CliniCal validation of Multiflex tinnitus teChnology

Sound therapy, or use of any sound for the purpose of tinnitus management, is widely accepted as a management tool for reduction of tinnitus complaints. The rationale for the use of sound is minimizing the patient’s perception of tinnitus by effectively reducing the perception of tinnitus relative to environmental sounds (Del Bo & Ambrosetti, 2007; Folmer & Carroll, 2006). Despite this common rationale, approaches to sound therapy have varying goals, as described by Tyler (2006), including “reducing the attention drawn to the tinnitus, reducing the loudness of the tinnitus, substituting a less disruptive noise (background sound) for an unpleasant one (tinnitus), and giving the patient some control.”