noises, along with tones of various frequencies, and various combinations thereof. As such, it can be difficult to...
Audio Notch Filter
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 5, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: audio notch filter AudioNotch tinnitus filter
What is the Audio Notch Filter and how does it work? Check out the following infographic below to see - focus in on Step 2: The notch filter cuts out one equivalent rectangular bandwith on each side of the tinnitus frequency. The notch filter is based on this study (please note: the Notched Music study used a larger...
Meditation Fixes Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: meditation fixes tinnitus meditation tinnitus
Does meditation "fix" tinnitus? A new program called Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction has been studied as a therapy. Instead of directly attacking the volume of the tinnitus tone, this therapy indirectly targets our brain's negative reaction to the tinnitus percept. It's a brilliant technique that leverages...
Tinnitus Noise Masker
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 27, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus noise masker
A tinnitus masker is a good tool for providing "masking" of your tinnitus tone - basically, using a sound to "drown out" the audio of your tinnitus. Masking has been studied but isn't really a true "treatment" for tinnitus - think of it more as a tool that can be used for certain purposes. We've provided a free...
Notched Out
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 9, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Notched Music Therapy Notched out notched sound therapy
Tailor Made Notched Sound Therapy is created by "Notching Out" sound energy at and around a user's tinnitus frequency. Here's an infographic below which explains how it works: [caption id="attachment_526" align="aligncenter" width="300"] An overview of how to "Notch Out" audio from unprocessed audio[/caption] We...
Is noise induced tinnitus reversible?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 9, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: is noise induced tinnitus reversible?
This question can be rephrased as follows: Does noise induced tinnitus spontaneously remit on its own? The answer is that it depends on the acuity. It's more likely to remit the more recently you've acquired it. I've written a detailed post on this very subject that is accessible here.
Tinnitus Blog
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 9, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus blog
Now, we here at AudioNotch don't necessarily like to toot our own horn too much, but we've taken a look at some of the other blogs on the internet, and we feel pretty confident in stating that the AudioNotch Blog is one of the best ones out there. Things we cover here: Recent developments in tinnitus treatment...
Tinnitus Talk
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 8, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus talk
Tinnitus Talk is by far the best tinnitus forum on the internet. They're commercially independent, so they don't money from certain companies to promote a product (ours included). If you want to check them out, click here. To read posts about AudioNotch on the Tinnitus Talk forum, click here.
Forum Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 8, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: forum tinnitus
What's the best tinnitus forum on the internet? That's easy: Tinnitus Talk. Tinnitus Talk is a commercially independent tinnitus forum so you don't need to worry about conflict of interest. I'm aware of all the forums on-line and it's by far the best one. Click here to check out the forum. They have a great section on...
Does Tinnitus Go Away?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 1, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: does tinnitus go away? does usually tinnitus go away spontaneous remission Tinnitus
This is definitely a question that's at the forefront of someone's mind if they've just recently acquired the symptom of tinnitus. First things first - if you develop tinnitus: seek the evaluation of a doctor. Some medical causes of tinnitus are reversible and some can be harbingers of serious illness (in rare cases,...
Tinnitus and Suicide
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 30, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: mental health tinnitus and suicide
The topic of tinnitus and suicide is a complex one. I've taken a look at some of the information I could find and I think the following points are reasonable: Establishing a causal relationship between cases of tinnitus and suicide is methodologically extremely difficult, and likely impossible. We know that people who...
AM-101 Tinnitus Results
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 23, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: AM-101 AM-101 tinnitus results tinnitus research
Some of you may be aware of a new drug in development for the treatment of acute tinnitus acquired due to noise trauma. Noise trauma actually kills inner ear hair cells not via direct physical trauma, but via excitotoxicity from an increase in glutamate neurotransmitters. The AM-101 drug is designed to specifically...
Another Tinnitus Forum
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 5, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: deutsche tinnitus tinnitus forum
I think some forums can provide a good resource for people who suffer from tinnitus. They can act as a source of information as well as alleviate the sensation of isolation that people with tinnitus suffer. Previously I posted about Tinnitus Talk, which in my opinion, is the best internet forum on the internet....
An App That Can Help You With Meditation
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 29, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus and meditation
Here on AudioNotch, I've blogged in the past about how meditation can help you with your tinnitus. I just wanted to point out two resources that can help you meditate. The first one is the "Stop Breathe & Think" app which is available on iOS devices. This application is free, and will walk you through a guided...
Tinnitus Masking Sound Generator: An Example of An Unnecessary Product
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 27, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus masker
Check out the $100 tinnitus masking sound generator available here: The Tinnitus Masking Sound Generator will make use of similar masking therapy which has been recommended by otolaryngologists and the American Tinnitus Association. The dozen tracks will incorporate specific white-noise frequencies (1,000-10,000 Hz) so...
The Psychological Devastation of Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 15, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus and depression tinnitus and psychological distress
The mood disorders that can result after the onset of tinnitus are devastating for many people. I believe that some people are more predisposed than others to developing a crippling depression after the onset of tinnitus. There are likely a set of vulnerabilities in certain peoples' brains that make them more...
How to Help a Child With Tinnitus: Birdsongs
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 13, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus birdsong masker tinnitus masker
Dealing with children who have developed tinnitus is a challenge. There's just not that much data out there in the scientific literature about how to help them. An eleven year old boy in the UK had particularly difficulty with insomnia: An 11-year-old with severe tinnitus is finally able to get a good night’s sleep...
AudioNotch Featured on Medulous Blog
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 7, 2014
Categories: AudioNotchTinnitus
AudioNotch has been featured on the Medulous blog! Luckily, new online services coupled with the proliferation of mp3 technology, treatment is right around the corner for many people. Therapy for tinnitus has been made increasingly available over the last decade and has typically involved strategizing how to minimize...
Cure for Tinnitus 2014
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 10, 2014
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: Cure for tinnitus 2014 stemc ells Tinnitus
It's definitely a headline-grabbing title: "Cure for Tinnitus 2014." What are we talking about here, exactly? What kind of research is going on right now that could push us closer to a cure? About a year ago I had an elective with a professor in Tinnitus research at McMaster University, and I asked him - if we could...
