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TinnitusPlay — Mix, Modulate & Notch Sounds Tailored to Your Tinnitus

#61
Sookat said:
For those of you waiting for an Android version, you could open a web based Javascript neuromodulator in your phone's web browser and leave it running in the background. There's also an app called 'Tonal Tinnitus Therapy' on the Play Store I've been testing. It is paid after 7 days but if you clear the app data you can reset the trial.
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Does this work the same way as the TinnitusPlay app?
 
#62
MAnSV said:
Just read about this app in @Hazel's recent update. I'm going to try it! I have reactive tinnitus and had lots of trouble with masking. It was so frustrating as everyone talks about masking, but my tinnitus always wins...

The best app for me, so far, which this app may be able to borrow some ideas from, is "Tinnitus HQ-ear ringing relief."

The matching interface was intuitive for me as I could easily drag the bar and widen or narrow the frequency band easily. So, I had some luck notching.

There's a lot of sounds you can mix together. I found a bit of bubbling lava, combined with a tiny bit of ocean waves, and a more twilight resonance, all dialed in at different levels, calms me the most, and doesn't react much.

It doesn't totally mask, but it's the best I've found so far, after what must be ten apps, including paid subscription services that made mine worse.
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Can you get TinnitusPlay on iPhone (iOS I mean)?
EDDTEKK said:
For Neuromodulation, you should be able to adjust the hearing profile so that all tones have the same level of loudness. This was important as far I remember.

Could it be possible to enter someone's hearing profile and then adjust accordingly the 4 tones?
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Did you find out how this can be done in TinnitusPlay?
 
#63
I just ordered my very first laptop and it happens to be a MacBook Pro 14 inch with the M1 processor. Apparently the TinnitusPlay app will work on my laptop. Another few days until delivery and then I will test it out... fingers crossed.
 
#64
Garye said:
I just ordered my very first laptop and it happens to be a MacBook Pro 14 inch with the M1 processor. Apparently the TinnitusPlay app will work on my laptop. Another few days until delivery and then I will test it out... fingers crossed.
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Yes, that's a pretty nice feature of all "Apple Silicon" Macs – they can run iOS/iPadOS apps.

Good luck with the app! Hope it helps.
 
#65
I just tried tried this app for the first time today. I used the neuromodulation setting for 15 minutes. So far, 10 minutes after finishing, my tinnitus is about a 3/10. This is a welcomed drop from the usual 6/10 or worse.

Thank you to whomever made this possible!
 
#67
Has anyone used TinnitusPlay with Apple AirPods? I only experience tinnitus in my left ear. Can I wear only my left AirPod?

Thank you.
 
#69
My tinnitus is highly sensitive to being isolated from my direct surroundings, so putting headphones will definitely worsen it. Does it make sense to try TinnitusPlay with bone conduction headphones (Shokz OpenComm) or even speakers?
 
#70
Hello everyone! This is my first post on the forum and I'm hopeful that people will be able to help me with a question I've had ever since I started seeking "treatment" through sound masking. I have high frequency tinnitus and it's either in both ears or in my head (I'm not 100% sure even after all of these years).

Recently I've seen people have good success with the app TinnitusPlay. Within the app you can "Match and Test" to presumably recreate the frequency that you hear your specific "ringing". While it seems easy enough to replicate what I hear in my head (24/7), is this what I'm supposed to be doing to create a sound that will help distract? When I've created a frequency in the app that's close to my tinnitus, and use it within their sounds, I feel like I'm then hearing my internal tinnitus, in addition to the frequency now coming from the app, which is worse.

How do all of you match your tinnitus? Are we supposed to match to a frequency that we can hear or can't hear? Higher, lower? I'm really not sure exactly what I'm shooting for and because of that I've not had any luck using apps and maskers such as this.

I hope I've asked this in a way that makes sense--I've have tinnitus for decades, but am just getting to a point that I need some relief.

Thanks! :)
 
#71
Mrmichaelb said:
Hello everyone! This is my first post on the forum and I'm hopeful that people will be able to help me with a question I've had ever since I started seeking "treatment" through sound masking. I have high frequency tinnitus and it's either in both ears or in my head (I'm not 100% sure even after all of these years).

Recently I've seen people have good success with the app TinnitusPlay. Within the app you can "Match and Test" to presumably recreate the frequency that you hear your specific "ringing". While it seems easy enough to replicate what I hear in my head (24/7), is this what I'm supposed to be doing to create a sound that will help distract? When I've created a frequency in the app that's close to my tinnitus, and use it within their sounds, I feel like I'm then hearing my internal tinnitus, in addition to the frequency now coming from the app, which is worse.

How do all of you match your tinnitus? Are we supposed to match to a frequency that we can hear or can't hear? Higher, lower? I'm really not sure exactly what I'm shooting for and because of that I've not had any luck using apps and maskers such as this.

I hope I've asked this in a way that makes sense--I've have tinnitus for decades, but am just getting to a point that I need some relief.

Thanks! :)
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I hope you get the answers you seek. For me, unfortunately, my tinnitus frequency is beyond my upper hearing limit due to hearing loss and it won't work for me. I really miss hearing birds sing.
 
#72
I just wanted to share that the Neuromodulation on the TinnitusPlay app that's based on the ACRN protocol truly allows me to get some relief with my most intrusive tone/sound when playing the beeps.

