A tinnitus masker is a product which is used to provide tinnitus relief. A tinnitus masker emits a white noise sound in order to mask or cover the sound of tinnitus. White noise, sounds like air being released from a compressed container.

A tinnitus masker is a product which is used to provide tinnitus relief. A tinnitus masker emits a white noise sound in order to mask or cover the sound of tinnitus. White noise, sounds like air being released from a compressed container. We call this tinnitus masking.

Tinnitus masking describes the process of covering the sound of tinnitus with a more pleasant synthetic sound. Complete tinnitus masking describes completely covering the sound of tinnitus and partial tinnitus masking means only partially covering tinnitus so that you can still hear tinnitus. Partial tinnitus masking is sometimes used as part of tinnitus retraining therapy and complete tinnitus masking may form part of a tinnitus sound therapy solution.

Tinnitus masking is used for relaxation purposes as well as tinnitus retraining therapy. Tinnitus retraining therapy might utilise tinnitus masking to help change a negatively perceived tinnitus stimulus into a more neutral sound. The goal for tinnitus retraining therapy is tinnitus habituation. If you are unable to achieve this through relaxation and other therapeutic methods using a white noise masker is the most effective, safe and constructive way to provide tinnitus relief.

There are number of different types of tinnitus masker these include behind the ear and in the ear canal tinnitus masker.

We sell behind the ear tinnitus maskers. They are the most comfortable option and do not block the ear canal. Vented ear canal tinnitus maskers can lower the background ambient noise level making tinnitus appear louder.

The downside of behind the ear tinnitus maskers is that they are less discreet.

White noise is sound which consists of all of the sound frequencies which are audible to the human ear. It is called white noise because a comparison is made to white light which contains all of the colours of the light spectrum. White noise is made up of 20,000 different tones between 20 and 20,000 Hz. Although white noise consists of all of the different sound frequencies when we hear our brains amplifies or prioritises higher pitched frequencies making them sound louder than lower pitched frequencies. This is why we hear white noise at a higher pitch than what the actual sound is. It might be compared to hearing a group of people talking in a room. It is difficult to pick out individual voices so we hear the noise as a blurred noise.

White Noise Benefits

• Complete tinnitus masking
• Partial tinnitus masking for habituation
• Helps you to relax
• Helps you to sleep
• Calms crying babies
• Helps you to concentrate
• Increases productivity