A Twentysomething Millenial With Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 10, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus stories young people with tinnitus
As a young person who developed tinnitus at 23, I had few people who could relate to my condition. That's why I'm so glad that people are willing to share their stories of illness. I really enjoyed the following story on XoJane: My life as I knew it ended with a slosh. Way back in 2003, when I was a junior in college,...
Tinnitus Talk Support Forum
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 8, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: tinnitus talk
I'm just going to come out right now and say it: Tinnitus Talk is the best tinnitus forum out there on the internet. Bar none. The level of discussion there, as well as the community and the quality of web site design, is superb. It's a great resource and I recommend that anyone with tinnitus check it out. I wish it...
Tinnitus 2014
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 1, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: art tinnitus 2014 tinnitus art
"Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2014," or "Tinnitus 2014," for short, is an art installation by Daniel Fishkin. I learned about this art installation when I stumbled upon this blog post: Daniel Fishkin, a Brooklyn-based sound artist, seeks a creative solution to tinnitus in lieu of a medical one. Tinnitus, a condition...
TMS Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 27, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: rTMS tinnitus and TMS TMS Tinnitus
TMS, as it is colloquially referred to (or Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, which is the proper term) has recently been investigated as a possible treatment avenue for tinnitus. A lot patients get excited about TMS & tinnitus, but the results have not been good. People are attracted to TMS because it's...
Tinnitus Journal
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 13, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: international tinnitus journal tinnitus journal tinnitus research journal
Lots of people look for good academic resources on tinnitus. What's the leading tinnitus journal out there today? From what I can garner, there aren't many tinnitus specific journals. The majority of tinnitus research is essentially a subfield of neuroscience research at either the cellular or brain-imaging based...
Tinnitus Masker
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 11, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus masker
AudioNotch is happy to announce that our tinnitus masker is now available on mobile! We've successfully re-engineered it to work on all web browser platforms. A tinnitus masker is a useful tool for those of you who are looking for an auditory sleep aid or some type of ambient background music. Many of you find it...
Why Your Ears Keep Ringing (And What You Can Do About It)
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 4, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus and technology
Gizmodo has written an introductory post on tinnitus. Check it out here: Some perceive it as a high-pitched, mosquito-like squeal; others, an incessant electrical buzzing. It can even sound like unintelligible voices or music. It's known as tinnitus, and it's a surprisingly common affliction, affecting some 50 million...
Tinnitus Turning into Musical Hallucinations?
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 27, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: medical case report musical hallucinations
I found the following story, but couldn't get a good source on the anecdote: Teacher has musical hallucinations A maths teacher who persistently hears music playing in her head has teamed up with scientists to learn more about the condition. Sylvia, 69, has suffered from the rare condition of musical hallucinations for...
AudioNotch Releases Another Major Tuner Update
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 25, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch audionotch tinnitus tuner frequency generator tinnitus tuner
AudioNotch is pleased to announce another update to our highly popular free tinnitus tuner. Under the option "wave type," a new type of sound has been added. The new type of sound is "BB Noise," which is short for "Broadband Noise." Many individuals have atypical tinnitus tones which do not sound like the classic "pure...
Tinnitus Coping Course Launched in the UK
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2014
Tinnitus is a difficult illness for people who don't have it to understand. Articulating the particular flavor of distress to someone who doesn't have it is inherently difficult. Being "driven to madness" by noise is an affliction that can be difficult to garner empathy with - Van Gogh anecdotes aside. That's why it's...
DJ Paul Oakenfeld Urges Hearing Protection
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 18, 2014
Categories: HearingTinnitusUncategorized
Tags: paul oakenfeld Tinnitus tinnitus paul oakenfeld
If you know anything about electronic music, you'll know that Paul Oakenfeld is a huge name. One of the bigger DJ's from the 90's, he was one of the predecessors to the new Electronic Dance Music trend that's risen in recent popularity. As with any concert venue, the noise levels at such performances are always unsafe....
More on the Michigan Research
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 6, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: dorsal cochlear nucleus tinnitus
There's a fantastic article available that provides a great overview of the research that's coming out of Michigan. We've posted on it before , but this particular research is exciting because it offers a possible avenue for treatment. Susan Shore, the senior author of the paper, explains that her team has confirmed...
Another Paper from the Pioneers of Notched Music Therapy for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 4, 2014
Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: Notched Music Notched music therapy tinnitus
The original discoverers of Notched Music therapy have released another paper that provides an excellent theoretical overview of the conceptual underpinnings of the therapy. Rather than rehash what the authors have already done a great job of writing about, I'll post the abstract below: Over the past 15 years, we have...
Possible Treatment for Meniere's Disease Found
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 9, 2014
Categories: HearingTinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: meniere's disease migraines Tinnitus vascular disease vascular risk factors
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/How-to-treat-Menieres-disease.aspx New research illuminates a possible understanding of the pathophysiology behind Meniere's Disease: Researchers at University of Colorado School of Medicine may have figured out what causes Meniere’s disease and how to attack...
New U of M Study Offers Promise in Developing Therapy for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 7, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: neuroplasticity research Tinnitus tinnitus developments tinnitus research
Fascinating research from the University of Michigan has illuminated some amazing new results: She explains that in tinnitus, some of the input to the brain from the ear’s cochlea is reduced, while signals from the somatosensory nerves of the face and neck, related to touch, are excessively amplified. “It’s as if the...
AudioNotch Releases Notched Natural Sounds
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 1, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementAudioNotchTinnitus
Tags: Notched Natural Sounds
Notched sound therapy can function with a variety of auditory inputs that are then processed to remove the notch at the user's tinnitus frequency. Many of our users have asked us about using ambient natural sounds that fade into the background while they are listening, and furthermore, are pleasant to listen to and...
AudioNotch Review & Success Rate Data - One Month and Two Month Surveys
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 20, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementAudioNotchHearingTinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: AudioNotch audionotch review audionotch success rate tinnitus treatment
For a long time, our users have asked us about the success rate of AudioNotch. And for a long time, we'd told them the truth: we don't actually have this data, because not enough people respond to our internal surveys about the efficacy of our tinnitus treatment. Basically, a small percentage of our users respond to...
