New Sound Therapy? Enriched Acoustic Environment (A Sequence of Gammatones)

[RODRIGO]

Good afternoon,

A study published by the Spanish State Investigations Center focuses on acoustic stimulation using an enriched median filter with gammatone balance. The idea is to fill the entire range of hearing loss in proportion to the degree of loss, and to do so randomly, in order to help reorganize the aberrant tonotopic map in people with tinnitus.

This gammatone filter appears to be more effective in stimulating the cells of the cochlea. I am not an expert, so I would really appreciate your opinions on this technique, especially in terms of residual inhibition and acoustic stimulation.

Here is the link:

http://loquens.revistas.csic.es/index.php/loquens/article/viewArticle/29/84

Thank you!

 

[Frédéric]

The link provided by @RODRIGO does not work anymore, but here is a related publication.

 

[JRC1]

I think this study is saying that participants with catastrophic tinnitus experienced reductions of over fifty points in their scores. Is that correct?

Also, is listening to white noise any different from listening to a fan?

 

[Kam75]

This study demonstrated that sound therapies, including EAERR, EAEGT, and WN, effectively reduce tinnitus distress and enhance emotional well-being.

Salut Frédéric, thanks for sharing.

It seems to be another therapy that only reduces tinnitus distress, rather than the actual volume of the tinnitus.