Tag: Tinnitus

78 posts with this tag

Suicide Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 6, 2018

Categories: DoctorHearingSpecialistTinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide


Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. There are many instances when unbearable health conditions have driven people to take their own lives. For example, pain may...

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Tinnitus and Ketamine

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 30, 2018

Categories: DoctorTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTinnitus Treatment

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus cure tinnitus treatment


Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. With one in five Americans suffering from chronic ringing in the ears, better known as tinnitus, there's no doubt this is a...

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Test Tone Generator

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 16, 2018

Categories: AudioNotchHearingTinnitusTinnitus TreatmentUncategorized

Tags: Notched Music Tinnitus tinnitus tuner


Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Individuals who have tinnitus may experience a ringing or high-pitched sound on a constant basis. This may be true even in a...

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Tinnitus Link Roundup

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 25, 2017

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus research


Please note: the following information does not constitute professional medical advice, and is provided for general informational purposes only. Please speak to your doctor if you have tinnitus. Here's some interesting links about tinnitus and tinnitus-related news: Resident Advisor, a web site for DJ's, has written a...

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Video Roundup: Celebrities Talk About their Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2017

Categories: Celebrities with Tinnitus

Tags: Barbara Streisand Celebrities Tinnitus Chris Martin Coldplay Tinnitus Will.i.am William Shatner


Even though tinnitus sufferers often feel alone, tinnitus is a remarkably common symptom. Below, we've rounded up a number of video interviews about celebrities talking about their tinnitus: Here's Chris Martin of the band Coldplay talking about his tinnitus: Below, actor William Shatner talks about his experience with...

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Pilots With Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 17, 2015

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags: pilots pilots and tinnitus Tinnitus


The noise and constant vibrations that are associated with air travel can take its toll on those who fly for a living. Pilots with tinnitus are very common. Pilots are one of the most notorious sufferers of ringing in the ears, a condition that is medically referred to as tinnitus. This condition is at best annoying....

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And then it rained

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 13, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: personal story Tinnitus


When I was 22 years old, I went out with some friends to a nightclub. I was in my first year of medical school. Like most people my age, I wasn't concerned with noise trauma (despite being a medical student). The next day, I noticed the ringing in my ears wasn't gone. I started to research tinnitus. I became panicked -...

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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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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...

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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,...

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How to Help a Child With Tinnitus: Birdsongs

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 13, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus birdsong masker tinnitus masker


Dealing with children who have developed tinnitus is a challenge. There's just not that much data out there in the scientific literature about how to help them. An eleven year old boy in the UK had particularly difficulty with insomnia: An 11-year-old with severe tinnitus is finally able to get a good night’s sleep...

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New AM-101 Drug for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 15, 2014

Categories: Tinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags: AM-101 tinnitus new tinnitus drug Tinnitus


One of the challenging things for patients who acutely develop tinnitus is the absence of therapeutic interventions available in the acute phase (i.e. shortly after a person develops tinnitus in a rapid fashion). Current theory surrounding the pathophysiology of tinnitus is that there is a "therapeutic window" in the...

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Cure for Tinnitus 2014

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 10, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags: Cure for tinnitus 2014 stemc ells Tinnitus


It's definitely a headline-grabbing title: "Cure for Tinnitus 2014." What are we talking about here, exactly? What kind of research is going on right now that could push us closer to a cure? About a year ago I had an elective with a professor in Tinnitus research at McMaster University, and I asked him - if we could...

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DJ Paul Oakenfeld Urges Hearing Protection

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 18, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusUncategorized

Tags: paul oakenfeld Tinnitus tinnitus paul oakenfeld


If you know anything about electronic music, you'll know that Paul Oakenfeld is a huge name. One of the bigger DJ's from the 90's, he was one of the predecessors to the new Electronic Dance Music trend that's risen in recent popularity. As with any concert venue, the noise levels at such performances are always unsafe....