Chronic Tinnitus Treated with Drug in Animals
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 19, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: chronic tinnitus NMDA receptor antagonist Tinnitus tinnitus reserach
Animal models have proven to be a fruitful avenue of research for tinnitus treatment (and I say fruitful in the sense that we've learned things - there aren't currently any tinnitus specific drugs that have made it to market for chronic tinnitus). Many of these drug treatments have focused on drugs for acute onset...
UK Professor Discusses Tinnitus Treatment Options
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 10, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
A professor in the UK has discussed some of the challenges in providing comprehensive tinnitus care to patients: Professor Berthold Langguth, a leading researcher on tinnitus, visited Gibraltar this week to give a series of lectures and advise the health sector on tinnitus. In an interview with the Chronicle Professor...
Tinnitus and Neuroticism, Part 2
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 2, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: tinnitus and neuroticism tinnitus research
We've posted on a similar tinnitus study in the past linking neuroticism as a personality trait to tinnitus . Now, a new press article summarizes some of the findings in a more accessible framework: People with 'neurotic' tendencies are more likely to be troubled by their tinnitus, a new study involving researchers at...
Tinnitus Increasingly Common in Teenagers
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 27, 2013
Tags: teenage hearing loss
Disturbing news from a new Flemish study on hearing damage in youth and subsequent tinnitus : For the new study, almost 4000 Flemish high school students completed a questionnaire about temporary and permanent ringing in the ears, also answering questions about their attitudes toward loud noises and hearing protection....
Does Your Tinnitus Sound Different? Atypical? ATonal?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 22, 2013
Tags: atonal tinnitus atypical tinnitus tones non-tonal tinnitus
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Some of you may have tinnitus that does not sound like a pure tone sine wave (like a peep or a whistle). There are different terms for this: Atypical tinnitus sounds Atonal tinnitus sounds Non-tonal tinnitus sounds The American Tinnitus...
New Press on ACR Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 13, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Acoustic Coordinated Reset British Tinnitus Association Tinnitus tinnitus cure UK tinnitus
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Here's another press article on Acoustic Co-ordinated Reset Therapy for tinnitus. The study funded by the corporation yielded promising results, but the British Tinnitus Association wants to see a larger, independently funded study: Trials...
How good is the scientific evidence for AudioNotch? And What About Homeopathy?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 8, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: evidence based medicine homeopathic tinnitus treatment Tinnitus tinnitus and homeopathy tinnitus treatment
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: In Evidence Based Medicine, there exists a hierarchy of evidence. This means that the higher a particular treatment is in the hierarchy, the more likely it is to actually be effective in real life. As you go higher and higher in the...
The Hidden Costs of Severe Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 6, 2013
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus severity
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: For the most part, there's a fair amount of anecdotal evidence linking tinnitus volume to tinnitus severity: namely, the higher the tinnitus volume, the greater the distress caused by the tinnitus. Obviously, other factors come into play,...
The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Hamilton Branch
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 2, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: CHHA CHHA Hamilton hard of hearing speaker Tinnitus
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Several months ago, AudioNotch gave a talk to the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Hamilton branch. The talk was a great discussion about Notched Sound Therapy, and the audience members asked thoughtful, informed questions. The...
Is There a Treatment for Tinnitus?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 1, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: homeopathic tinnitus treatment homeopathy Quietus Tinnitus
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: There's an excellent blog that I recommend many of you read - it's called Science Based Medicine . It's a blog advocating the use of scientific plausibility to evaluate the prior probability of a given treatment being effective, and not...
US DOD Researching Medical Implants for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 30, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: medical implant Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Medical implants that offer a targeted drug delivery to the ear are a possible therapeutic model for treating tinnitus. The US department of defense is funding one such study that uses an implant to deliver a drug in a targeted manner: To...
Meniere's Disease and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 19, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: meniere's disease Tinnitus
From Australia, the tragic case of a girl with Meniere's Disease and associated tinnitus : IN every hour of the day and night, Jessica Gaye has a constant beeping in her ears. The 19-year-old Devonport woman woke up suddenly one night to discover the noise. Ms Gaye said it stopped after a couple of days, but started...
Loud Noises and Tinnitus - A Reminder
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 17, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: noise exposure Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: A disturbing story from California, where multiple people were injured in a horrific fireworks accident : At least 36 people were injured or treated at Simi Valley-area hospitals after a major malfunctionat a fireworks display sent...
What is Octave Confusion?
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 16, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus treatment
Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Some people find the instructions on our tinnitus tuner to be confusing. Consider the following paragraph, which provides instructions on how to overcome octave confusion when determining your tinnitus frequency: Please note: When you think...
Does AudioNotch Work in Your Sleep? What Headphones Should You Use?
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 15, 2013
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: AudioNotch pillow speakers sleep headphones tinnitus treatment
Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: AudioNotch users often e-mail us wondering whether or not it would be beneficial for them to use our product during their sleep cycles. We have some positive anecdotes of this working well, however, we do not have scientific evidence of...
Existing Epilepsy Drug Could Treat Acute Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 11, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitusTreatment Review
Scientific research into tinnitus continues to yield fruitful results. The pathophysiology of tinnitus has been studied from many directions and conceptualized in many ways. An interested approach has been taken at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine : The team focused on an area of the brain that is home...
Drug to Treat Acute Tinnitus Moving Forward in Approval Process
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 6, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus treatment treatment of acute tinnitus
Here at AudioNotch, we strongly believe in the promise of science for treating tinnitus. In terms of "curative" therapies - and we use the term "tinnitus cure" very carefully - a good target for pharmacological therapy is the brain shortly after the development of acute changes (before the neurological changes become...
Tinnitus but No Detectable Hearing Loss? You May Still Have Hearing Loss.
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 30, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus research
The development of tinnitus has a strong association with hearing loss. The association is so strong that many researchers believe that hearing loss is the most common cause of tinnitus - the evidence is very strong on this point. However, some individuals have "normal" audiograms that have no detectable hearing loss...
