Category: Hearing

Any issues with hearing or hearing loss related illnesses.

63 posts in this category

Gene Therapy for Tinnitus

Written by Adrian on November 19, 2018

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment

Tags:  2019 news on tinnitus tinnitus cure tinnitus news


You may be familiar with notched tinnitus sound therapy like what AudioNotch offers. However this may not work as a cure for everyone. Gene therapy is being used to develop a treatment and potential cure for hearing loss, and possibly tinnitus. The most promising company is Frequency Therapeutics who have a drug that...

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Suicide Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 6, 2018

Categories: DoctorHearingSpecialistTinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide


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. There are many instances when unbearable health conditions have driven people to take their own lives. For example, pain may...

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Test Tone Generator

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 16, 2018

Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentUncategorized

Tags:  Notched Music Tinnitus tinnitus tuner


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. Individuals who have tinnitus may experience a ringing or high-pitched sound on a constant basis. This may be true even in a...

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When Should You see a Hearing Specialist?

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 23, 2017

Categories: AudioNotchDoctorHearingSpecialistTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment


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. The question that everybody with tinitus is asking, Temporary Tinnitus or Serious Damage: When Should I see the Specialist?...

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Treatment For Ringing In Ears

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 23, 2017

Categories: AnnouncementHearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review


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. A sense of a “ringing” sound in the ears is referred to as Tinnitus. Tinnitus isn’t really an illness in and of itself. The...

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White Noise Machine Tinnitus - What It Is and How Does It Help

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 13, 2017

Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus TreatmentWhite NoiseWhite Noise Machine


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. For people who suffer from tinnitus, each day can be difficult to say the least. While most people can carry on normal lives,...

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Zinc Deficiency And Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 9, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentTreatment ReviewZincZinc Deficiency


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. According to statistics, the hearing disorder known as tinnitus affects approximately 17 percent of the population. The...

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6 Steps to Treating Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 24, 2017

Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentTreatment Review


Tinnitus Causes Strange Sounds Inside the Inner Ear. If you have tinnitus, then the constant sounds inside your ear canals can disrupt your life. Tinnitus affects numerous individuals worldwide, but researchers are still trying to understand this condition. In many cases, the cause of the strange sounds inside the ears...

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Acoustic Trauma Symptoms

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 10, 2017

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  Acoustic Trauma Symptoms acoustic trauma treatment


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. An Overview of Acoustic Trauma Acoustic trauma is a condition that occurs as the result of being exposed to loud noise. It...

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Tinnitus With Normal Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 6, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  tinnitus with normal hearing loss


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. You Might Have Tinnitus Combined With Hearing Loss Tinnitus with normal hearing loss is a common occurrence, but you might...

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Ringing In Ears When Quiet

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 3, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  ringing in the ears when quiet


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. If you have experienced ringing in ears when quiet, then you may have a condition that is known as tinnitus. You may also...

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Tinnitus With No Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 23, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus With No Hearing Loss


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. Tinnitus is a condition that may cause someone to hear continuous hissing, buzzing or humming noises even in quiet or silent...

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Celebrities With Menieres

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 9, 2017

Categories: Celebrities with TinnitusHearingTinnitus

Tags:  Celebrities With Menieres


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. Meniere's disease is a condition that can affect the inner ear. It causes vertigo, ear pressure and tinnitus. It was first...

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Unilateral Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 28, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  Unilateral Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss


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. Different disorders are associated with tinnitus. However, it is not unique to have unilateral tinnitus without hearing loss....

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Itunes Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 16, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitusTreatment Review

Tags:  Itunes Tinnitus


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. What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is a condition in which you hear phantom sounds that other people do not...

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Schumann Frequenzgenerator

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 14, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  Schumann Frequenzgenerator


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. The Schumann resonator, which is also called the Schumann Frequenzgenerator, is a machine that generates a magnetic pulse at...

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Ringing Ear Frequency

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 7, 2017

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Ringing Ear Frequency


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. Tinnitus, the uncomfortable hearing condition that causes a constant droning, buzzing or ringing in heads of sufferers,...

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Celebrities with Menieres Disease

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 6, 2016

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  celebrities with meniere's disease


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. Many people may not be aware of what Menieres disease entails, much less just how many celebrities with Menieres disease...

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Mute button for tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 24, 2016

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  Mute Button For Tinitus


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. Tinnitus involves sounds heard in the ear when there are no corresponding external conditions causing the sounds. It's often...

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Tinnitus Relief From Japan 2014

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 19, 2016

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  Tinnitus Relief From Japan 2014


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. Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, can come in varying degrees. There are sufferers who experience the constant annoyance of a...

