The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog
Pink Noise Enhances Quality of Sleep
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: sleep sound processing
New research indicates that listening to pink noise from a pair of computer speakers can enhance the quality of your sleep. Sound waves are still processed by the brain during a person's sleep: To see how pink noise would affect human sleepers, Zhang and his team recruited 50 people and exposed them to either pink...
New Evidence That Headphones Can Cause Hearing Loss
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
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...
How much does Tinnitus Retraining Therapy cost?
Written by Adrian Green on July 26, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) is a tinnitus treatment that seeks to help people cope with their tinnitus through habituation. It was first proposed in 1993, making it much older than notched sound therapy, which was proposed in 2009. So how much does tinnitus retraining therapy cost? That depends on the clinic that...
How much does Neuromonics cost?
Written by Adrian Green on July 26, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
One thing that we get asked a lot at AudioNotch is: are we like Neuromonics? AudioNotch is different from Neuromonics in several ways. We use notched sound therapy, which is a new form of tinnitus treatment, and is based on completely different principles. We also charge a lot less than Neuromonics. How much does...
Does AudioNotch Work For Meniere's Disease?
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 20, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: meniere's disease Tinnitus
Multiple people have asked us whether or not AudioNotch will work with individuals who suffer from tinnitus that is caused by Meniere's disease. UFC president Dana White is a notable celebrity who suffers from this illness. Wikipedia states : Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and...
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:...
Blogging User Questions: Credibility
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 15, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: credibility fda Tinnitus
A user of ours has sent the following e-mail, voicing her reasons for skepticism about the efficacy of AudioNotch. Verbatim (with her identity removed), her e-mail reads as follows: I have had tinnitus for nearly twenty years and have spent much money trying various remedies. It appears to me that money is more...
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),...
Free Tinnitus Masker
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 30, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: free software Tinnitus tinnitus masker
When I first developed tinnitus, I struggled tremendously. Being enrolled in a taxing educational program like Medical School didn't help. In particular, it was extremely difficult to sleep - the noise of tinnitus prevented me from falling asleep in a timely manner. One thing that helped me was the usage of tinnitus...
Tinnitus and Insomnia
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Anyone with tinnitus can tell you that it's hard to sleep with a loud noise going off inside your head. The ringing in your ears isn't exactly conducive to falling unconscious. Many individuals feel the need to turn to fans or other masking noises in order to fall asleep. Confirming these anecdotal reports, researchers...