Tinnitus Retraining Therapy is a new type of auditory habituation method utilized in the treatment of tinnitus.
In the most recent studies, it has been proven to be 80 percent effective and successful.
This new technique works on the principle that a person can consciously choose to ignore any type of sound especially those he considers meaningless such as a sound of a ticking clock.
The length of treatment may vary from 12 to 24 months with effects readily felt on the 18th month.
Another component of the therapy is one-on-one counselling wherein the tinnitus sufferer is made to understand that a combination of tinnitus retraining and sound enrichment can stop the negative reaction elicited by tinnitus sound, and then progressively end their sensitivity to it.
Additionally, this method uses a source of noise most commonly in a form of digitally created white noise.
The goal of treatment for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) is for tinnitus sufferers to learn and understand that they will be able to "shout off" those ringing noise if they make an effort to do so with the use of this method.
Theoretical Basis of the Method This new method requires efforts from both ends in order to achieve successful and effective treatment for tinnitus.
The person must have full understanding of his condition and the process involved in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in order to make it work.
Moreover, if a person wishes to undergo such method he needs to understand the principle and mechanisms oh hearing from perception of stimuli to interpretation by the brain.
This technique operates in the same concept as this situation.
If person lives in a noisy environment, there will come a time when he is no longer bothered by such noise.
He would be so used to it that it won't biter him at all.
In this example, person brain no longer picks up the stimuli because he no longer finds meaning to it aside from being "background noise".
And since the brain finds it meaningless, it instantaneously ignores the noise in a process called Auditory Habituation.
Tinnitus retraining therapy acts in the same principle.
How it exactly works Patients undergoing tinnitus retraining therapy are asked to listen to a digitally generated white noise.
The level of which should be lower compared to the ringing noise brought about by tinnitus.
In this manner, the ear noise is made less noticeable.
Doing such allows auditory habituation to set in naturally.
Patients need to be participative in this therapy.
He must understand that it takes some time, approximately 18 months, for the brain to adjust to new levels of noise before results are readily noticeable.
In other words, patience is another key element to this technique.
In the most recent studies, it has been proven to be 80 percent effective and successful.
This new technique works on the principle that a person can consciously choose to ignore any type of sound especially those he considers meaningless such as a sound of a ticking clock.
The length of treatment may vary from 12 to 24 months with effects readily felt on the 18th month.
Another component of the therapy is one-on-one counselling wherein the tinnitus sufferer is made to understand that a combination of tinnitus retraining and sound enrichment can stop the negative reaction elicited by tinnitus sound, and then progressively end their sensitivity to it.
Additionally, this method uses a source of noise most commonly in a form of digitally created white noise.
The goal of treatment for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) is for tinnitus sufferers to learn and understand that they will be able to "shout off" those ringing noise if they make an effort to do so with the use of this method.
Theoretical Basis of the Method This new method requires efforts from both ends in order to achieve successful and effective treatment for tinnitus.
The person must have full understanding of his condition and the process involved in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in order to make it work.
Moreover, if a person wishes to undergo such method he needs to understand the principle and mechanisms oh hearing from perception of stimuli to interpretation by the brain.
This technique operates in the same concept as this situation.
If person lives in a noisy environment, there will come a time when he is no longer bothered by such noise.
He would be so used to it that it won't biter him at all.
In this example, person brain no longer picks up the stimuli because he no longer finds meaning to it aside from being "background noise".
And since the brain finds it meaningless, it instantaneously ignores the noise in a process called Auditory Habituation.
Tinnitus retraining therapy acts in the same principle.
How it exactly works Patients undergoing tinnitus retraining therapy are asked to listen to a digitally generated white noise.
The level of which should be lower compared to the ringing noise brought about by tinnitus.
In this manner, the ear noise is made less noticeable.
Doing such allows auditory habituation to set in naturally.
Patients need to be participative in this therapy.
He must understand that it takes some time, approximately 18 months, for the brain to adjust to new levels of noise before results are readily noticeable.
In other words, patience is another key element to this technique.