| Sound Masking Tinnitus | | | | order to produce high frequencies (10-20KHZ). Most |
| While there is no medical cure for tinnitus (ringing in | | | | tinnitus sufferers noise frequencies falls into this range. |
| your ears), doctors do recommend treatments such | | | | There are some devices that can even produce |
| as tinnitus masking that is a way of covering up your | | | | higher frequencies above 20KHZ. Take this into |
| tinnitus noise in a different greater number of pleasing | | | | consideration when shopping for these hearing aid |
| sound. The most prevalent system is to use "white" | | | | devices.Sound Masking Tinnitus |
| noise which contains all the sound frequencies. Sound | | | | 3. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) is a method |
| Masking Tinnitus | | | | where sound (white or pink noise) and therapy |
| Other types of masking noises are "pink" noise (higher | | | | (counseling) is used to "retrain" the brain to "block" out |
| frequencies are removed), and "brown" noise (focus is | | | | the noise. Since the noise is being "interpreted" by the |
| other on the lower frequencies). Tinnitus masking is | | | | brain, the thinking behind this that the brain can be |
| one form of tinnitus treatment and may not work for | | | | "trained" to ignore this tinnitus sound. This tinnitus |
| everyone especially for those whose tinnitus noise that | | | | treatment last between 1-2 years. The sound is |
| are in the higher frequencies which the masking device | | | | generated via a hearing aid that you need to wear on |
| may not be able to reproduce. | | | | a daily basis even while you are sleeping. In order for |
| 1. The "home made" method is one that you can try | | | | this to be effective, the level of the sound from the |
| right away to determine if the masking method works | | | | hearing aid needs to be adjusted so that it is just |
| for you. This method is the cheapest and uses things | | | | below the actual tinnitus noise. |
| that are available around you. For example, some | | | | 4. Neuromonics is the latest "buzz" in tinnitus masking |
| people find that the noise of running water can mask | | | | (even though the makers do not refer to their device |
| out the noise. Other techniques include the sound of a | | | | as a "masking device"). The method used here is that |
| whirling fan, the static noise from an untuned FM radio | | | | relaxing music is integrated with neutral sound and the |
| station, humming noise from an air conditioner and so | | | | tinnitus sufferer wears a special high-quality headset. |
| on. The disadvantage to this method is that you do not | | | | Like TRT above, counseling is required as part of the |
| have much mobility if you need to be outside. | | | | tinnitus treatment. Similar to TRT, the goal is to retrain |
| However, it can bring temporary relief. | | | | the brain to "filter" out the tinnitus noise. Sound Masking |
| 2. The "mobility" method for tinnitus masking comes in | | | | Tinnitus |
| the form of hearing aids which contain a white noise | | | | The length for this type of treatment is from 6 months |
| generator in addition to noise amplification for those | | | | to 1 year. Suffering from Tinnitus and Ringing in Ear? |
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| effective, their small speakers must be of high quality in | | | | Masking Tinnitus now. |