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Online Tone Generator

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 5, 2016

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Online Tone Generator


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. For people who suffer from tinnitus, it can be one of the most frustrating conditions they will ever experience. However, in...

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Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 15, 2016

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus Without Hearing Loss


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. Tinnitus is characterized by a ringing sound in the ears, but it may also be heard as a buzzing, whirring, chirping or other...

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Noise Cancelling Headphones

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 10, 2016

Categories: Hearing


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. Tinnitus is a painful condition that causes people to experience a nearly constant ringing sound in their ears. Infections...

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Noise Damage Without Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 3, 2016

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  Noise Damage Without Hearing Loss


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. If you have occasional, regular or constant ringing in your ears, you are not alone. Up to 15 percent of American adults have...

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Hearing Loss And Tinnitus Causes

Written by AudioNotch Team on October 18, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitus

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...

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Very Cool Research on Hearing

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 20, 2014

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  hearing research tinnitus


Incredible research from Johns Hopkins supports our anecdotal observations that being blind can improve your other senses: Music experts often say that blind performers like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder are good examples of how not being able to see can enhance one's ability to hear. Now, a new neuroscience study...

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Cure for Tinnitus 2014

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 10, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags:  Cure for tinnitus 2014 stemc ells Tinnitus


It's definitely a headline-grabbing title: "Cure for Tinnitus 2014." What are we talking about here, exactly? What kind of research is going on right now that could push us closer to a cure? About a year ago I had an elective with a professor in Tinnitus research at McMaster University, and I asked him - if we could...

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Tinnitus Coping Course Launched in the UK

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitus


Tinnitus is a difficult illness for people who don't have it to understand. Articulating the particular flavor of distress to someone who doesn't have it is inherently difficult. Being "driven to madness" by noise is an affliction that can be difficult to garner empathy with - Van Gogh anecdotes aside. That's why it's...

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DJ Paul Oakenfeld Urges Hearing Protection

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 18, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusUncategorized

Tags:  paul oakenfeld Tinnitus tinnitus paul oakenfeld


If you know anything about electronic music, you'll know that Paul Oakenfeld is a huge name. One of the bigger DJ's from the 90's, he was one of the predecessors to the new Electronic Dance Music trend that's risen in recent popularity. As with any concert venue, the noise levels at such performances are always unsafe....

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Another Paper from the Pioneers of Notched Music Therapy for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 4, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags:  Notched Music Notched music therapy tinnitus


The original discoverers of Notched Music therapy have released another paper that provides an excellent theoretical overview of the conceptual underpinnings of the therapy. Rather than rehash what the authors have already done a great job of writing about, I'll post the abstract below: Over the past 15 years, we have...

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Possible Treatment for Meniere's Disease Found

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 9, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusTreatment Review

Tags:  meniere's disease migraines Tinnitus vascular disease vascular risk factors


http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/How-to-treat-Menieres-disease.aspx New research illuminates a possible understanding of the pathophysiology behind Meniere's Disease: Researchers at University of Colorado School of Medicine may have figured out what causes Meniere’s disease and how to attack...

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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...

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Tinnitus Increasingly Common Among Young People in the Developed World

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 17, 2013

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  hearing loss hearing loss and tinnitus young people tinnitus youth and tinnitus


A study in Belgium has validated what many of us have observed - young people aren't taking care of their hearing: Annick Gilles, research audiologist at the University Hospital of Antwerp, who is doing her doctoral research about tinnitus has discovered that it is increasingly common among young people in Belgium....

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Tinnitus Increasingly Common in Teenagers

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 27, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  teenage hearing loss


Disturbing news from a new Flemish study on hearing damage in youth and subsequent tinnitus : For the new study, almost 4000 Flemish high school students completed a questionnaire about temporary and permanent ringing in the ears, also answering questions about their attitudes toward loud noises and hearing protection....

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Does Your Tinnitus Sound Different? Atypical? ATonal?

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 22, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  atonal tinnitus atypical tinnitus tones non-tonal tinnitus


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Some of you may have tinnitus that does not sound like a pure tone sine wave (like a peep or a whistle). There are different terms for this: Atypical tinnitus sounds Atonal tinnitus sounds Non-tonal tinnitus sounds The American Tinnitus...

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The Hidden Costs of Severe Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 6, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus tinnitus severity


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: For the most part, there's a fair amount of anecdotal evidence linking tinnitus volume to tinnitus severity: namely, the higher the tinnitus volume, the greater the distress caused by the tinnitus. Obviously, other factors come into play,...

