Tone Therapy Application
Sep 12th, 2008 by rob
Here is a little pulse therapy application I made that I am offering up for free use on this blog. This application works on the principle of residual Inhibition - Instructions for use and description of pulses can be found below the application. Please feel free to leave comments after using it such as what tones help you best etc —- The working application can be found directly beneath this text. — enjoy
Instructions
This application is made for use with headphones - as it uses high and low pitched sounds - good quality headphones are required to pick up these tones.
1. Put on headphones and make sure your volume on computer is low.
2. Choose a pulse using the backwards and forwards interface buttons.
3. Take note of the level of your tinnitus before starting - this will help you compare any difference in your tinnitus afterwards.
4. Press start and increase the volume to reasonable but not uncomfortable volume.
5. If you have greater hearing loss in one ear - use the pan button slider to adjust more sound into that ear.
6. After the pulses have finished - take note of any changes in tone or volume of your tinnitus.
Pulse 9 contains high pitched tones and may be uncomfortable for people with hyperacusis (sensitive hearing).
Description of pulses used :-
Pulse One - This is “purple noise” - purple noise is broadband static (similar to white noise) but the high frequency tones are increased logarithmically as you go up the scale. This may be useful for people with high frequency hearing loss.
Pulse Two - This is “pink noise” - pink noise is broadband static with the low frequency tones increased logarithmically lower down the scale. This may be useful for people with low frequency hearing loss.
Pulse Three - This is narrow band white noise, 10 - 12 khz.
Pulse Four - This is narrow band white noise, 6 - 8 Khz.
Pulse Five - This is narrow band white noise, 2 - 4 Khz.
Pulse Six - low shelf white noise, below 4Khz - This is white noise with all frequencies above 4khz removed.
Pulse Seven - White noise with 5Khz enhancement - This is white noise with a narrow band enhancement around 5Khz range.
Pulse Eight - A mixture of low frequency noises and pulses.
Pulse Nine - A mixture of high frequency noises and pulses.
If you wish you can also download the pulses as mp3 files on this link free tinnitus pulse mp3s
Rob I have just put your pulse sounds on, just through the computer as I don,t think I can put earphones into my computer, I will ask my Daughter tomorrow, I only used the first one and it has reduced my noise, for a couple of minutes, thank you so much. I will carry on tomorrow and maybe move my computer to the bedroom. Cheers Chris
hey rob! Im from argentina, i hope my english is understandable… i have high frequency (11khz-16khz) tinnitus too (and sometime other lower frequency too) i have some questions. Can you make vary your tinnitu’s shape or intensity in some way? I mean, like moving your head, when you jump, applying some strengh with your hands to your head… and things like that.
very nice your site!
Hi hector
Yes - when I bite my jaws together or stretch my neck backwards my tinnitus changes tone to a higher pitch. I have heard this happens to a lot of people with tinnitus, although I don’t know why this happens.
I would like to know also why this is - - if you find out - - let me know
— cheers –
it was the best treatment for me after one year. i do appreciate it. it works for me just after some minuets. its amazing. i really thank you.
This is really interesting. It really seems to help.
Thanks.
Is it possible to do these tracks as MP3’s
Thank you for your good work.
Dave
Hi Dave
Its great to hear that people are getting some benifit from this — I have since learned that this treatment actually has a name “Residual Inhibition” although the effect is short term — its comforting to know that you can have some control over your tinnitus.
Yes I will make these available as an mp3 download — I will add a download link on the post within the next week.
cheers
Rob,
Thats cool. Thanks.
dave
Pulse number 8 I think is actually working! Wow, great! Thank you so much. I will be trying it a lot more to see how long I can get the RI to last. It doesn’t give total RI, but does reduce it. I really noticed how well it worked tonight when my T was really bad. As I type its managable. whew. When will these be available on mp3?
By the way, my T is a very low frequency hum, and I have no hearing loss.
Thank you!
Hello folks: I think this is helpful to know what type of tone masks the T better and after that of course the RI happens. For the guys that mentioned that the Tinnitus changes when they chew or move your neck to the back, the problem could reside in your second vertebra. I asked a doctor last night, and I also made a small test: I massaged softly my neck and I noticed change in the noise of the T!!! Also I when I pressured a little bit harder the sides of the vertebra, I felt certain numb sensation… on the ears…??? I woke up today with very interesting change on the noise. But perhaps if you guys go to see a chiropractor or something, he will help you with the noise in the ears… I will go next weekend.
Hi Cherie
Its great to here you get some mild relief from the application I have added a link at bottom of the post so that people can now download these files in Mp3 format.
