Category: Announcement
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AudioNotch review: does AudioNotch work?
Written by Adrian on May 5, 2019
Categories: AnnouncementAudioNotchTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review
Tags: audionotch review audionotch success rate tinnitus treatment
To monitor the efficacy of AudioNotch's tinnitus treatment we send two surveys at one and two month intervals after purchase. In this post we go through the results of the surveys. Please keep in mind the following: The percentages are not statistically representative of the actual results that exist: fewer than 10% of...
McMaster is Running A Music Therapy for Tinnitus Study
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 3, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus Research
Tags: mcmaster university music for tinnitus music therapy tinnitus tinnitus music
Good news! If you're in the Hamilton area, McMaster University (my former alma mater) is running a trial of a customized music therapy for tinnitus. Could it be Notched Music Therapy? We'll have to wait and see! McMaster University is currently running a study to test if a customized sound therapy can reduce a person's...
Doctors and Tinnitus Treatment Options
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 11, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementTreatment Review
Tags: tinnitus treatment options
Based on the anecdotes I've received from a lot of AudioNotch users, I've come to believe that many physicians are not very well versed in the treatment options available for tinnitus and the level of research behind them. Consider the following response to a patient's query on a popular "Ask the Doctor" column: Dear...
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...
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...
What New Features Do You Want in AudioNotch?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 13, 2013
Categories: Announcement
From time to time, we like to reach out to our users and find out how we can do better to serve them. Our software has been repeatedly updated and new features have been implemented in response to user feedback. We have also had unsolicited constructive criticism on how to improve our tinnitus tuner, which has been...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Tinnitus Features Prominently on "Archer" Television Show
Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2013
Categories: Announcement
Tags: Adam Reed Archer Archer TV series Tinnitus
Some of you may be familiar with the animated television comedy show Archer , which is basically about a show about a comically inconsiderate, obtuse super spy by the name of Sterling Archer. It's become increasingly popular, and interestingly, tinnitus has been featured as a running gag of sorts. Creator Adam Reed...
Blogging User Questions: A Cavalcade of Queries!
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 20, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Tags: questions
Hi Jagg, Thanks for your questions! How close to accurate must i be in judging my tinnitus tone on the slider? i know "as close as possible" obviously, but as i am not an audio scientist, i really don't know if "close enough" means within 5 kHz or 50 or 500. To determine the margin of error, check out this post:...
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),...
Blogging User Questions: Part 4 - Is Our Refund Policy Real?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Terry Asks: I've had issues with a lot of products purchased on the internet claiming to offer free refunds, then not doing so. How do I know I can trust you? Trust is understandably a very important component of any service being offered. Fortunately, AudioNotch uses PayPal, which makes it extremely easy to refund...
Blogging User Questions: Part 2 - How Accurately Do I Have to Tune?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Jamie Asks: How accurate does the match have to be? I'm having difficulty matching my tinnitus frequency to the computer generated frequency on the tuner. We do have some tolerance built into our procedure. The notch width is actually based on the average frequency selectivity of a person, and is two equivalent...
Clinic Referral Program
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Tags: referral program
Recently, AudioNotch has been getting a lot of queries about how we interface with clinics that might refer their patients who suffer from tinnitus to our service. We're increasingly making inroads into a broader interaction with the outpatient tinnitus treatment setting, and excited to work hand in hand with...
Notched White Noise Free Trial
Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to announce that we now have a free trial available for anyone to use. We're providing a brief sample of streaming Notched White Noise. We recommend that you tune your tinnitus tone as carefully as you can, and after you do so, listen to the Notched White Noise for 2-3 minutes, then take...
AudioNotch wins Best Biomedical Talk
Written by Adrian on May 16, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Hi Everyone, AudioNotch.com won the best Biomedical talk at the University of Toronto's Connections Conference! Adrian talked about the technology behind AudioNotch, and how to build dynamic web applications with modern technology. Cheers, The AudioNotch Team
Toronto Talk on AudioNotch!
Written by Adrian on April 25, 2012
Categories: Announcement
Hi everyone! I'm pleased to announce that I'll be giving a talk on AudioNotch at the University of Toronto! I'll be speaking in BA 1170 (The Bahen Centre) at 10AM on May 15, 2012! The talk is open to the public. Sincerely, Adrian CTO at AudioNotch.com