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Music from Headphones is Causing Hearing Damage

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 18, 2013

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  headphones hearing damage Tinnitus tinnitus treatment


Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: A highly alarming survey from New York reveals the prevalence of hearing damage from headphone users : More people in the US are facing hearing problems due to blaring music from headphones of their mobile phones and MP3 players, a new...

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Tinnitus and Pilots: A Study Shows Increased Risk

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 18, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  aircraft hearing loss tinnitus and airline pilots tinnitus and hearing loss tinnitus and pilots


There's a great deal of noise exposure in certain lines of work. Unsurprisingly, a lot of anecdotal evidence suggests an increased risk of tinnitus among airline pilots. Pilots are routinely exposed to extremely loud noise from the function of their aircraft engines. As such, they often suffer noise induced hearing...

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ABC News On the Anecdotal Association Between Tinnitus and Suicide

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 4, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide


For some individuals, it appears as if tinnitus can precipitate some very serious mental illnesses such as severe depression, which may unfortunately culminate in suicide : Of 9,000 patients who have come to the tinnitus clinic at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, clinic director Billy Martin said he was...

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Noel Gallagher, Frontman of Oasis, Reveals He Has Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 2, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  hearing loss noel gallagher Tinnitus


Add another casualty to the list of musicians felled by tinnitus secondary to noise-induced hearing loss : Noel Gallagher has revealed that he is suffering from tinnitus, having recently being diagnosed with the condition by doctors. The condition, which is characterised by ringing in the ears in the absence of...

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William Shatner Speaks About His Tinnitus During a Video Interview

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 28, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  hearing loss noise exposure Tinnitus William Shatner


Here's a wonderful video interview with William Shatner talking about his tinnitus and how it affected him: Best, AudioNotch

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Cool Paper: "Homeostatic plasticity drives tinnitus perception in an animal model."

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 22, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  homeostasis neuroplasticity SCIENCE Tinnitus


Another cool paper has come out presenting animal research on the patho-physiology (abnormal physiology) that produces tinnitus. The abstract reads fairly easily: Hearing loss often results in tinnitus and auditory cortical map changes, leading to the prevailing view that the phantom perception is associated with...

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More Research on Lateral Inhibition

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 19, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  lateral inhibition neuroscience Tinnitus


An interesting paper reveals a little bit more about the relationship between abnormal lateral inhibition and tinnitus. The abstract is a bit opaque : Tinnitus is likely initiated by a discontinuity in the spontaneous or low-level-stimulus induced neural activity across auditory nerve fibers with different...

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Why do Some People Get Tinnitus But Other People Don't?

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 12, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  protective factors against tinnitus Tinnitus tinnitus experiments


Interesting research offers a possible explanation as to why, even when exposed to the same external harmful noise stimulus, some individuals will develop tinnitus and other individuals will not. Extrapolating findings from research on animals may reveal why some people develop tinnitus while others do not. Animals...

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Possible Total Tinnitus Cure on the Horizon

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 3, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus


Most individuals with tinnitus appear to have the "sensorineural" variant. In this variant of tinnitus, the symptom is caused by the following cascade of events: Noise exposure causes cochlear hearing cell death The auditory cortex is deprived of normal input from part of the hearing range A neuroplastic re-wiring...

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How Much Hearing Loss is Acceptable for AudioNotch to Work?

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 5, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  hearing loss Notched White Noise


AudioNotch provides Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy . One form of this therapy is Notched White Noise. Notched White Noise has only been shown to work in individuals with less than 55 dB of hearing loss (the upper limit of moderate hearing loss). This does not necessarily mean that it cannot work in individuals with...

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Why Doesn't AudioNotch Use a Proprietary Device?

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 8, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  accessibility devices Tinnitus


Some of the other tinnitus sound therapy providers deliver their sound therapy via specialized, proprietary devices. In fact, their entire business model revolves around the perceived "value boost" that having a "special" proprietary device offers - the idea being that if the device is unique and expensive, then the...

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Justin Bieber Fights Hearing Loss Lawsuit

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 3, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  concert earplugs etymotic Justin Bieber lawsuit Tinnitus


We posted on this earlier, but whether or not you believe the lawsuit is frivolous, the same lesson remains: When you go to a concert, protect your hearing Justin Bieber's legal team, unsurprisingly, will be contesting the lawsuit brought against him by a concertgoer who incurred severe hearing loss from one of his...

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Use Music to Mask Tinnitus and Help You Concentrate for Work

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 28, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  concentration Tinnitus work music


I've heard many complaints from individuals suffering from tinnitus relating to difficulty concentrating. While Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is useful in lowering the volume of your tinnitus - and can even have an additional effect as a "masking tool" on top of that - you may have to work for, say, ten hours a day...