Why Do Some People Develop Tinnitus After Hearing Loss and Others Do Not? (part 2)
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 30, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus research tinnitus treatment
A lot of people are puzzled by the fact that even though two individuals may have the same level of hearing loss, some people will develop tinnitus and others will not. This suggests that people may have different underlying levels of vulnerability to developing tinnitus. We've posted about research in the past that...
AudioNotch Launches Partnership with Zabell Hearing Centre
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 2, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch Tinnitus tinnitus clinic
AudioNotch is continuing to expand its Tinnitus Clinic Partnership program . In this program, patients can have the initial detection of their tinnitus frequency performed inside of a soundproof audiology room with audiology equipment. Some of our users have requested this service and we have sought to make it...
National Tinnitus Awareness Week is May 19-25, 2013
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 25, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: National Tinnitus Awareness Week Tinnitus
The American Tinnitus Association (by far the leading nonprofit group with respect to tinnitus advocacy) continues to promote awareness of this condition by organizing events in the United States. From a press release on the subject: PORTLAND, Ore., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Tinnitus...
New Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Study Approved
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 23, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus vagal nerve stimulation vagal nerve therapy tinnitus
Interesting news on new tinnitus therapy research: a study has been approved in Texas to test the efficacy of vagal nerve therapy (which we've written about before) with respect to tinnitus treatment. The therapeutic approach developed at UT Dallas pairs audible tones with brief pulses of electrical stimulation to the...
Tinnitus and Pilots: A Study Shows Increased Risk
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 18, 2013
Tags: aircraft hearing loss tinnitus and airline pilots tinnitus and hearing loss tinnitus and pilots
There's a great deal of noise exposure in certain lines of work. Unsurprisingly, a lot of anecdotal evidence suggests an increased risk of tinnitus among airline pilots. Pilots are routinely exposed to extremely loud noise from the function of their aircraft engines. As such, they often suffer noise induced hearing...
The Authors of the Notched White Noise Paper Are Collaborating With AudioNotch
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 17, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: Dr. Marco Lugli Notched Natural Sounds Notched White Noise tinnitus treatment
Although AudioNotch is an independent and academically unaffiliated corporation, we're in contact with the authors of the Notched White Noise paper, which you can check out in our science section . They've given us permission to publish some of the communication that's occurred to us, some of which is relevant to...
ABC News On the Anecdotal Association Between Tinnitus and Suicide
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 4, 2013
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide
For some individuals, it appears as if tinnitus can precipitate some very serious mental illnesses such as severe depression, which may unfortunately culminate in suicide : Of 9,000 patients who have come to the tinnitus clinic at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, clinic director Billy Martin said he was...
Noel Gallagher, Frontman of Oasis, Reveals He Has Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on April 2, 2013
Tags: hearing loss noel gallagher Tinnitus
Add another casualty to the list of musicians felled by tinnitus secondary to noise-induced hearing loss : Noel Gallagher has revealed that he is suffering from tinnitus, having recently being diagnosed with the condition by doctors. The condition, which is characterised by ringing in the ears in the absence of...
William Shatner Speaks About His Tinnitus During a Video Interview
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 28, 2013
Tags: hearing loss noise exposure Tinnitus William Shatner
Here's a wonderful video interview with William Shatner talking about his tinnitus and how it affected him: Best, AudioNotch
Cool Paper: "Homeostatic plasticity drives tinnitus perception in an animal model."
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 22, 2013
Tags: homeostasis neuroplasticity SCIENCE Tinnitus
Another cool paper has come out presenting animal research on the patho-physiology (abnormal physiology) that produces tinnitus. The abstract reads fairly easily: Hearing loss often results in tinnitus and auditory cortical map changes, leading to the prevailing view that the phantom perception is associated with...
More Research on Lateral Inhibition
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 19, 2013
Tags: lateral inhibition neuroscience Tinnitus
An interesting paper reveals a little bit more about the relationship between abnormal lateral inhibition and tinnitus. The abstract is a bit opaque : Tinnitus is likely initiated by a discontinuity in the spontaneous or low-level-stimulus induced neural activity across auditory nerve fibers with different...
Are AudioNotch's Prices Unethical?
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 14, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: development costs price gouging Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Here's an e-mail we received from a user who was upset about what we charge for our tinnitus treatment service: Hello, I want to know and understand why you charge so much for this treatment? I understand that developing etc. has cost you time and probably some money, but nowhere even close to what you are charging....
Why do Some People Get Tinnitus But Other People Don't?
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 12, 2013
Tags: protective factors against tinnitus Tinnitus tinnitus experiments
Interesting research offers a possible explanation as to why, even when exposed to the same external harmful noise stimulus, some individuals will develop tinnitus and other individuals will not. Extrapolating findings from research on animals may reveal why some people develop tinnitus while others do not. Animals...
A Comprehensive Summary of the Hypothesized Mechanism Behind Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 7, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: lateral inhibition Notched Music Therapy Notched White Noise Therapy Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy Tinnitus tinnitus research
Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is an umbrella term that subsumes two types of Notched Sound Therapy: Notched Music Therapy (also referred to as Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy by the researchers who discovered it) Notched White Noise Therapy (also referred to as Windowed Sound Therapy by the researchers who...
The Challenges of Treating Higher Frequency Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 5, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: high frequency tinnitus Notched Music
The authors of a Notched Music Therapy study discuss why they believe that Notched Music does not work in people with a tinnitus frequency over 8,000 hZ (A.K.A. 8 khZ): An additional crucial finding was that the TMNMT efficacy depended on the tinnitus frequency. Even though we had relatively amplified high frequency...
Are AudioNotch's Effects Permanent? What the Research Says - FAQ Update
Written by AudioNotch Team on March 1, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch permanent Notched Music Therapy Tinnitus
While long term follow up studies have not yet been done on individuals whose tinnitus volume decreased after a completed treatment with Notched Music, the researchers who developed it have written the following: From a long term study on Notched Music Therapy conducted over several month's duration: The observed...
