Tinnitus Sound Therapy
Tinnitus is experienced as ear ringing, ears buzzing or in one ear or both. It can manifest as one noise or several and can change in character and volume depending on what you are doing regarding stresss levels and posture. Utilising sound as a way to destress and mask symptoms can provide a temporary, medium or long term solution for tinnitus symptoms. Distracting attention away from tinnitus by way of music you love or a more neutral sound like white noise can be beneficial for relaxation.
Tinnitus sound therapy covers a wide variety of different ways sound can be used to mask tinnitus. Tinnitus sound therapy can be used to mask tinnitus for relaxation purposes or as part of tinnitus retraining therapy. Tinnitus sound therapy as part of tinnitus retraining therapy uses a focused approach to masking tinnitus to change a negative response to tinnitus into a neutral one.
Tinnitus sound therapy has its place in tinnitus management and can provide a much needed rest-bite from tinnitus symptoms. Complete tinnitus masking might provide tinnitus relief and partial masking might form mart of tinnitus retraining therapy. The goal for tinnitus retraining therapy is tinnitus habituation.
Tinnitus Masking FAQ's
What is complete tinnitus masking?
Complete Ttnnitus masking describes the process of using a strategic approach to completely cover over the sound of tinnitus with a more pleasant sound. Complete tinnitus masking includes using music, nature sounds, white noise download, white noise machine or tinnitus hearing aid masker.
Tinnitus relief products can be used at any time but are often itilised at night to get some much needed zzzz's when tinnitus might seem worse. Masking can be used at any time and form part of a relaxation or wind down routine.
What Is Partial Tinnitus Masking?
Partial tinnitus masking is masking tinnitus so that you can still hear tinnitus at the same time as hearing tinnitus. Partial tinnitus masking is used as part of tinnitus retraining therapy.
How Does Tinnitus Masking Help With Tinnitus Retraining Therapy?
Tinnitus retraining therapy involves changing a person's negative reaction to tinnitus. Partial tinnitus masking enables you to hear tinnitus as well as a more pleasant sound. This helps to change a negative reaction to tinnitus into a more neutral response. This helps with tinnitus habituation. Tinnitus habituation describes having tinnitus but not being aware of it most of the time. When you do become aware of it you no longer have a negative reaction to it.
Note From Matthew - Tinnitus Therapist
Tinnitus sound therapy can form part of a more comprehensive tinnitus management strategy. Complete tinnitus masking can help to promote relaxation specifically in the early onset of tinnitus. Partial tinnitus masking can form part of a tinnitus retraining therapy approach.
Utilising masking as part of a tinnitus retraining therapy strategy should be supported with professional help. This could be a medical practitioner or therapeutic approach or ideally both.
Tinnitus Sound Therapy Products
White Noise Machines
A tinnitus white noise machine is ideal if you have difficulty sleeping with tinnitus. You can listen to nature sounds or white noise in bed through headphones or through speakers. Most of our products come with an alarm clock and some have a radio also. Many of our products also have a timer option so that you can time your bedside machine to turn off after you have gone to sleep. View White Noise Machines.
MP3 Downloads
An MP3 download is a great way to listen to your chosen sounds when you are on the go. You can download them from us and the listen to them on your MP3 player, iPod or mobile device. We have a choice of white noise downloads, nature sounds and relaxing music. View Tinnitus Relief Downloads.
Tinnitus Maskers
A white noise masker can be worn at home and on the move. It can form part of your tinnitus retraining therapy or be used as a complete masker. Please see below. We have a number of different tinnitus masker options. These include behind the ear maskers, ear canal tinnitus maskers and outer ear tinnitus maskers. We have provided you with a buying guide. View Tinnitus Maskers.
Tinnitus Masking Benefits
Relaxation
Tinnitus sound therapy can provide a way to escape an intrusive tinnitus sound promoting relaxation and reducing stress.
Tinnitus habituation
Tinnitus sound therapy in the form of partial tinnitus masking can form part of a tinnitus retraining approach to help with tinnitus habituation.
Tinnitus trigger
Neutralising a fight or flight response to a tinnitus trigger is important in changing our relationship with problematic tinnitus.
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