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Dana White Suffers From Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 22, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  dana white meniere's disease Tinnitus


Dana White, the well known president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , is another notable public figure who suffers from Tinnitus. He suffers from tinnitus secondary to Meniere's disease, and is currently booked for a surgical treatment in 2013 : Meniere's Disease affects the inner ear and causes "spontaneous...

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Famous People With Tinnitus: A Long, and Inspiring, List

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 16, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  celebrities with tinnitus famous people with tinnitus Tinnitus


Here is a link to a long list of highly accomplished individuals who suffer from Tinnitus. One of my favorites is Jean-Jacques Rousseau : From "Confessions" (1780) "...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise that was triple or rather quadruple, compounded of a low and muffled humming, a softer murmuring as though...

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Famous People With Tinnitus: Barbra Streisand

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 14, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  barbra streisand concerts hearing damage music


Unsurprisingly, the prevalence of tinnitus among famous musicians who tour and perform extensively appears to be extremely high (at least anecdotally). Consider the case of Barbra Streisand - yet another victim of what appears to be noise induced hearing loss, and subsequent sensorineural tinnitus: Streisand, writes...

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Another Musician Suffers from Noise-Induced Hearing Damage

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 6, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

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...

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Tuner Updated

Written by Adrian on September 14, 2012

Categories: AnnouncementHearingTinnitus


The AudioNotch tuner/tone generator has been updated! Based on some user feedback, we've added a volume control, and changed the behaviour of the tuner slightly. With the volume control, you can now set the tuner's volume before you use it, ensuring a safe listening level. We've also changed how the tuner behaves: now...

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Veterans and Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 6, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  combat ear protection hearing loss Tinnitus veterans


Veterans, given their increased exposure noise-induced hearing damage, are at a significantly increased risk of developing tinnitus. Common exposure risks are typically explosions and gunfire. Being in the vicinity of warzone entails exposure to a variety of risks. Fortunately, various measures are oftentimes taken in...

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The Dangers of Concerts Without Earplugs

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  concerts earplugs hearing loss Justin Bieber justin biever Tinnitus


A lot of people might dismiss this story as farcical, even ridiculous. A lot of criticism has been levied at the the prevalence of spurious litigation in the American court system. That said, there's little doubt in my mind that this woman's story is true : An Oregon woman has filed a $9.2 million lawsuit against pop...

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New Evidence That Headphones Can Cause Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  hearing loss Tinnitus


One of the most insidious forms of hearing loss occurs through what appear to be relatively benign objects: headphones. Headphones, when playing music with a high enough volume, can cause noise induced hearing loss. It's particularly concerning given that people use headphones on a regular basis. Youth in particular...

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Guest Post: How to Enjoy Events Safely and Avoid Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 19, 2012

Categories: Hearing

Tags:  preventing tinnitus


John O'Connor of Blogging With John O has written a guest post for AudioNotch on how to avoid hearing loss and prevent tinnitus! Check it out! How to Enjoy Events Safely and Avoid Hearing Loss Many people would be surprised that the very things most people enjoy in America, and around the world, for celebration...

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Dance Music and Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags:  DJ hearing loud noise music Tinnitus


Here is a link to a great article on Dance Music and the risk of loud noise exposure causing tinnitus. Worth a read - send it to your concertgoing and clubgoing friends! A club soundystem – assuming you’ve got a halfway decent one on your hands – operates well in excess of 100dB(A) (a nearby pneumatic drill clocks in...

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Celebrities and Famous People with Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus


From time to time, it's helpful to look to others for inspiration when we're having difficulty coping with our tinnitus. Throughout history, many individuals have been afflicted with this condition, and although it poses severe challenges in going about daily life, they can be overcome. You'll note that many of these...

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Blogging User Questions: Part 3 - How Loud Should I Listen to Notched Sound Therapy?

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus


Jerry Asks: How loud should the volume at which I listen to Notched White Noise be? I want to treat my tinnitus effectively, without causing more hearing loss. As far as listening volume, according to the research we've looked at, you should try and listen to the therapy at a level approximately equal to your tinnitus...

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DJ's are at High Risk for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus


Here is a link to an excellent article on DJ Tech Tools on how best to prevent tinnitus. People for whom DJ'ing is a profession are at high risk - their job demands that they're placed into environments with an absolutely staggering noise exposure. Tinnitus is an increasingly common problem for DJ's, however, with the...

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Try our free tuner to test your hearing!

Written by Adrian on April 23, 2012

Categories: Hearing


Hi everyone, We've made our free online tuner application / tone generator available for anyone who would like to find their own tinnitus frequency. Finding your tinnitus frequency is also a vital part of creating effective Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy for tinnitus. You can also use the tuner to test the limit of...

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