AudioNotch and the Potential Risk of Temporary Increases in Tinnitus Loudness
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 26, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch
In rare cases, listening to Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy can temporarily increase the baseline volume of your tinnitus. Your "baseline" tinnitus volume is the volume of your tinnitus at rest with no external sound input other than ambient noise from a regular environment. There are multiple possible explanations:...
Research Update: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2013
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Tags: peripheral nerve stimulation Tinnitus
Some additional work is being on peripheral nerve stimulation as a mechanism for treating tinnitus (remember Vagal Nerve Stimulation ?). Peripheral nerve stimulation shares many similarities with Deep Brain Stimulation, and the therapeutic potential appears promising (if the clinical results are to be believed - I...
Excellent Article on Tinnitus Advocacy
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 3, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Eddy-Temple Morris, a prominent British musician, has written an excellent long form article at the Huffington Post about advocating for patients with tinnitus. Particularly heartbreaking is his story of Mark, a friend of his who developed tinnitus: Mark got tinnitus when he was 24 years old. Some of us get it worse...
Possible Total Tinnitus Cure on the Horizon
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 3, 2013
Most individuals with tinnitus appear to have the "sensorineural" variant. In this variant of tinnitus, the symptom is caused by the following cascade of events: Noise exposure causes cochlear hearing cell death The auditory cortex is deprived of normal input from part of the hearing range A neuroplastic re-wiring...
How Much Hearing Loss is Acceptable for AudioNotch to Work?
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 5, 2013
Tags: hearing loss Notched White Noise
AudioNotch provides Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy . One form of this therapy is Notched White Noise. Notched White Noise has only been shown to work in individuals with less than 55 dB of hearing loss (the upper limit of moderate hearing loss). This does not necessarily mean that it cannot work in individuals with...
Study Validates AudioNotch Tinnitus Tuner
Written by AudioNotch Team on January 3, 2013
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus pitch tinnitus pitch matching tinnitus tuner tuner
A recent study has validated the efficacy of the "sliding frequency scale" tuner that is available on our web site (for free) to assist users in detecting their tinnitus tone. The study indicated that our tuner is comparable in effectiveness to the tuning performed by an audiologist in an anechoic sound chamber. Check...
The New York Times on Tinnitus & Tinnitus "Cures"
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: cognitive behavioural therapy neuroimaging New York Times tinnitus cure
The New York Times features another blogger and her experience with tinnitus. I think in many ways, she accurately described the experience of many tinnitus sufferers in the following paragraph: Dr. Cima said in an interview that, like me, most people with tinnitus function fairly well. But for about 3 percent of...
Why Doesn't AudioNotch Use a Proprietary Device?
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 8, 2012
Tags: accessibility devices Tinnitus
Some of the other tinnitus sound therapy providers deliver their sound therapy via specialized, proprietary devices. In fact, their entire business model revolves around the perceived "value boost" that having a "special" proprietary device offers - the idea being that if the device is unique and expensive, then the...
"Tinnitus Cure" vs. "Tinnitus Treatment" - The difference between the two, and why it matters
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 7, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: homeopathy homeopathy tinnitus Tinnitus tinnitus cure tinnitus homeopathy tinnitus treatment
If you google the term "tinnitus cure" you'll run into a long list of treatments and remedies that are "proven" to "cure" tinnitus. The term "cure" is a loaded term - it is the strongest of all possible claims - it is a promise that a product will eliminate your tinnitus entirely . This claim is made despite the fact...
Justin Bieber Fights Hearing Loss Lawsuit
Written by AudioNotch Team on December 3, 2012
Tags: concert earplugs etymotic Justin Bieber lawsuit Tinnitus
We posted on this earlier, but whether or not you believe the lawsuit is frivolous, the same lesson remains: When you go to a concert, protect your hearing Justin Bieber's legal team, unsurprisingly, will be contesting the lawsuit brought against him by a concertgoer who incurred severe hearing loss from one of his...
Use Music to Mask Tinnitus and Help You Concentrate for Work
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 28, 2012
Tags: concentration Tinnitus work music
I've heard many complaints from individuals suffering from tinnitus relating to difficulty concentrating. While Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is useful in lowering the volume of your tinnitus - and can even have an additional effect as a "masking tool" on top of that - you may have to work for, say, ten hours a day...
Dana White Suffers From Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 22, 2012
Tags: dana white meniere's disease Tinnitus
Dana White, the well known president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , is another notable public figure who suffers from Tinnitus. He suffers from tinnitus secondary to Meniere's disease, and is currently booked for a surgical treatment in 2013 : Meniere's Disease affects the inner ear and causes "spontaneous...
Famous People With Tinnitus: A Long, and Inspiring, List
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 16, 2012
Tags: celebrities with tinnitus famous people with tinnitus Tinnitus
Here is a link to a long list of highly accomplished individuals who suffer from Tinnitus. One of my favorites is Jean-Jacques Rousseau : From "Confessions" (1780) "...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise that was triple or rather quadruple, compounded of a low and muffled humming, a softer murmuring as though...
Famous People With Tinnitus: Barbra Streisand
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 14, 2012
Tags: barbra streisand concerts hearing damage music
Unsurprisingly, the prevalence of tinnitus among famous musicians who tour and perform extensively appears to be extremely high (at least anecdotally). Consider the case of Barbra Streisand - yet another victim of what appears to be noise induced hearing loss, and subsequent sensorineural tinnitus: Streisand, writes...
What's the Most Common War Injury? Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 14, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: combat hearing damage IED Tinnitus VA veterans
A fascinating article on NBC shows the incredible prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus among U.S. armed forces personnel returning from conflicts abroad: “You’ve been to a concert – you know how your ears are ringing afterward? It’s just like that my entire life,” Brogan said. “A lot of guys get home and they...
Tinnitus Treatment Research: Memantine Drug Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 7, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: memantine tinnitus treatment
An interesting new paper has shown evidence that the administration of memantine, a drug that block NMDA-type glutamate receptors , may reduce the volume of chronic tinnitus. The research was performed in animals, although tinnitus response was measured by an indirect correlate (tinnitus-associated behaviour). Click...
