The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog


Residual Inhibition for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 10, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags:  residual inhibition tinnitus Tinnitus


Some of our users have noticed that listening to their tinnitus frequency using our tinnitus tuner, and then turning the computer generate sound off, can result in a temporary reduction in their tinnitus tone. This is a known phenomenon that has been studied and is known as residual inhibition. To read more about this...

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Musical tonnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 27, 2014

Categories: AudioNotch

Tags:  musical tonnitus


From the British Tinnitus Association, an interesting review of Musical Hallucinations - otherwise known as musical tinnitus: What is musical hallucination? Musical hallucination (MH) is the experience of hearing music when none is being played. Hearing sound that no-one else can hear is quite common, but the...

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Tinnitus Desperation

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 21, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags:  Tinnitus Desperation


What Can Cause Tinnitus? Anyone dealing with constant ringing and clanging noises in their ears will have tinnitus desperation that leads to visiting multiple physicians for medical treatments. No one knows exactly what causes tinnitus symptoms, but many medical experts have theories concerning the condition. In many...

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Tinnitus and Vagus Nerve

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 20, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags:  Tinnitus and Vagus Nerve tinnitus vagus nerve vagal nerve stimulation tinnitus vagal nerve therapy


Here's an overview of our posts on vagal nerve stimulation for tinnitus as a therapy: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Tinnitus New Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Study Approved Promising Early Results for Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Tinnitus Treatment Vagal Nerve Therapy Trial Recruiting...

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New tinnitus treatments 2014

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 20, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  new tinnitus treatments 2014


Tinnitus is another name for a constant ringing in the ears. While the severity of the ringing will vary, one out of every five people is thought to suffer from tinnitus. However, it is not a condition itself. Tinnitus is a symptom of an underlying condition, such as a disorder of the circulatory system, an injury to...

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A musical composer copes with tinnitus through art

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 16, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags:  art and tinnitus tinnitus and composition


Tinnitus can be an extremely debilitating affliction. Sometimes people are devastated by the illness. Take, for example, the story of one young composer by the name of Fishkin, who was unable to continue in his field of work because of tinnitus. Creating an art show that incorporates sounds reminiscent of tinnitus was...

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Tinnitus Frequency Most Common Hz

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  Tinnitus Frequency Most Common Hz


Tinnitus, a chronic ringing in the ears, can be extremely frustrating for its victims. While some people are not negatively affected by this issue, others have serious problems. Anxiety, disrupted sleep patterns, and inability to concentrate are only a few of the issues experienced by those with tinnitus. It's a...

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Can an old drug (D-cycloserine) reduce the cognitive side effects of tinnitus?

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  D-cycloserine tinnitus tinnitus research


Extremely interesting new research indicates that some tinnitus patients found a subjective improvement in their cognition when they took D-cycloserine: People with tinnitus perceive ringing in their ears and this phantom noise can cause difficulty concentrating. A new noise doesn’t make the perceived noise go away—but...

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Another NMDA receptor antagonist for tinnitus is in clinical trials

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags:  NMDA receptor antagonist tinnitus


We've posted about another drug called AM-101 that acts in the same fashion, and here's a new one: Ear disease-focused firm Otonomy has entered an agreement with Ipsen allowing Otonomy to use Ipsen's gacyclidine data in the development and registration of OTO-311, Otonomy's sustained-exposure formulation of gacyclidine...

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Tinnitus may only be curable in an initial 6 week window

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 12, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags:  furosemide tinnitus


New research on animal models indicates that a commonly used drug, Furosemide, may be effective in treating tinnitus: Six-week treatment window Mulders’ research suggests furosemide is only therapeutically effective in the first six weeks after hearing loss, when auditory neurons appear hyper-excitable. “There is...

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