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Possible Treatment for Meniere's Disease Found

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 9, 2014

Categories: HearingTinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: meniere's disease migraines Tinnitus vascular disease vascular risk factors


http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/How-to-treat-Menieres-disease.aspx New research illuminates a possible understanding of the pathophysiology behind Meniere's Disease: Researchers at University of Colorado School of Medicine may have figured out what causes Meniere’s disease and how to attack...

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New U of M Study Offers Promise in Developing Therapy for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on January 7, 2014

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags: neuroplasticity research Tinnitus tinnitus developments tinnitus research


Fascinating research from the University of Michigan has illuminated some amazing new results: She explains that in tinnitus, some of the input to the brain from the ear’s cochlea is reduced, while signals from the somatosensory nerves of the face and neck, related to touch, are excessively amplified. “It’s as if the...

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What About Failed Drug Treatments for Tinnitus?

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 31, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus ResearchTreatment Review

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus treatment L-baclofen


One of the issues plaguing scientific research is the tendency to avoid publishing negative study results - i.e. if something DIDN'T work, people are far less prone to publish a scientific paper about it. That's why it's heartening to see research like this, on why L-baclofen doesn't appear to work in animal models of...

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Chronic Tinnitus Treated with Drug in Animals

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 19, 2013

Categories: TinnitusTinnitus Research

Tags: chronic tinnitus NMDA receptor antagonist Tinnitus tinnitus reserach


Animal models have proven to be a fruitful avenue of research for tinnitus treatment (and I say fruitful in the sense that we've learned things - there aren't currently any tinnitus specific drugs that have made it to market for chronic tinnitus). Many of these drug treatments have focused on drugs for acute onset...

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Promising Early Results for Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 5, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus Research

Tags: Tinnitus vagal nerve therapy vagal nerve therapy tinnitus


Encouraging results have been reported in a small trial of vagal nerve therapy for tinnitus : UT Dallas researchers have demonstrated that treating tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, using vagus nerve stimulation-tone therapy is safe and brought significant improvement to some of the participants in a small clinical...

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Awesome UI Suggestions from Our Users

Written by AudioNotch Team on October 2, 2013

Categories: Uncategorized

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus software UI UI


A user of ours, Scott Lauder, has a background in UI design. He sent us some great feedback, along with a UI wireframe mockup, of how we could further improve our tuner application. Thanks Scott! Today as I was using the "find your tone" interface, I found myself not completely confident of the tone I was locking in...

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Company Researching Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Acquires

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 17, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus Research

Tags: Tinnitus vagal nerve therapy


Some individuals are fairly excited about the new research being done on Vagal Nerve Therapy . My current understanding is that this involves playing paired auditory tones with vagal nerve stimulation, in an effort to reverse the neuroplastic changes that occur from tinnitus. This firm has released a press release...

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New Press on ACR Tinnitus Treatment

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 13, 2013

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: Acoustic Coordinated Reset British Tinnitus Association Tinnitus tinnitus cure UK tinnitus


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Here's another press article on Acoustic Co-ordinated Reset Therapy for tinnitus. The study funded by the corporation yielded promising results, but the British Tinnitus Association wants to see a larger, independently funded study: Trials...

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How good is the scientific evidence for AudioNotch? And What About Homeopathy?

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 8, 2013

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: evidence based medicine homeopathic tinnitus treatment Tinnitus tinnitus and homeopathy tinnitus treatment


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: In Evidence Based Medicine, there exists a hierarchy of evidence. This means that the higher a particular treatment is in the hierarchy, the more likely it is to actually be effective in real life. As you go higher and higher in the...

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The Hidden Costs of Severe Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 6, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus severity


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: For the most part, there's a fair amount of anecdotal evidence linking tinnitus volume to tinnitus severity: namely, the higher the tinnitus volume, the greater the distress caused by the tinnitus. Obviously, other factors come into play,...

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The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Hamilton Branch

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 2, 2013

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: CHHA CHHA Hamilton hard of hearing speaker Tinnitus


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Several months ago, AudioNotch gave a talk to the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Hamilton branch. The talk was a great discussion about Notched Sound Therapy, and the audience members asked thoughtful, informed questions. The...

