How Does Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Work?
There are many different theories when it comes to treatment for Tinnitus. Including vitamins and supplements, Sound Therapy, hypnosis and self help techniques in addition to other masking options to cover up your Tinnitus. Unfortunately, some individuals believe that Tinnitus in fact, cannot be cured at all but that you have to constantly treat it indefinitely. From the research I have done, it seems that everyone is a little different and that yes, some have to continue to work at keeping their Tinnitus at bay, while others side effects go away completely. Unfortunately, there isn’t a set reason why one solution works for a person compared to another. In this section, I will elaborate on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, how it works and why many people seem to be choosing it over all the other options.
To describe it in the simplest form, sound therapy is a method used to retrain your brain to different sounds and ignore the constant one’s it is hearing. The idea is to “stretch” your current ability of hearing to broaden your range of registering sound and tuning out others that are less appealing. What you do is listen to a series of predetermined sounds in earphones or on a high quality stereo. Many types of sounds are used including clicks and beeps to more appealing nature sounds. The key in the sounds is the frequencies that they are delivered in, ranging from very high to low. These sounds can be created custom for your own scenario or you can get generic sound therapy treatment Cd’s and experiment on which one gives you the most relief.
Depending on the person, relief can be found in as quick as a couple of weeks, to several months. Regardless of how long it takes, you should continue to listen to the sounds every day or night to keep the Tinnitus at bay. A good time to do the sound therapy is when you are in bed. This way you aren’t distracted in other activities and your brain can really register what it is hearing. Additionally, there has also been research in the idea of your brain learning subconsciously while you are sleeping. This has been proved with things such as learning another language, or studying for a test. Why wouldn’t it work for sound therapy?
Like I stated earlier, sound therapy as the cure for Tinnitus can be quite successful for a lot of people, however, it isn’t guaranteed. Tinnitus is so subjective in each person that it could require a completely different treatment. At any rate, do not give up on treatment all together if sound therapy doesn’t work for you. Simply move on the the next best option and eventually you will find what works for you.