Tinnitus Research: Maladaptive Plasticity
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 7, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: inhibitory neurotransmission pathophysiology research Tinnitus
Recent research has summarized the following the model as one of the leading hypotheses behind the pathological basis of tinnitus: A compelling hypothesis is that tinnitus results from a maladaptive plastic net down-regulation of inhibitory amino acid neurotransmission in the central auditory pathway. This loss of...
Another Musician Suffers from Noise-Induced Hearing Damage
Written by AudioNotch Team on November 6, 2012
Tags: hearing loss musician Tinnitus
History, unfortunately, has repeated itself . Popular musician Grimes has experienced hearing damage so severe that she's had to call off multiple concerts. This episode really stresses the importance of education in preventing hearing damage (and possibly tinnitus) from noise-based exposure. Canadian electro-pop star...
The New York Times on Notched Music Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 5, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: New York Times Notched Music Therapy notched sound therapy press coverage
The New York Times wrote a brief article on Notched Music Therapy when some of the earlier research was published several years ago. Click here to check it out! In fact, there's a great explanatory paragraph on the mechanism underlying the therapy: The researchers suggest that two things might be happening in the...
Stem Cells as a Tinnitus Treatment?
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 5, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: research stem cells Tinnitus
There are many possible avenues for a total tinnitus cure (i.e. a complete cessation of all tinnitus symptoms). We've posted before on the positive results of using stem cells to restore hearing following the death of cochlear hearing cells. Most people have sensorineural tinnitus induced by hearing loss, so...
Tinnitus Frequency Detection - Science Provides Some Tips
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus pitch matching tinnitus tuner
There's a great deal of interesting research on tinnitus pitch matching - a term synonymous with tinnitus pitch detection, or "tinnitus tuning." An important paper we'd like to bring to the attention of AudioNotch users is entitled " Comparison of manual and computer-automated procedures for tinnitus pitch-matching ."...
Will AudioNotch Work in My Sleep?
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: AudioNotch sleep
We've received multiple queries about individuals interested in using AudioNotch while they're sleeping. Will it work? The short answer is: there's not enough evidence to say. The studies have only be done on conscious subjects. I've heard of some anecdotal evidence on forums of people indicating that Notched Sound...
Detecting Your Tinnitus Tone: Scientific Research
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus pitch matching
There are multiple methods available for detecting a user's tinnitus tone. Detecting a user's tinnitus tone can be done manually, with computer-aided guidance, or even with the aid of an audiologist in a sound booth in select audiology clinics. This particular study compared three alternative methods: The most...
Andy Techie Endorses AudioNotch
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 24, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Andy Techie testimonials
Andy Techie is an avid music fan and runs " The Audio Blog ": Music from around the hood..All heard in and around Ditmas Park Brooklyn, NYC and recorded live! On his blog, he hosts a radio show, and one of the topics he has discussed on his radio show is tinnitus . Andy has had a very positive experience with...
Controversy About Un-Notched White Noise in Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 19, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: cochrane review Tinnitus tinnitus masking therapy white noise
There's been a great deal of controversy about the actual utility of tinnitus maskers as a treatment for tinnitus (not as a mere coping aid, which is basically a completely subjective, non-scientific term. Our tinnitus masker is intended only for use as a coping aid). So what do you when you have conflicting evidence...
Why Positional Changes of The Jaw and Head and Neck Can Change Your Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 18, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: research somatosensory neurons Tinnitus
There's long been a great deal of anecdotal evidence indicating that positional changes of the head and neck can dynamically and instantaneously affect one's tinnitus tone and volume. The exact pathophysiology of why this is the case has long been a mystery, but most suspected that varying sensory nerves in the head...
Tuner Updated
Written by Adrian on September 14, 2012
Categories: AnnouncementHearingTinnitus
The AudioNotch tuner/tone generator has been updated! Based on some user feedback, we've added a volume control, and changed the behaviour of the tuner slightly. With the volume control, you can now set the tuner's volume before you use it, ensuring a safe listening level. We've also changed how the tuner behaves: now...
Free Rudimentary Notched Sound Therapy for the Financially Strapped
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 14, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: free notched sound therapy
Years ago, before I participated in the launch of AudioNotch, I stumbled upon a rudimentary, ramshackle method for creating Notched Sound Therapy. I anonymously created a web site which provides a free tutorial on how to create your own Notched Music Therapy, and it is available here. For those of you who seek to use...
Why You Need to Periodically Re-Tune (Redetermine) Your Tinnitus Frequency
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 13, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Recently a user e-mailed us with a question. Paraphrasing, it was as follows: I've been using Notched Sound Therapy for 3 weeks. Although I've experienced a therapeutic benefit, I've noticed that at the beginning, my tinnitus frequency was 13,000 hZ - and now it's about 15,000 hZ. Should I be concerned about this...
How to Prove that We are Providing a Notched Product
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 13, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: frequency re-tuning Tinnitus
Recently, we received a surprising e-mail from one of our users. To our shock and dismay - she indicated that she suspected that we had not actually been providing a correctly notched product. Of course, we take any concerns about our integrity extremely seriously. Therefore, we've provided a handy step-by-step guide...
The Importance of Hope
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 12, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
It's not surprising that tinnitus can trigger or induce depression. There are many anecdotal reports of the onset of depression following the acquisition of tinnitus, and multiple studies show an association between the two - although it is not necessarily clear which way the causality lies. There are even tragic...
Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 8, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
An exciting new avenue for research is Vagal Nerve Stimulation ( click here to see a wikipedia article on the Vagus Nerve). Consider the following: In another paper in the journal Experimental Neurology , Kilgard led a team that paired vagus nerve stimulation with audio tones of varying speeds to alter the rate of...
Free Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in Development
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 7, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus retraining therapy
Although we consider AudioNotch to be the best current available tinnitus treatment, we realize that it may not be right for everyone. Some individuals may have types of tinnitus (for example, atypical tinnitus tones, such as a cyclical whooshing) that is not presently amenable to treatment with AudioNotch (although...