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Is There a Treatment for Tinnitus?

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 1, 2013

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: homeopathic tinnitus treatment homeopathy Quietus Tinnitus


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: There's an excellent blog that I recommend many of you read - it's called Science Based Medicine . It's a blog advocating the use of scientific plausibility to evaluate the prior probability of a given treatment being effective, and not...

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US DOD Researching Medical Implants for Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 30, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: medical implant Tinnitus tinnitus treatment


Brought to you by AudioNotch , the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: Medical implants that offer a targeted drug delivery to the ear are a possible therapeutic model for treating tinnitus. The US department of defense is funding one such study that uses an implant to deliver a drug in a targeted manner: To...

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Meniere's Disease and Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 19, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: meniere's disease Tinnitus


From Australia, the tragic case of a girl with Meniere's Disease and associated tinnitus : IN every hour of the day and night, Jessica Gaye has a constant beeping in her ears. The 19-year-old Devonport woman woke up suddenly one night to discover the noise. Ms Gaye said it stopped after a couple of days, but started...

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Music from Headphones is Causing Hearing Damage

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 18, 2013

Categories: Hearing

Tags: headphones hearing damage Tinnitus tinnitus treatment


Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: A highly alarming survey from New York reveals the prevalence of hearing damage from headphone users : More people in the US are facing hearing problems due to blaring music from headphones of their mobile phones and MP3 players, a new...

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Loud Noises and Tinnitus - A Reminder

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 17, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: noise exposure Tinnitus tinnitus treatment


Brought to you by AudioNotch, the leading Tinnitus Treatment program worldwide: A disturbing story from California, where multiple people were injured in a horrific fireworks accident : At least 36 people were injured or treated at Simi Valley-area hospitals after a major malfunctionat a fireworks display sent...

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Why Do Some People Develop Tinnitus After Hearing Loss and Others Do Not? (part 2)

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 30, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus research tinnitus treatment


A lot of people are puzzled by the fact that even though two individuals may have the same level of hearing loss, some people will develop tinnitus and others will not. This suggests that people may have different underlying levels of vulnerability to developing tinnitus. We've posted about research in the past that...

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AudioNotch Launches Partnership with Zabell Hearing Centre

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 2, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: AudioNotch Tinnitus tinnitus clinic


AudioNotch is continuing to expand its Tinnitus Clinic Partnership program . In this program, patients can have the initial detection of their tinnitus frequency performed inside of a soundproof audiology room with audiology equipment. Some of our users have requested this service and we have sought to make it...

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National Tinnitus Awareness Week is May 19-25, 2013

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 25, 2013

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: National Tinnitus Awareness Week Tinnitus


The American Tinnitus Association (by far the leading nonprofit group with respect to tinnitus advocacy) continues to promote awareness of this condition by organizing events in the United States. From a press release on the subject: PORTLAND, Ore., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Tinnitus...

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New Vagal Nerve Therapy for Tinnitus Study Approved

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 23, 2013

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus vagal nerve stimulation vagal nerve therapy tinnitus


Interesting news on new tinnitus therapy research: a study has been approved in Texas to test the efficacy of vagal nerve therapy (which we've written about before) with respect to tinnitus treatment. The therapeutic approach developed at UT Dallas pairs audible tones with brief pulses of electrical stimulation to the...

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ABC News On the Anecdotal Association Between Tinnitus and Suicide

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 4, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and depression tinnitus and suicide


For some individuals, it appears as if tinnitus can precipitate some very serious mental illnesses such as severe depression, which may unfortunately culminate in suicide : Of 9,000 patients who have come to the tinnitus clinic at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, clinic director Billy Martin said he was...

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Noel Gallagher, Frontman of Oasis, Reveals He Has Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on April 2, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: hearing loss noel gallagher Tinnitus


Add another casualty to the list of musicians felled by tinnitus secondary to noise-induced hearing loss : Noel Gallagher has revealed that he is suffering from tinnitus, having recently being diagnosed with the condition by doctors. The condition, which is characterised by ringing in the ears in the absence of...