Hello Rob, really this is awesome, I was trying to find the link but I cannot see it. Perhaps because the browser of the mac is always different than the rest. Would you paste the link in the comments? Thank you so much and God bless…
Thanks Michangel — I see on other post that you wrote you found the links — is there a problem on macs with these? — I only have pc so cant test on mac — just give me a shout here if anyone having any probs.
this really works..mine tested 8/10 before listening and after i had listened to pulse 2 it had reduced to about 2/10. It is starting to increase again as I am typing this , but it is good to know there is something that can help when it is bad. btw i use small doses of Serepax for head noise management and the resulting anxiety but of course the side effect is that I am now addicted to this medication. However it has given me some quality of life back again so I gave myself permission to use it. This medication doesn’t take the noise away it just helps me to live with it. However at times I also listen to masking noise with my mp3 player so I will d/load these and listen that way also. Thank you so much for what you are sharing here out of the goodness of your heart. Blessings Christos.
Thanks for the soundwaves I’m esperimenting with them… This is what one doctor is doing in Australia on the same principle:
I believe this is helping. How many times a day should you do this?
Hi Mark
With residual inhibition (RI) therapy it is believed that spacing out treatments is better than doing one long treatment. There was a study done where the tinnitus subjects were given a (RI) cd to listen to every fifteen minutes for a week — at the conclusion a large amount of the subjects reported positive results - you can read the study here http://www.experthearingsolutions.com/PDFs/RIT.pdf
So I would say use it “little and often” if it is helping. It would be interesting if you are getting long term benifits as (RI) is usually only fairly short term (although some people do report effects lasting weeks or months). If anyone is experiencing long lasting (RI) here — please don’t hesitate to post a comment.
I’m using a Mac and can’t find your link to the mp3 files. Could you please specifically write it in a message.
Thank You
Hi Harold
You could try this direct link here http://lets-beat-tinnitus.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pulse%20therapy%20mp3s.zip
is anyone else having problems with links??
Hi Rob,
Very interesting. Not sure if I’ve experienced RI but I’m curious as to how you arrived at some of these mixes. Particularly 8 & 9. What was your thinking behind the the sound progression?
Jesse
Hi Jesse
pulses one to seven are made at certain frequencies spread through the sound spectrum so that the user is likely to find one that matches their tinnitus. The last two are less specific but give a more wider range of tones to experiment with.
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting concept. I enjoyed listening to #8.
Hi Rob,
great tool, Thank You!
Why are these sounds pulsed (on-off) and not continuous (on)?
Thanks!
Micha
Hi Micha
Through trial and error the pulsed version seems to be more effective than a constant tone. I don’t know the reason why this is - maybe the pulsed version offers more neuron stimulation.
Hey Rob
First of all, thank you for this blog: extremely nice and… encouraging!!!
two questions about this app:
1) are you sure the volume of 3 model is the same as the first one? If I look at the curve, the 3 is “included” in the 1, but 1 is nice for me and 3 is painful…
2) about 9: it seems that the frequencies are a lot higher than 11Khz, no? (they drive me mad while others are relatively OK)
Thank you for all!!!
Manu
Hi Manu
I made all the files the same volume level– the perceived volume may be greater on the higher pitched tones as the ear is more sensitive to these - If you have mild hyperacusis then the higher pitched tones may be a little discomforting.
The pulse 9 does have some tones higher than 11Khz - if you have sensitive ears (hyperacusis) these may be irritating - although I would recommend people with hyperacusis to listen to these high tones frequently at a comfortable level because it will train the brain to desensitise to these frequencies - thus lessening the hyperacusis.
Hi Rob,
fantastic pulse 9 really helps my tinnitus (which is at a high frequency around 10 KHz). Great job you did, you came up with this yourself? You should offer this in in a clinical study to reach more people.
Thanks a lot and all the best,
micha
Rob, of my lord you made this? I tried all the pulses except 9 because it didnt change from 8 to 9 via the arrows for some reason, but pulses 3 & 4 provided about 5 seconds of NO TINNITIS! But then it gradually came back to about half the original volume. And in the time taken to type this and listen to the other pulses it has come back to its original fairly loud, high pitched sound. But I have never been tinnitis-free before even for 5 seconds. So to know that something actually works, even if its temporary, its really encouraging. Thankyou so much!
Hi Joe
- Its great to hear your getting some relief using this even if it is short term -
Thanks for pointing out the issue with the buttons - I must have uploaded an older version by accident yesterday - I have updated it now so that all the pulses are now matched up - you may have to clear your browser cache to view updated one.
cheers
Cool! Although it lasted only a little bit (few minutes max), I experienced RI with most of the pulses. The idea that your brain learns to tune out sounds would appear to be useful for us who have ringing of the brain. I’ve had tinnitus since about 14, no idea how I got it, but my mom also had ringing, and I’ll be others in my family did, too. It’s gotten louder over the years (I am now 50) especially after bad sinus infections (interesting link, eh?). As my ENT explained, as you lose hearing with age, there is less to mask the tinnitus. And just like other folks, I am losing the high frequencies first. Anyhow, if you want to run your own unofficial hearing test, try ww.ultrasonic-ringtones.com and see which frequencies you can no longer hear. And just like pulse #9 which woke my cat up from his nap, cats and dogs do not like that website! So, be kind to your pets, listen to the frequencies at work where there are no little beasties (unless you work at the zoo or pet store!). Rob, this is a great site, thank you for all your hard work! It’s great having some RI, even if it only lasts for a little bit. As for this brain reprogramming, I guess that is what ww.neuromonics.com is trying to do - for a US$5,000 price. Again, thanks!
