The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog
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...
Evidence that Tinnitus Negatively Affects Cognition
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: attention cognition Tinnitus
Imagine you're writing an exam. You're concentrating heavily on the material, weighing different variables in your mind, balancing equations, and remembering facts from 2:30 AM (which was six hours ago). Suddenly, a fire alarm goes off, and doesn't stop screeching. It cuts into your ears, and the examiner looks at you....
Chris Martin Suffers from Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: Coldplay concerts hearing damage hearing loss Tinnitus
Add another one to the long list of musicians who've developed tinnitus from loud noise exposure. Chris Martin has tinnitus : 'I’ve had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn’t got any worse – touch wood. ‘But I wish I’d thought about it earlier. 'Now [the band] always use moulded...
The Association Between Tinnitus and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: PTSD soldiers Tinnitus veterans
Here is a link to an interesting abstract drawing a link between Tinnitus and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Researchers observed an interesting set of similarities between the way tinnitus and PTSD affect the auditory system: Similarities between the way PTSD and tinnitus influence auditory behaviors include...
Celebrities and Famous People with Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
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...
The International Tinnitus Journal
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The International Tinnitus Journal is a biannual peer reviewed publication that publishes articles on new research efforts in the study of tinnitus. What's particularly good about this journal is that, unlike many other journals, their articles are free to view on-line. Check them out here! Cheers, AudioNotch
Stress and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
The relationship between stress and tinnitus is an interesting one. The association between tinnitus and anxiety has been well documented. Certainly, this association appears to be causative, given the anecdotal evidence that chronic tinnitus creates a subjective perception of anxiety. In one of several studies that...
Causes of Pulsatile Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
In an earlier post, we discussed the importance of determining whether or not your tinnitus is pulsatile, since pulsatile variants may be more amenable to successful treatment and cure. Here is a link to another article on pulsatile tinnitus (it's a journal article, so you may have difficulty accessing the paper and...