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William Shatner Speaks About His Tinnitus During a Video Interview

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 28, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: hearing loss noise exposure Tinnitus William Shatner


Here's a wonderful video interview with William Shatner talking about his tinnitus and how it affected him: Best, AudioNotch

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Cool Paper: "Homeostatic plasticity drives tinnitus perception in an animal model."

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 22, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: homeostasis neuroplasticity SCIENCE Tinnitus


Another cool paper has come out presenting animal research on the patho-physiology (abnormal physiology) that produces tinnitus. The abstract reads fairly easily: Hearing loss often results in tinnitus and auditory cortical map changes, leading to the prevailing view that the phantom perception is associated with...

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More Research on Lateral Inhibition

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 19, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: lateral inhibition neuroscience Tinnitus


An interesting paper reveals a little bit more about the relationship between abnormal lateral inhibition and tinnitus. The abstract is a bit opaque : Tinnitus is likely initiated by a discontinuity in the spontaneous or low-level-stimulus induced neural activity across auditory nerve fibers with different...

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Are AudioNotch's Prices Unethical?

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 14, 2013

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: development costs price gouging Tinnitus tinnitus treatment


Here's an e-mail we received from a user who was upset about what we charge for our tinnitus treatment service: Hello, I want to know and understand why you charge so much for this treatment? I understand that developing etc. has cost you time and probably some money, but nowhere even close to what you are charging....

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Why do Some People Get Tinnitus But Other People Don't?

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 12, 2013

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: protective factors against tinnitus Tinnitus tinnitus experiments


Interesting research offers a possible explanation as to why, even when exposed to the same external harmful noise stimulus, some individuals will develop tinnitus and other individuals will not. Extrapolating findings from research on animals may reveal why some people develop tinnitus while others do not. Animals...

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A Comprehensive Summary of the Hypothesized Mechanism Behind Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 7, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: lateral inhibition Notched Music Therapy Notched White Noise Therapy Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy Tinnitus tinnitus research


Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is an umbrella term that subsumes two types of Notched Sound Therapy: Notched Music Therapy (also referred to as Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy by the researchers who discovered it) Notched White Noise Therapy (also referred to as Windowed Sound Therapy by the researchers who...

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Are AudioNotch's Effects Permanent? What the Research Says - FAQ Update

Written by AudioNotch Team on March 1, 2013

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: AudioNotch permanent Notched Music Therapy Tinnitus


While long term follow up studies have not yet been done on individuals whose tinnitus volume decreased after a completed treatment with Notched Music, the researchers who developed it have written the following: From a long term study on Notched Music Therapy conducted over several month's duration: The observed...

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Research Update: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2013

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: peripheral nerve stimulation Tinnitus


Some additional work is being on peripheral nerve stimulation as a mechanism for treating tinnitus (remember Vagal Nerve Stimulation ?). Peripheral nerve stimulation shares many similarities with Deep Brain Stimulation, and the therapeutic potential appears promising (if the clinical results are to be believed - I...

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Tinnitus Features Prominently on "Archer" Television Show

Written by AudioNotch Team on February 20, 2013

Categories: Announcement

Tags: Adam Reed Archer Archer TV series Tinnitus


Some of you may be familiar with the animated television comedy show Archer , which is basically about a show about a comically inconsiderate, obtuse super spy by the name of Sterling Archer. It's become increasingly popular, and interestingly, tinnitus has been featured as a running gag of sorts. Creator Adam Reed...

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Why Doesn't AudioNotch Use a Proprietary Device?

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 8, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: accessibility devices Tinnitus


Some of the other tinnitus sound therapy providers deliver their sound therapy via specialized, proprietary devices. In fact, their entire business model revolves around the perceived "value boost" that having a "special" proprietary device offers - the idea being that if the device is unique and expensive, then the...

