Tinnitus Therapy
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About this app
Tinnitus is a
rather chronic condition/disorder which is difficult to treat.
As many tinnitus treatments combine counseling with sound
therapy, we have designed an app named "Tinnitus Therapy" to
help with the latter part of a possible healing process. The
custom sound stimuli generated by our app can help decrease the
volume of your tinnitus over weeks. There are four main
sections: the first one helps users detect their tinnitus
frequency, the next two consist of several tone generators whose
volume and frequency can be tuned to match the patient's
specific data, while the latest one offers a few special songs
and sounds to help you with the healing process. Moreover, a
special web page titled Relief Music
lets you select from over 30 relaxation and meditation songs;
just select the player whose frequency range includes your
tinnitus: 1-2kHz, 2-4kHz and 4-8kHz.
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How
to find out your tinnitus frequency
To find out the exact frequency of your pure-tone tinnitus,
simply follow these easy steps:
- connect and wear your headphones properly (check the
R and L labels)
- move to a quiet area, stop any other sound or music
apps
- set a sufficient phone's media volume, a medium level
may be enough for now
- set the Stereo option from Settings if you hear your
tinnitus differently on the left and right ear
- tap the big Play button (the bottom region of the
screen) to start the tone generator
- gently swipe up and down the volume controls of the
generator to match the respective volume of your tinnitus
- gently swipe up and down the frequency controls of
the generator to match the respective frequency of your tinnitus
- tap the big Stop button when you finish all the
adjustments
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re-detect your tinnitus frequency from time to time, as it might change over
time
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How
to use the four tone generators
There are four signal generators that can help you get relief
from tinnitus by emitting a random succession of lower and higher tones.
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if the Automatic option is set, their frequency is automatically computed as of
two lower and respective higher musical notes around the previously determined
frequency of your tinnitus
- if the
Manual option is set, the frequencies of the four generators can be adjusted by
swiping up and down their respective controls.
- tap the big Play button (the bottom region of the
screen) to start the four tone generators
- tap the big Stop button
to stop the "melody" or Reset button to re-initialize the timer
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start with 1 or 2 minutes long sessions and slowly increase the therapy duration
over time, up to one hour per day
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How
to use the noise generators
There are two additional generators that are emitting
filtered white and pink noises. The frequency of your tinnitus is removed from
these wide-spectrum signals of audible frequencies.
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if the Automatic option is set, your tinnitus frequency is automatically removed
from the white and pink noises; however, the volume controls of the generators are
still available
- if the
Manual option is set, the rejected frequencies can now be adjusted by
swiping up and down their respective controls.
- tap the big Play button (the bottom region of the
screen) to start the noise generators
- tap the big Stop button
to stop the noise generators or the Reset button to re-initialize the timer
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start with 1 or 2 minutes long sessions and slowly increase the therapy duration
over time, up to one hour per day
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Global features
-- intuitive, easy to use interface
-- large fonts and simple controls
-- small, no intrusive ads
-- no permissions required
-- this app keeps the phone's screen ON
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