Step 1: Find Your Tinnitus Tone
(click to expand)
If you are using an iPhone make sure that your ringer switch is on (switch on the side). Before you treat your tinnitus, you must identify the frequency of your tinnitus tone.
If your tinnitus frequency changes during the course of treatment, you can return here to detect it again.
- In a quiet place, connect your headphones to your device. Place them over your ears.
- Set the volume to a low level before you begin.
- Click on the Play button to listen to the program’s computer-generated tone.
- In the Wave Type drop down menu, select the tone that most closely matches the quality of your tinnitus tone.
- Move the slider back and forth until the frequency of the tone matches your tinnitus tone.
- Once you have matched the computer-generated tone with your tinnitus tone, click Create Therapy.
NOTE: You can set the volume using the audio level control of your computer and/or you can use the volume slider in the app.
NOTE: If you have already determined your frequency in an audiology clinic, enter it into the frequency box.
Having trouble? Check out our Tuning Guide, video walkthrough, or our extra tips below.
Video Walkthrough
If you're having trouble with hearing the tone, try using the Google Chrome internet browser.
Click Play
In order to listen to the computer-generated tinnitus tone, click the PLAY button. Before you do this, watch the volume! Listening to any sound if it's too loud can harm your hearing. Make sure you listen with a pair of good headphones that block out external noise.
Try to match the overall quality of your tinnitus tone to one of our options.
Match the quality of your tinnitus tone
Tinnitus tones come in various different categories. Some sound like a high-pitched "eeeeee" (like the "pure tone" example) and others sound like a hiss (like the "BB noise" example). To listen to different types of of tinnitus tones, select the drop down menu next to "Wave Type" - you can click or tap the text
You don't need to perfectly match your tinnitus tone.
Match the frequency of your tinnitus tone
Try to match the computer-generated tinnitus tone that AudioNotch is producing with your own tinnitus tone. Matches do not have to be perfect - an approximate match suffices because of the margin for error.
You can manually adjust the slider with a mouse, the arrow keys, or entering a number in the white box and hitting the play button.
If you have "pure tone" tinnitus, as long as you match your tinnitus frequency within the notch, you'll be okay.
How close do I have to be?
You do not need to have a perfect match. Assuming you have "pure tone" tinnitus (which sounds like a pure sine wave, or a clean whistling or humming sound), then as long as your "match" falls within the "notch" you'll be okay.
The notch width is two equivalent rectangular bandwidths (ERB). The ERB is dependent on frequency, so if your tinnitus frequency is 10,000 Hz (10 kHz), the ERB is about 1000 Hz, which means you'd have to get within a 1000Hz of your true tinnitus frequency.*
* (ERB = 107.94*f +24.7 = 107.94*10 + 24.7 = 1104 Hz).
Try to match the overall quality of your tinnitus tone to one of our options.
Wait a minute, what is octave confusion?
Once you have found your frequency, due to a phenomenon known as "octave confusion" it's possible that you have not actually found the correct frequency and instead mixed it up.
Find your tinnitus frequency F, which you believe to be your tinnitus tone.
- Then, compare F to 1/2F
- Finally, compare F to 2F
Pick the closest match among options 1-3, and you'll have checked to make sure you didn't experience "octave confusion," which could accidentally lead to an incorrect frequency match.
Only one Notch can be created at a time.
What if I have multiple tinnitus tones?
La thérapie par encoche n'a été conçue que pour traiter un seul acouphène à la fois. Ainsi, nous ne pouvons pas affirmer que plusieurs acouphènes sont traitables sur la base des preuves dont nous disposons. Si vous le souhaitez, il est possible de créer une piste avec plusieurs encoches, mais il y a des réserves supplémentaires.
Supposons que vous ayez deux acouphènes t1 et t2 à deux fréquences différentes, f1 et f2. Pour créer un fichier Notched Sound Therapy avec plusieurs encoches :
- Appliquez une encoche au bruit blanc à la première fréquence, f1.
- Téléchargez le fichier au format MP3 du « bruit blanc — encoche à f1 ».
- Téléversez le fichier de l'étape (2) en tant que « chanson ».
- Appliquez une encoche à la chanson à f2 pour créer une seconde encoche à f2.
- Le fichier est maintenant encoché à f1 et f2.
- Répétez si nécessaire pour des fréquences d'acouphènes supplémentaires f3, f4, etc...
Tinnitus frequencies seem to approximate a normal distribution within the range of human hearing.
What are the most common tinnitus frequencies?
We compiled a graph of user tinnitus frequencies and how commonly each tinnitus frequency was. Read more here.
Qu'est-ce que la thérapie sonore filtrée ?
For most people, tinnitus is a sound mistakenly created by their brain. This usually happens because the brain attempts to adjust for hearing loss.
« L'encochage » du son réduit le volume à une fréquence particulière. Notched Sound Therapy est un audio qui est « encoché » à votre fréquence d'acouphène.
Les sons avec encoche aident à inverser l'erreur d'ajustement de votre cerveau. En conséquence, Notched Sound Therapy peut réduire le volume de vos acouphènes.
For a full explanation of the science, click here.
Comment fonctionne AudioNotch ?
Étape 1: Réglages
Use our tuner to match the frequency of your tinnitus tone.
The tuner is free to use on both our website and our app.
Étape 2: Création
Créez une « Notched Sound Therapy » en utilisant nos sons prédéfinis ou votre propre musique.
AudioNotch « encoche » cet audio pour vous.
Étape 3: Ecoutez
Écoutez votre « Notched Sound Therapy » quotidiennement.
Sur des semaines à des mois, le volume de vos acouphènes devrait diminuer.
Vous pouvez écouter votre thérapie où vous voulez.