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"Tinnitus Cure" vs. "Tinnitus Treatment" - The difference between the two, and why it matters

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 7, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: homeopathy homeopathy tinnitus Tinnitus tinnitus cure tinnitus homeopathy tinnitus treatment


If you google the term "tinnitus cure" you'll run into a long list of treatments and remedies that are "proven" to "cure" tinnitus. The term "cure" is a loaded term - it is the strongest of all possible claims - it is a promise that a product will eliminate your tinnitus entirely . This claim is made despite the fact...

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Justin Bieber Fights Hearing Loss Lawsuit

Written by AudioNotch Team on December 3, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: concert earplugs etymotic Justin Bieber lawsuit Tinnitus


We posted on this earlier, but whether or not you believe the lawsuit is frivolous, the same lesson remains: When you go to a concert, protect your hearing Justin Bieber's legal team, unsurprisingly, will be contesting the lawsuit brought against him by a concertgoer who incurred severe hearing loss from one of his...

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Use Music to Mask Tinnitus and Help You Concentrate for Work

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 28, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: concentration Tinnitus work music


I've heard many complaints from individuals suffering from tinnitus relating to difficulty concentrating. While Tailor-Made Notched Sound Therapy is useful in lowering the volume of your tinnitus - and can even have an additional effect as a "masking tool" on top of that - you may have to work for, say, ten hours a day...

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Dana White Suffers From Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 22, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: dana white meniere's disease Tinnitus


Dana White, the well known president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , is another notable public figure who suffers from Tinnitus. He suffers from tinnitus secondary to Meniere's disease, and is currently booked for a surgical treatment in 2013 : Meniere's Disease affects the inner ear and causes "spontaneous...

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Famous People With Tinnitus: A Long, and Inspiring, List

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 16, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: celebrities with tinnitus famous people with tinnitus Tinnitus


Here is a link to a long list of highly accomplished individuals who suffer from Tinnitus. One of my favorites is Jean-Jacques Rousseau : From "Confessions" (1780) "...a great noise started up in my ears, a noise that was triple or rather quadruple, compounded of a low and muffled humming, a softer murmuring as though...

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What's the Most Common War Injury? Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 14, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: combat hearing damage IED Tinnitus VA veterans


A fascinating article on NBC shows the incredible prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus among U.S. armed forces personnel returning from conflicts abroad: “You’ve been to a concert – you know how your ears are ringing afterward? It’s just like that my entire life,” Brogan said. “A lot of guys get home and they...

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Tinnitus Research: Maladaptive Plasticity

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 7, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: inhibitory neurotransmission pathophysiology research Tinnitus


Recent research has summarized the following the model as one of the leading hypotheses behind the pathological basis of tinnitus: A compelling hypothesis is that tinnitus results from a maladaptive plastic net down-regulation of inhibitory amino acid neurotransmission in the central auditory pathway. This loss of...

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Another Musician Suffers from Noise-Induced Hearing Damage

Written by AudioNotch Team on November 6, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: hearing loss musician Tinnitus


History, unfortunately, has repeated itself . Popular musician Grimes has experienced hearing damage so severe that she's had to call off multiple concerts. This episode really stresses the importance of education in preventing hearing damage (and possibly tinnitus) from noise-based exposure. Canadian electro-pop star...

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Stem Cells as a Tinnitus Treatment?

Written by AudioNotch Team on October 5, 2012

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: research stem cells Tinnitus


There are many possible avenues for a total tinnitus cure (i.e. a complete cessation of all tinnitus symptoms). We've posted before on the positive results of using stem cells to restore hearing following the death of cochlear hearing cells. Most people have sensorineural tinnitus induced by hearing loss, so...

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Tinnitus Frequency Detection - Science Provides Some Tips

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus pitch matching tinnitus tuner


There's a great deal of interesting research on tinnitus pitch matching - a term synonymous with tinnitus pitch detection, or "tinnitus tuning." An important paper we'd like to bring to the attention of AudioNotch users is entitled " Comparison of manual and computer-automated procedures for tinnitus pitch-matching ."...

