A hearing aid-like device that produces white noise the purpose of which is to cover up the internal tinnitus sounds.
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT)
An effective treatment for tinnitus where the person with tinnitus undergoes a two-part treatment which includes wearing a white-noise generator set to a bit below the level of their tinnitus, and directive counseling where the person learns about tinnitus and how to break their emotional attachment to it.
Tonotopic Organization
The inner ear and the auditory area of the brain and central nervous system are arranged in pitch order, from low to high. Sounds of different pitches are processed by different hair cells in the cochlea, nerve fibers or brain synapses. The cochlear implant, therefore, is designed to present pitch information to the areas of […]
Total Communication
An approach to communicating with severely and profoundly hard of hearing people that includes simultaneous use of signing and speech (simultaneous communication or sim-com), sometimes supplemented with written information.
Transient Spontaneous Tinnitus (TST)
A short, usually high-pitched tinnitus lasting for a few seconds. Almost everyone hears this kind of tinnitus occasionally.
Transient Tonal Tinnitus
Otherwise knows as Sudden Brief Unilateral Tapering Tinnitus (SBUTT) or just Transient Ear Noise, TTT is typically a daytime phenomenon where you suddenly hear a tone or piercing whistle in just one ear that quickly becomes extremely loud. It arises out of the bule, reaches a crescendo in around a second or so and then […]