Post on 26-Jul-2015
Tinnitus Sound Therapy - Getting Louder
At some point, you have to come to terms with the
amazing little fact even 21st century medicine cannot
cure some of the most obscure and common ailments
(think of a cold!). This has been the case for many years
with conditions that affect hearing like hyperacusis and
tinnitus, though new advances in sound therapy are
beginning to melt the tip of the hearing disorder iceberg.
Tinnitus sound therapy is rather high
tech and works in a method similar to
noise canceling headphones. The first
step is to determine the frequency of
the pitch that patients experience.
Current studies indicate that nearly 80%
of sufferers hear a constant, single pitch
tone. If you're one of the unlucky 20%,
this kind of treatment will have less
promising results and may even be
ineffectual.
Once the pitch perceived by the patient is matched, audio
equipment is used to reproduce the sound and then
invert the phase so that the new audio is the acoustic
inverse of the original. Once the correct note is obtained,
it is played back for the patient and the two sounds
combine to make no sound, effectively canceling each
other out.
At least, that's the goal of the technology and the last
hope for many suffering from the condition. Tinnitus
sound therapy isn't a cure, but a method of helping
sufferers cope. In the initial stages of treatment, patients
submit to 30 minutes of listening to the inverted audio
for several sessions. If he or she experiences a reduction
in the perception of in-ear tones, a CD is produced with
the canceling signal to be used at home or with any
personal stereo system.
This practice is currently being used at the Tinnitus
Control Center in New York City and similar treatments
are used at other auditory health clinics across the
country. Note that tinnitus sound therapy isn't a full-
proof system and those treated experience anywhere
from 50% to 90% reduction in the original in-ear noise.
REFERENCES:
http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/treat
ments/sbtt.aspx
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