Customised enriched acoustic environment for sound therapy of tinnitus

Tinnitus is an auditory disorder very difficult to treat. Whereas up until now there not a “cure” for tinnitus, the most extended treatment combines counselling with sound therapy. When this broadband noise in audio frequency band, protocol named tinnitus retraining Even though was proposed at beginning as stimulus therapy, many other sounds have been subsequently and used, including tones, bands, music, nature sounds. Although any sound, low enough avoid annoyance, discomfort or hearing damage, better than silence treatment, it still clear relationship of success therapy properties stimuli. The aim article propose optimal that provides precise selective stimulation whole system. stimulus, Enriched Acoustic Environment, consists sequential tones matched HL curves patients. acoustical characteristics these stimuli are analyzed their positive effects subjects reported.