I had SSHL in my right ear from an ear infection that fell in the 12.5-15 kHz range. My left ear still hears these frequencies very well, so the brain was not happy with the sudden loss from the right, therefore I have an ultra high frequency reactive electric hiss/tone that keeps me stuck in my fight/flight, depression, and debilitation. I have said so many times if I could tame this sound and/or its reactivity, I would consider myself cured enough to get back to normal life and just be annoyed with my other 2-3 mid range tones.

This high electric hiss doesn't stay one frequency all the time, I feel like it slides from 12 kHz - 15 kHz. But, setting the frequency to anything between 11.5 kHz to 14.5 kHz gives me some type of residual inhibition when listening to the beep tones. It's like I'm giving my brain some of those lost frequencies (through my left ear) and therefore it notably turns down the intrusiveness and volume level. When I stop the beeps, the hiss/tone comes back within 10 seconds and is its awful self. This makes me really wish that a hearing aid existed that reaches up to 14-15 kHz for my right ear, but unfortunately it does not. So, I will just be super thankful that I have access to this sound therapy and pray every day that Dr. Shore's device can successfully intervene with this tone.
 
#74
I'm not new to tinnitus, but I'm pretty new at all the terminology and research. I've never really addressed my tinnitus until very recently. So I definitely was confused by the app, as embarrassing as it is to say!

It seems like a useful tool, just that I was in the dark as to how to use it! (The hearing test thankfully was pretty self-explanatory, so at least I'm not quite that thick!)

So, when you get a chance, please point me in the right direction as far as what all the jargon means, esp. in terms of the app.

Great work, though, everybody!
 
#76
jeremy3s said:
I just tried tried this app for the first time today. I used the neuromodulation setting for 15 minutes. So far, 10 minutes after finishing, my tinnitus is about a 3/10. This is a welcomed drop from the usual 6/10 or worse.

Thank you to whomever made this possible!
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So, you're supposed to play Neuromodulation signals that are in range with your own tinnitus? I've been doing that, not seeing any relief at all. Sometimes I couple it with stimulation to my neck, face and even tongue, to almost simulate my own "bimodal" stimulation. It feels good, but doesn't do anything. I can keep trying I guess.
 
#78
Has anyone actually used Notched Therapy to reduce tinnitus (as opposed to using TinnitusPlay only in a non-targeted way as a tool to mask tinnitus)?

There is this study on Notched Therapy due to complete in 2026:

Notched Noise Therapy for Suppression of Tinnitus

I am big believer in neuroplasticity and Notched Therapy falls there. The challenge of neuroplasticity (without the electric stimulation such as Lenire and Dr. Shore) is that it takes usually a long time and so few people would be interested in consistently trying it.
 
#79
Dizzyhead888 said:
Has anyone actually used Notched Therapy to reduce tinnitus (as opposed to using TinnitusPlay only in a non-targeted way as a tool to mask tinnitus)?

There is this study on Notched Therapy due to complete in 2026:

Notched Noise Therapy for Suppression of Tinnitus

I am big believer in neuroplasticity and Notched Therapy falls there. The challenge of neuroplasticity (without the electric stimulation such as Lenire and Dr. Shore) is that it takes usually a long time and so few people would be interested in consistently trying it.
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I've tried it, but it didn't do much for me. I got the frequency mostly matched, but it was only about 20% effective.
 
#80
Dizzyhead888 said:
Has anyone actually used Notched Therapy to reduce tinnitus (as opposed to using TinnitusPlay only in a non-targeted way as a tool to mask tinnitus)?

There is this study on Notched Therapy due to complete in 2026:

Notched Noise Therapy for Suppression of Tinnitus

I am big believer in neuroplasticity and Notched Therapy falls there. The challenge of neuroplasticity (without the electric stimulation such as Lenire and Dr. Shore) is that it takes usually a long time and so few people would be interested in consistently trying it.
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I'm currently giving the Notched Therapy option a try as I'm writing this. I'm planning to stick to a routine but I don't really know how long and frequent the sessions must be. I don't want to poke the wrong bear when it comes to throwing more noise into my ears.
 
#81
El BUZZ said:
I'm currently giving the Notched Therapy option a try as I'm writing this. I'm planning to stick to a routine but I don't really know how long and frequent the sessions must be. I don't want to poke the wrong bear when it comes to throwing more noise into my ears.
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So, the idea behind Notch Therapy is to listen to sounds that are at the edge of your hearing loss and tinnitus frequency? That's how I understand it. Since it doesn't match the exact frequency, it can't be considered direct residual inhibition, right?

I also assume you need to use headphones, which I'm not too keen on because of my hyperacusis.
 
#82
Nick47 said:
So, the idea behind Notch Therapy is to listen to sounds that are at the edge of your hearing loss and tinnitus frequency? That's how I understand it. Since it doesn't match the exact frequency, it can't be considered direct residual inhibition, right?

I also assume you need to use headphones, which I'm not too keen on because of my hyperacusis.
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That was a long year ago. I was experimenting with different sounds and frequencies from some apps I found at the time. My tinnitus changes a lot, and although it's always audible, there are periods when it's easier to ignore. This inconsistency makes it hard for me to stick to a routine, especially when there's no guarantee of any benefit.
 

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