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Audio Notch Filter
Written by AudioNotch Team on September 5, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: audio notch filter AudioNotch tinnitus filter
What is the Audio Notch Filter and how does it work? Check out the following infographic below to see - focus in on Step 2: The notch filter cuts out one equivalent rectangular bandwith on each side of the tinnitus frequency. The notch filter is based on this study (please note: the Notched Music study used a larger...
Meditation Fixes Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review
Tags: meditation fixes tinnitus meditation tinnitus
Does meditation "fix" tinnitus? A new program called Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction has been studied as a therapy. Instead of directly attacking the volume of the tinnitus tone, this therapy indirectly targets our brain's negative reaction to the tinnitus percept. It's a brilliant technique that leverages...
Chris Martin Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2014
Categories: Celebrities with Tinnitus
Tags: chris martin tinnitus coldplay tinnitus
Did you know that Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, suffers from tinnitus? Martin started playing in a band while in middle school. As you may know, the band he later formed, Coldplay, went on to become world famous. By the time Martin was 25 years old, though, he had begun to experience headaches and ringing...
AM101 Phase 3
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: AM-101 AM101 phase 3 clinical trials
AM101, a drug for treating the acute development of tinnitus, is entering Phase 3 clinical trials. Auris Medical today announced enrollment of the first patient into the TACTT2 1 clinical trial. This phase 3 trial will evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of intratympanic injections of AM-101 in the treatment...
Buy AM 101 Tinnitus
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus Research
Tags: AM-101 buy AM 101 tinnitus Tinnitus
AM 101 is a drug currently in clinical trials for the treatment of tinnitus. A press release explains how it functions: AM-101 is a small molecule N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist formulated in a biocompatible gel for intratympanic injection. Emerging evidence suggests that NMDA receptors in the cochlea...
Tinnitus Blog
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 9, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: tinnitus blog
Now, we here at AudioNotch don't necessarily like to toot our own horn too much, but we've taken a look at some of the other blogs on the internet, and we feel pretty confident in stating that the AudioNotch Blog is one of the best ones out there. Things we cover here: Recent developments in tinnitus treatment...
Does Tinnitus Go Away?
Written by AudioNotch Team on August 1, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: does tinnitus go away? does usually tinnitus go away spontaneous remission Tinnitus
This is definitely a question that's at the forefront of someone's mind if they've just recently acquired the symptom of tinnitus. First things first - if you develop tinnitus: seek the evaluation of a doctor. Some medical causes of tinnitus are reversible and some can be harbingers of serious illness (in rare cases,...
Tinnitus and Suicide
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 30, 2014
Categories: Tinnitus
Tags: mental health tinnitus and suicide
The topic of tinnitus and suicide is a complex one. I've taken a look at some of the information I could find and I think the following points are reasonable: Establishing a causal relationship between cases of tinnitus and suicide is methodologically extremely difficult, and likely impossible. We know that people who...
AM-101 Tinnitus Results
Written by AudioNotch Team on July 23, 2014
Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research
Tags: AM-101 AM-101 tinnitus results tinnitus research
Some of you may be aware of a new drug in development for the treatment of acute tinnitus acquired due to noise trauma. Noise trauma actually kills inner ear hair cells not via direct physical trauma, but via excitotoxicity from an increase in glutamate neurotransmitters. The AM-101 drug is designed to specifically...
McMaster is Running A Music Therapy for Tinnitus Study
Written by AudioNotch Team on June 3, 2014
Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus Research
Tags: mcmaster university music for tinnitus music therapy tinnitus tinnitus music
Good news! If you're in the Hamilton area, McMaster University (my former alma mater) is running a trial of a customized music therapy for tinnitus. Could it be Notched Music Therapy? We'll have to wait and see! McMaster University is currently running a study to test if a customized sound therapy can reduce a person's...