Veterans and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 6, 2012
Tags: combat ear protection hearing loss Tinnitus veterans
Veterans, given their increased exposure noise-induced hearing damage, are at a significantly increased risk of developing tinnitus. Common exposure risks are typically explosions and gunfire. Being in the vicinity of warzone entails exposure to a variety of risks. Fortunately, various measures are oftentimes taken in...
The Dangers of Concerts Without Earplugs
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
Tags: concerts earplugs hearing loss Justin Bieber justin biever Tinnitus
A lot of people might dismiss this story as farcical, even ridiculous. A lot of criticism has been levied at the the prevalence of spurious litigation in the American court system. That said, there's little doubt in my mind that this woman's story is true : An Oregon woman has filed a $9.2 million lawsuit against pop...
Pink Noise Enhances Quality of Sleep
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: sleep sound processing
New research indicates that listening to pink noise from a pair of computer speakers can enhance the quality of your sleep. Sound waves are still processed by the brain during a person's sleep: To see how pink noise would affect human sleepers, Zhang and his team recruited 50 people and exposed them to either pink...
New Evidence That Headphones Can Cause Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
Tags: hearing loss Tinnitus
One of the most insidious forms of hearing loss occurs through what appear to be relatively benign objects: headphones. Headphones, when playing music with a high enough volume, can cause noise induced hearing loss. It's particularly concerning given that people use headphones on a regular basis. Youth in particular...
How much does Tinnitus Retraining Therapy cost?
Written by Adrian on July 26, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is a tinnitus treatment that seeks to help people cope with their tinnitus through habituation. It was first proposed in 1993, making it much older than notched sound therapy, which was proposed in 2009. So how much does tinnitus retraining therapy cost? That depends on the clinic that...
How much does Neuromonics cost?
Written by Adrian on July 26, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
One thing that we get asked a lot at AudioNotch is: are we like Neuromonics? AudioNotch is different from Neuromonics in several ways. We use notched sound therapy, which is a new form of tinnitus treatment, and is based on completely different principles. We also charge a lot less than Neuromonics. How much does...
Does AudioNotch Work For Meniere's Disease?
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 20, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: meniere's disease Tinnitus
Multiple people have asked us whether or not AudioNotch will work with individuals who suffer from tinnitus that is caused by Meniere's disease. UFC president Dana White is a notable celebrity who suffers from this illness. Wikipedia states : Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and...
Blogging User Questions: Credibility
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 15, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: credibility fda Tinnitus
A user of ours has sent the following e-mail, voicing her reasons for skepticism about the efficacy of AudioNotch. Verbatim (with her identity removed), her e-mail reads as follows: I have had tinnitus for nearly twenty years and have spent much money trying various remedies. It appears to me that money is more...
Dance Music and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012
Tags: DJ hearing loud noise music Tinnitus
Here is a link to a great article on Dance Music and the risk of loud noise exposure causing tinnitus. Worth a read - send it to your concertgoing and clubgoing friends! A club soundystem – assuming you’ve got a halfway decent one on your hands – operates well in excess of 100dB(A) (a nearby pneumatic drill clocks in...
AudioNotch Profiled in the McMaster Silhouette
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus
Hi all, We're pleased to announce that AudioNotch has been profiled in the McMaster Silhouette ! You’re at a rock concert, listening to your favourite musician rip a guitar solo, or at a crowded nightclub, fist pumping to a blaring techno pop song. When you eventually leave, on top of fun memories (or lack thereof),...
Free Tinnitus Masker
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: free software Tinnitus tinnitus masker
When I first developed tinnitus, I struggled tremendously. Being enrolled in a taxing educational program like Medical School didn't help. In particular, it was extremely difficult to sleep - the noise of tinnitus prevented me from falling asleep in a timely manner. One thing that helped me was the usage of tinnitus...
Does Tinnitus Go Away?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: does tinnitus go away? remission Tinnitus
The short answer is: 1. Yes, sometimes. I did a brief literature search for "tinnitus remission," and it seems that there is a paucity of research on the question of spontaneous remission. When people pose the question "Does Tinnitus Go Away?" they are usually referring to instances where a person has developed chronic...
Tinnitus and Insomnia
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Anyone with tinnitus can tell you that it's hard to sleep with a loud noise going off inside your head. The ringing in your ears isn't exactly conducive to falling unconscious. Many individuals feel the need to turn to fans or other masking noises in order to fall asleep. Confirming these anecdotal reports, researchers...
Evidence that Tinnitus Negatively Affects Cognition
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: attention cognition Tinnitus
Imagine you're writing an exam. You're concentrating heavily on the material, weighing different variables in your mind, balancing equations, and remembering facts from 2:30 AM (which was six hours ago). Suddenly, a fire alarm goes off, and doesn't stop screeching. It cuts into your ears, and the examiner looks at you....
Chris Martin Suffers from Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Coldplay concerts hearing damage hearing loss Tinnitus
Add another one to the long list of musicians who've developed tinnitus from loud noise exposure. Chris Martin has tinnitus : 'I’ve had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn’t got any worse – touch wood. ‘But I wish I’d thought about it earlier. 'Now [the band] always use moulded...
The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: PTSD soldiers Tinnitus veterans
Here is a link to an interesting abstract drawing a link between Tinnitus and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Researchers observed an interesting set of similarities between the way tinnitus and PTSD affect the auditory system: Similarities between the way PTSD and tinnitus influence auditory behaviors include...
Celebrities and Famous People with Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
From time to time, it's helpful to look to others for inspiration when we're having difficulty coping with our tinnitus. Throughout history, many individuals have been afflicted with this condition, and although it poses severe challenges in going about daily life, they can be overcome. You'll note that many of these...
The International Tinnitus Journal
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The International Tinnitus Journal is a biannual peer reviewed publication that publishes articles on new research efforts in the study of tinnitus. What's particularly good about this journal is that, unlike many other journals, their articles are free to view on-line. Check them out here! Cheers, AudioNotch
Stress and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The relationship between stress and tinnitus is an interesting one. The association between tinnitus and anxiety has been well documented. Certainly, this association appears to be causative, given the anecdotal evidence that chronic tinnitus creates a subjective perception of anxiety. In one of several studies that...
