October 2014 Archive
Browse all posts from October 2014.
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...
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 14, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: vagal nerve stimulation vagus nerve stimulation tinnitus
Note: this article was written by Max, one of our partners at HitTail Tinnitus is a symptom of mal-adaptive changes in your brain following hearing loss. It’s a disorder where the brain registers non-existent sound. Tinnitus has stages that can range from minor nuisance right to a debilitating reaction that can lead to...
TMS Treatment Blog
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 12, 2014
Categories: Treatment Review
Tags: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS TMS Tinnitus TMS Treatment blog transcranial magnetic stimulation
The subject of TMS as a treatment for tinnitus has come up multiple times on the AudioNotch blog. Despite promising early small scale studies, we've repeatedly reviewed evidence that indicates that TransCranial Magnetic Stimulation is an ineffective treatment for tinnitus: Tinnitus Research: rTMS rTMS for Tinnitus: the...
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)
Successful People With Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 12, 2014
Categories: Celebrities with Tinnitus
Tags: successful people with tinnitus
Can you be successful and have a debilitating medical illness like tinnitus? Yes, absolutely. There are ways of coping with tinnitus that will allow you to focus and concentrate. If you want to feel inspired, check out this visual list of people who've attained great success, despite having tinnitus. A few of the more...
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....
AudioNotch User Review: An example of when it didn't work out
Written by AudioNotch Team on October 4, 2014
Categories: Treatment Review
Tags: tinnitus treatment user review
Below, I've reproduced a e-mail from one of our users. This user provided some really good feedback and I wanted the chance to discuss it. It's important for us to stress that we don't have a 100% success rate. Anyone who makes ridiculous claims like that is selling you snake oil. Below is an example of a user who...
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...