The AudioNotch Tinnitus Treatment Blog
How to Prove that We are Providing a Notched Product
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 13, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: frequency re-tuning Tinnitus
Recently, we received a surprising e-mail from one of our users. To our shock and dismay - she indicated that she suspected that we had not actually been providing a correctly notched product. Of course, we take any concerns about our integrity extremely seriously. Therefore, we've provided a handy step-by-step guide...
The Importance of Hope
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 12, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
It's not surprising that tinnitus can trigger or induce depression. There are many anecdotal reports of the onset of depression following the acquisition of tinnitus, and multiple studies show an association between the two - although it is not necessarily clear which way the causality lies. There are even tragic...
Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Tinnitus Treatment
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 8, 2012
Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review
Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus treatment
An exciting new avenue for research is Vagal Nerve Stimulation ( click here to see a wikipedia article on the Vagus Nerve). Consider the following: In another paper in the journal Experimental Neurology , Kilgard led a team that paired vagus nerve stimulation with audio tones of varying speeds to alter the rate of...
Free Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in Development
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 7, 2012
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus retraining therapy
Although we consider AudioNotch to be the best current available tinnitus treatment, we realize that it may not be right for everyone. Some individuals may have types of tinnitus (for example, atypical tinnitus tones, such as a cyclical whooshing) that is not presently amenable to treatment with AudioNotch (although...
Veterans and Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 6, 2012
Tags: combat ear protection hearing loss Tinnitus veterans
Veterans, given their increased exposure noise-induced hearing damage, are at a significantly increased risk of developing tinnitus. Common exposure risks are typically explosions and gunfire. Being in the vicinity of warzone entails exposure to a variety of risks. Fortunately, various measures are oftentimes taken in...
The Dangers of Concerts Without Earplugs
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012
Tags: concerts earplugs hearing loss Justin Bieber justin biever Tinnitus
A lot of people might dismiss this story as farcical, even ridiculous. A lot of criticism has been levied at the the prevalence of spurious litigation in the American court system. That said, there's little doubt in my mind that this woman's story is true : An Oregon woman has filed a $9.2 million lawsuit against pop...
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 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 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...