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.

According to the latest figures, one out of every five Americans suffers from tinnitus, better known as a ringing in the ears. A condition that can become debilitating over time, it can render a person incapable of holding a job, going to school, or enjoying many everyday activities. However, because each case of tinnitus varies from person to person, the sound of tinnitus can be vastly different as well. Whether the condition was … Continue Reading

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 quiet room or anywhere else where there is no actual source of noise. Tinnitus may make it difficult to sleep, interact with others or live a normal life in general. However, there are treatment options such as a test tone generator that may help reduce symptoms of the condition.

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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.

People who experience tinnitus are always hoping for some way to reduce or eliminate the almost constant noise they are subjected to. Unfortunately, even finding a tinnitus cure in homeopathy has not been successful. The condition causes a variety of sounds including ringing, buzzing, roaring, whistling or thumping noises. Some people report the noise increases or decreases and it can be either constant or occasional depending on their environment or activity.

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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 Retraining Therapy?

Tinnitus retraining therapy is a form of therapy that is used to help people who suffer from chronic buzzing and ringing in the ear. There are two components of tinnitus therapy. Directive counseling is one of those components. A professional will teach a person about ways that they can ignore tinnitus.

Sound therapy is another important component. A person will wear a device behind their ear that makes noise. The … Continue Reading

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 the extremely annoying experience of spontaneous noise that is heard in one or in both ears. The sound might be a ringing, buzzing, roaring, or hissing. The severity and loudness varies, is quite distracting, and can have an impact on one’s life.

Those people with Tinnitus can try to usually ignore the sound if it is not severe or can possibly learn through cognitive therapy how to be distracted and try to … Continue Reading

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.

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Tinnitus is a ringing or similar sound that can last for hours or days at a time. Many people hear this noise because of a mistake made by that person’s brain. However, sound notching may make it possible to reduce how loud the ringing noise may be. This is done with the help of a sinus tone generator.

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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.

Recently – we sent out an e-mail asking AudioNotch users what we could do better.

I received this lovely reply:

I don’t really see a need to do anything better.  It helped my tinnitus tremendously.  It didn’t cure it of course but it did quiet down the noise.  I would have liked to continue using it but the cost of it is not feasible at this time.  I tried the lowest trial … Continue Reading

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 believe that you have tinnitus, the first thing that you need to do is to get an evaluation from a doctor. He or she will be able to do a full physical exam to determine the extent of your tinnitus and make sure that it isn’t the result of a tumor or some other underlying physical condition. From there, you can use a hearing noise notch to reduce your symptoms.

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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 ringing in the ears that sounds like a buzzing or humming noise even when there is no actual sound present. This ringing or humming noise may be present throughout the day or only occur when certain actions are taken like laying on your side while sleeping. While tinnitus can be cured, it may also go away on its own.

What Are the Odds that Tinnitus Disappears Completely?

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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.

We often ask ourselves does Neuromonics work. Neuromonics is a therapy developed to minimize the mental, physical and emotional repercussions “perceived” as a result of tinnitus. The minds behind Neuromonics use a proprietary type of sound therapy that ostensibly has the support of multiple clinical studies (it’s unclear to me how they were funded, it seems, at least in part, that they were funded by Neuromonics itself with additional grant funds from the … Continue Reading