Attention: TinnitusTrainer is currently not compatible with iPhone 3 running on iOS 4.3. We apologize the inconvenient.
Clients feedback (Version 1.5):
★★★★★ by Moritzimmo - Version 1.5 - 05 August 2010 super es geht jetzt bis 15000 Hz ich trainiere damit und es ist angenehm.
★★★★★ by LH582 - Version 1.5 - 26 July 2010 kann man an alle Tinnitus leidenden nur empfehlen! ich habe somit meine frequenz selbst gefunden! vielen dank für diese klasse app!
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Important: For proper use of Tinnitus Trainer, your iPhone, iPad, iPod needs to have auto-lock set to never. The app is unable to work properly in background because of some restrictions Apple made to their Framework.
How does it work?
Today, there are still not many treatments
for tinnitus that are non-invasive and without
medication. Retraining therapy and Tinnitus
Masker are often used, but unfortunately with
limited success.
The Tinnitus Trainer is breaking new ground,
based on recent insights from neuroscience.
Particular changes of activity patterns in parts
of the brain, the primary auditory cortex, leads
likely to the occurence of a chronic, tonal tinnitus
sensation. These sensation occurs without any
external stimuli. The primary auditory cortex is
the the place where signals from the inner ear
(cochlea) are received. A particular property of
this part of the brain is its so-called tonotopic
organisation. Meaning that different frequencies
are represented in different areas of the auditory
cortex. It is assumed that the tinnitus sensation
occurs with a particular kind of activity or
overactivity in these areas that are usually
associated with the tinnitus frequency.
The perceived tinnitus frequency thus corresponds
to changed activity patterns in these area of
the primary auditory cortex, that are usually
involved with processing this frequency.
Such a change can occur after hearing loss, e.g.
after demage to the inner ear. Acustic signal of
a certain frequency are not transmitted anymore
to their associated areas in the primary auditory
cortex. These areas can develop might then
develop an autonomous activity. And this activity
likely leads to the tinnitus sensation. After 12 months
of continued sensation, one speaks of chronic tinnitus.
Meaning that the brain learned these autonomous
activity patterns and they are stable enough not to
change anymore spontaneously.
This is where the Tinnitus Trainer comes into play.
By estimating the individual tinnitus frequency (the
frequency band to be more precise), one can estimate
the area in the primary auditory cortex with the
"wrong" activity. The Tinnitus Trainer generates
specific sequences of sounds around this frequency
band. These sounds constitute the training. Subsequently,
the areas in the primary auditory cortex are stimulated
or activated, that lie close to the areas with superfluous
tinnitus activity.
For more in-depth information, we recommend to read
the relevant professional literature.
Disclaimer
None of the developers or copyright
holders, nor anyone else that contributed
to this iPhone application Tinnitus
Trainer can take any responsibility for
the results or consequences of any use
of this application.
This application is not intended to
replace any official medical advice or
treatment offered by physicians and
aural specialists.