Causes of Pulsatile Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
In an earlier post, we discussed the importance of determining whether or not your tinnitus is pulsatile, since pulsatile variants may be more amenable to successful treatment and cure. Here is a link to another article on pulsatile tinnitus (it's a journal article, so you may have difficulty accessing the paper and...
Pulsatile (Pulsating) Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Do you have pulsatile tinnitus? Pulsatile tinnitus is a form of tinnitus that results in a subjectively experienced, rhythmic tinnitus perception that is synchronous with your heartbeat. In order to determine whether your rhythmic tinnitus is truly pulsatile (that is, the tone occurs with every beat of your heart),...
Tips for Managing Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The American Tinnitus Association is a reputable, non-profit organization that advocates for tinnitus sufferers. A great deal of internet resources on the subject of tinnitus are written by individuals with a commercial interest in tinnitus treatment (such as this blog, for example), and as such, are not a perfectly...
AudioNotch and iOS Devices
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: iOS Transferring mp3's
We've recently had some questions from users who aren't familiar with how to sync their iOS devices with AudioNotch. The short answer is as follows: 1. Download your custom therapy files from the "Step 3 - Listen" page. 2. Open iTunes. 3. Go to "File--> Add File to Library" 4. Select the white noise file you want to...
SSRI's As Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
In patients who suffer from both tinnitus and depression, there is data indicating that a class of medications called "Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors" (SSRI's) are an effective treatment for both tinnitus and depression. That is to say, there is evidence that tinnitus severity and mood disorder symptoms of...
A Diagnostic Approach to Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
As a medical student, I often use the American Association of Family Physician review article series when I want to get a broad overview on how to approach a certain clinical problem. They offer great summary articles that can provide helpful, accessible information for both patients and physicians. If you read this...
Tinnitus and Depression
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The subject of tinnitus and depression is one that is often overlooked by portrayals of the illness in mass media. The correlation between tinnitus and mood disorders such as depression is well established. Presumably, in some patients, there is a causal link between the permanence of the tinnitus tone and the...
Blogging User Questions: Part 3 - How Loud Should I Listen to Notched Sound Therapy?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Jerry Asks: How loud should the volume at which I listen to Notched White Noise be? I want to treat my tinnitus effectively, without causing more hearing loss. As far as listening volume, according to the research we've looked at, you should try and listen to the therapy at a level approximately equal to your tinnitus...
DJ's are at High Risk for Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Here is a link to an excellent article on DJ Tech Tools on how best to prevent tinnitus. People for whom DJ'ing is a profession are at high risk - their job demands that they're placed into environments with an absolutely staggering noise exposure. Tinnitus is an increasingly common problem for DJ's, however, with the...
Blogging User Questions: Part 1
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
John Asks: What do you mean by the following instructions on the tuner page? Please note: When you think you have found your tone, check the frequency that is half it, and double it, as these may sound very similar due to a phenomenon known as octave confusion. Pick the one that closest matches your tone. The reason...
Tinnitus Research Paper: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: rTMS tinnitus treatment
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (also known as rTMS) is a relatively new technology that has been used to treat a variety of brain based disorders, such as depression. It involves using a device to magnetically stimulate the brain non-invasively. Here is a link to an abstract of a paper that found...
Tinnitus Treatment Paper: Lidocaine
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: lidocaine Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Here is a link to an abstract on a paper about the effects of Lidocaine on tinnitus. Lidocaine is a medication that is used as a local anesthetic and an anti-arrhythmic agent (suppressing cardiac arrhythmia) . Via brain imaging, it was found to produce both increases and decreases in the loudness of tinnitus. This...
Tinnitus Treatment Paper: Gingko Biloba
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: gingko biloba Tinnitus
Gingko Biloba. Is it a natural cure for tinnitus? A double blind, randomized controlled trial is considered the gold standard in experimental design and the best way to determine if true causation is present (i.e. whether or not a real treatment effect is seen with a given therapy, in a medical context). This type of...
Testimonials Aren't Enough: Correlation Vs. Causation
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Testimonials have a long a storied history in the world of marketing. Indeed, you'll note that we display one on our landing page. For a variety of consumer products - say, for example, a type of cleaning agent - testimonials might be enough. They might sway you to make a purchase. However, in the field of medical...
Tinnitus Treatment Review: Homeoapthy
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 10, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Homepathic Cure. Tinnitus Treatment. Natural Remedy. These are the keywords that people are searching for when they're looking for tinnitus treatment online, and it's unfortunate. A great deal of tinnitus sufferers are desperate for any type of effective treatment. They're willing to try multiple therapeutic options in...
AudioNotch and D.R.M.
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 8, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Astute users will notice that the sound files for Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy have absolutely no digital rights management restrictions. This is intentional - we deliberately refused to put any type of digital locks on the files that we provide to our users. Why? The simple reason is flexibility - if a user pays...
Tinnitus and Meditation
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and meditation
I make an effort to meditate daily for a variety of health reasons. Meditation has been shown to yield structural changes in the brain that help us to deal with stress and to improve our emotional regulation. There's a movement sweeping across North America right now which is advocating mindfulness meditation, a...
AudioNotch is a Treatment, Not a Cure
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
If you look around our web site and read our in-depth F.A.Q., you'll notice that we're very careful not to market ourselves as a tinnitus cure . Be extremely skeptical of anyone marketing themselves as such, since the threshold of evidence that one needs to meet in order to describe something as a cure is very high. As...
Tinnitus: The Volume Matters
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
It's difficult to explain the suffering caused by tinnitus to someone who doesn't have it. In fact, many people suffer from a mild form of the illness, in which they can hear a faint ringing in silence (indeed, the prevalence of tinnitus in total silence is much higher than in the context of ambient noise). It's...
Great Article in the New Yorker on Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 5, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Jerome Groopman, author of "How Doctors Think," has written as excellent article on tinnitus. Although somewhat dated, it points out an entirely new demographic of people suffering from the condition - veterans returning from war in the Middle East. Click here to jump to the article .