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Detecting Your Tinnitus Tone: Scientific Research

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 30, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus pitch matching


There are multiple methods available for detecting a user's tinnitus tone. Detecting a user's tinnitus tone can be done manually, with computer-aided guidance, or even with the aid of an audiologist in a sound booth in select audiology clinics. This particular study compared three alternative methods: The most...

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Controversy About Un-Notched White Noise in Tinnitus Treatment

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 19, 2012

Categories: TinnitusTreatment Review

Tags: cochrane review Tinnitus tinnitus masking therapy white noise


There's been a great deal of controversy about the actual utility of tinnitus maskers as a treatment for tinnitus (not as a mere coping aid, which is basically a completely subjective, non-scientific term. Our tinnitus masker is intended only for use as a coping aid). So what do you when you have conflicting evidence...

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Why Positional Changes of The Jaw and Head and Neck Can Change Your Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 18, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: research somatosensory neurons Tinnitus


There's long been a great deal of anecdotal evidence indicating that positional changes of the head and neck can dynamically and instantaneously affect one's tinnitus tone and volume. The exact pathophysiology of why this is the case has long been a mystery, but most suspected that varying sensory nerves in the head...

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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...

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The Importance of Hope

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 12, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: hope 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...

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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...

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Veterans and Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on September 6, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

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...

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The Dangers of Concerts Without Earplugs

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

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...

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New Evidence That Headphones Can Cause Hearing Loss

Written by AudioNotch Team on August 30, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

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...

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Does AudioNotch Work For Meniere's Disease?

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 20, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: meniere's disease Tinnitus


Multiple people have asked us whether or not AudioNotch will work with individuals who suffer from tinnitus that is caused by Meniere's disease. UFC president Dana White is a notable celebrity who suffers from this illness. Wikipedia states : Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and...

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Blogging User Questions: Credibility

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 15, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: credibility fda Tinnitus


A user of ours has sent the following e-mail, voicing her reasons for skepticism about the efficacy of AudioNotch. Verbatim (with her identity removed), her e-mail reads as follows: I have had tinnitus for nearly twenty years and have spent much money trying various remedies. It appears to me that money is more...

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Dance Music and Tinnitus

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012

Categories: HearingTinnitus

Tags: DJ hearing loud noise music Tinnitus


Here is a link to a great article on Dance Music and the risk of loud noise exposure causing tinnitus. Worth a read - send it to your concertgoing and clubgoing friends! A club soundystem – assuming you’ve got a halfway decent one on your hands – operates well in excess of 100dB(A) (a nearby pneumatic drill clocks in...

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AudioNotch Profiled in the McMaster Silhouette

Written by AudioNotch Team on July 10, 2012

Categories: AnnouncementTinnitus

Tags: press Tinnitus


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),...

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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...

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Does Tinnitus Go Away?

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: does tinnitus go away? remission Tinnitus


The short answer is: 1. Yes, sometimes. I did a brief literature search for "tinnitus remission," and it seems that there is a paucity of research on the question of spontaneous remission. When people pose the question "Does Tinnitus Go Away?" they are usually referring to instances where a person has developed chronic...

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Tinnitus and Insomnia

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 28, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: insomnia 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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Tinnitus Treatment Paper: Gingko Biloba

Written by AudioNotch Team on June 16, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: gingko biloba Tinnitus


Gingko Biloba. Is it a natural cure for tinnitus? A double blind, randomized controlled trial is considered the gold standard in experimental design and the best way to determine if true causation is present (i.e. whether or not a real treatment effect is seen with a given therapy, in a medical context). This type of...

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Tinnitus and Meditation

Written by AudioNotch Team on May 25, 2012

Categories: Tinnitus

Tags: Tinnitus tinnitus and meditation


I make an effort to meditate daily for a variety of health reasons. Meditation has been shown to yield structural changes in the brain that help us to deal with stress and to improve our emotional regulation. There's a movement sweeping across North America right now which is advocating mindfulness meditation, a...

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