Comments on: Treating tinnitus with an individually tailored piece of music

By: gregoire

gregoire — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:16:46 +0000

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En tout cas merci pour cette article, et bonne continuation pour le blog.
Cordialement. Nicolas.

By: AlanK

AlanK — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:59:59 +0000

You have broaden my knowledge regarding tinnitus. It explained
well and elaborate the causes and effect. Hope to
read more about these symptom. thanks

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:28:13 +0000

I’m a practicing psychologist who happens to suffer from tinnitus. I’ve spent a lot of time dealing with my own tinnitus, and helping other people deal with theirs. I am guardedly optimistic at the prospect of a treatment that can reduce the ringing. If this really does reduce it, then that would be terrific. At the same, I think that a large part of tinnitus-related impairment is related to the anxiety and anger that result from attempts to AVOID the ringing in our ears. Personally, I have found that applying cognitive-behavioral principles and practicing mindfulness meditation have been incredibly helpful to me. I still hear the noise all the time, but I am much less frequently annoyed or anxious about it than I used to be. So, until this technology is widely available, it might be helpful for folks to try CBT and mindfulness approaches.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:54:46 +0000

Really nice advance I want to try, i think all of us want it. Do anybody knows how to try the treatment? How to find the exact frecuency of the tinnitus? and how to remove the frecuency from the song? I have tried with some software but i feel i am wasting time, somebody can help?

By: Dorene Schiro

Dorene Schiro — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:03:20 +0000

I would love to try this technique. Do you have any suggestions for how to digitally remove frequencies from a piece of music?
Dorene

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:30:22 +0000

This is really interesting. I have pretty constant but low-volume tinnitus (it’s only really noticible if it’s quiet, but I can hear it most of the time) that has a range of frequencies (all of them quite high). If this proves to be a viable treatment, I hope it is as inexpensive as it seems like it ought to be. A whole cd of frequency-deleted tracks would be even better, just from a listener’s point of view–you could choose a new one daily, so there’d be perhaps 2 weeks’ worth of songs rather than just 1 (listening to a song 26 times a year instead of 365 sounds excellent).

By: mdreyer

mdreyer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:02:32 +0000

I wonder if wearing a hearing aid type device that would filter out the surrounding octaves for a prescribed time each day would help– so that the targeted frequencies would be eliminated from whatever sound was going on. Except singing in the shower!

By: Tony P

Tony P — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0000

I’ve got some damage in the left ear which gives me a little bit of tinnitus. It’s not bad and I can pretty much ignore it now.
At some point I need to do something about it though. Either a CI or the new laser treatment to fix the screwed up conduction mechanism in that ear would be good.

By: Korny

Korny — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:49:45 +0000

Also, it’s not entirely accurate that tinnitus occurs in the absence of external noise. It is certainly less irritating, and less noticable when there is external noise. However, depending on the type and volume of external noise, I can usually hear my tinnitus anyway. If I actively listen for the noise, I can usually pick up on it.
It is actively exacerbated by certain kinds of noise as well. I especially avoid external noise of frequencies near what I hear in my head, as that often encourages or triggers an attack. I have more than one cowered in corners with hands over my ears humming frantically as the neighbour mowed the lawn.
I can also not bear to be in a house with a tv on standby. It makes a noise that I can hear through three walls and it’s completely unbearable.

By: Korny

Korny — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:40:56 +0000

I’m one of the 1-3% who suffer from tinnitus enough to affect my quality of life. It’s really really unfun. But as it happens, I’ve actually been using a treatment very like this for years. I have a very high frequency noise, and when I get an attack, I play music with lots of (relatively) low frequency stuff. Or even any music at all.
My friend has five different noises; I wonder how this treatment would work with her?