The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog
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...
AudioNotch Review: Some of Our Positive Testimonials
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 24, 2012
Categories: Treatment Review
Tags: AudioNotch audionotch review tinnitust treatment
Although we think the scientific experiments conducted are the best evidence for the efficacy of AudioNotch, we understand that prospective customers like to see testimonials from people who have experienced a therapeutic benefit. A couple are listed as follows: Audio Notch helped me with my tinnitus, It has a lot a...
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...