The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog

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 Music Lover’s Guide to Tinnitus
• An old blog post in The New York Times has written about Suppressing Tinnitus with Music Therapy 
• If you haven’t already checked it out, go to Tinnitus Talk online forum – hands down the best resource online for people suffering from tinnitus
• Researchers at Ryerson University have found evidence that practicing music may help people with hearing loss to better understand speech in noisy environments
• The US military is developing a new high tech earplug & listening device called TCAPS to help protect soldiers’ hearing while still allowing them to hear softer sounds in a combat environment
• Researchers have found that tonal tinnitus is more likely to occur with a steep audiogram slope, with tone like tinnitus typically being centred 1.48 octaves above the “edge” frequency where hearing drops off

Cheers!