The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog
Tips for Managing Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The American Tinnitus Association is a reputable, non-profit organization that advocates for tinnitus sufferers. A great deal of internet resources on the subject of tinnitus are written by individuals with a commercial interest in tinnitus treatment (such as this blog, for example), and as such, are not a perfectly...
SSRI's As Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
In patients who suffer from both tinnitus and depression, there is data indicating that a class of medications called "Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors" (SSRI's) are an effective treatment for both tinnitus and depression. That is to say, there is evidence that tinnitus severity and mood disorder symptoms of...
Tinnitus and Depression
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The subject of tinnitus and depression is one that is often overlooked by portrayals of the illness in mass media. The correlation between tinnitus and mood disorders such as depression is well established. Presumably, in some patients, there is a causal link between the permanence of the tinnitus tone and the...
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 3 - How Loud Should I Listen to Notched Sound Therapy?
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
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...
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...
Blogging User Questions: Part 1
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
John Asks: What do you mean by the following instructions on the tuner page? Please note: When you think you have found your tone, check the frequency that is half it, and double it, as these may sound very similar due to a phenomenon known as octave confusion. Pick the one that closest matches your tone. The reason...
Tinnitus Research Paper: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: rTMS tinnitus treatment
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (also known as rTMS) is a relatively new technology that has been used to treat a variety of brain based disorders, such as depression. It involves using a device to magnetically stimulate the brain non-invasively. Here is a link to an abstract of a paper that found...
Tinnitus Treatment Paper: Lidocaine
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: lidocaine Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
Here is a link to an abstract on a paper about the effects of Lidocaine on tinnitus. Lidocaine is a medication that is used as a local anesthetic and an anti-arrhythmic agent (suppressing cardiac arrhythmia) . Via brain imaging, it was found to produce both increases and decreases in the loudness of tinnitus. This...
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...