Hi Rocky
Yeah it seems that when people suffer any kind of hearing loss - tinnitus isn’t far behind.
Sorry about your cat - but you have given me an idea - If I play pulse #9 in my back garden tonight - It might stop the local cats piss***ng on my tomatoes ;0 -
Hi Rob,
I found this article http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/63142.php
They say that a very low sound at 40 - 100 Hz should alliviate tinnitus: “After making many adjustments, the researchers created a low-pitched, pulsing sound — described as a “calming, pleasant tone” of 40 to 100 hertz of frequency — which, when applied to the patient through a regular MP3 player, suppressed the high-pitched ringing after about 90 seconds and provided what the patient described as a high-level of continued relief. ”
Could you possibly add this to your tone therapy application, since I am not able to find it somewhere else?
Thank You a lot.
Micha
Hi Micha
Thanks for link - very interesting. I have found a link where you can download it from http://www.mediafire.com/?epyymbueyyy.
I have listened to it for a good ten minutes and I think it has taken a slight edge off my Tinnitus - please tell me how you get on with it.
cheers
Hi Rob,
thank You very much! Your file above also gives me good relief. I found a free tone generator software in the net http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/index.html
I am planning to test different frequencies. Would be great to hear from other peoples experience that read your blog and test this out for their tinnitus.
Salve,
Micha
hey nice sounds ,every time i use it ,tinnitus is gone for like 5minutes!
great job.
i would appreciate greatly if you could provide us as a new mp3 a pink and white noise or something similar to what you’ve done but for 4khz only ,it seems thats where i am damaged…(aznd a lot of tinnitus “owners”
thanks again, great work!
me again about the “zeng sound”
i wrote to him to obtain this sound this is his assistant reply
“Dr Zeng forward your email to me. I am Dr. Tang and currently working on the tinnitus project, the small audioclip you found on our website is actually used to go through a cochlear implant which relived the tinnitus in a implant user. For normal hearing people, we are doing extensive research now and we did not found one sound to work with everybody. For each individual, we need to work for many hours before we can land on a possible treatment. We are also trying to design a algorithm to better and quick trim the customized sound.
Thank you so much for supporting our research and I will inform you once there is any progress on the algorithm side.
cheers,
Qing Tang”
Hi Dave
You can find a sample of the warble tone here — http://www.digital-recordings.com/tinnitus-test/tt-products.html
Interesting your conversation with Dr Zang - if he gets back to you with any further info it would be good to hear what he has to say.
I cant make any more pulses atm as I don’t have the software installed - Have you tried pulse 5 which is 2 - 4 khz.
cheers
here is teh adress of dr zeng’s assistant that replied me
Qing Tang [qtang@uci.edu]
maybe you should contact him about your blog and your pulse tones…
Thanks for this … it is psychologically soothing to know I can gain a respite when I’m feeling particularly distressed. And maybe I’m weird, having been a bit of a drone music freak, but I find the tracks rather enjoyable to.
hi how often do i listen
thank you
Hi Norman
Comment 16 on this page covers this.
Hello Rob
Thanks a mill for sharing. I have found 9 and 3 to be helpful.
I assume this is because I have a higher frequency tinnitus ringing.
It seems that the lower frequencies may even tend to aggrevate the tinnitus. I have also noticed a difference in your online app and the mp3 download - there seems to be more depth of tone (fuller?) in the mp3 files, is this the case?
Thanks again
so for pulses 1-4 and also including pulse 7 i had to slide the pan to the left to “balance” the sound between my ears….for the others the pan had to be back in the middle for a balanced sound…..
any thoughts?
Hi Jeremy
I have to pan slide those also, this is because I have hearing loss in one ear in those ranges - this is also the cause of my tinnitus - maybe you have hearing loss in those ranges.
Try leaving the pan central - then switching your left ear headphone with the right - if the effect is reversed then it is possibly a defect with your headphones or hardware.
cheers
This is for people who have constant noise right?
Luckily for me, my tinnitus is triggered only when I hear certain noises, which is extremely annoying sometimes. It’s getting worse, it used to be only sharp loud sounds, but now it happens from even chewing food.
hope we find a cure soon
Thanks rob for the files.
I have tinnitus at the 12Khz level so the #9 works best for me. Only lasts a few minutes before the Tinnitus come back, but it makes the ringing less intrusive for about one hour. Thanks for the link to the files, I’m going to use them at work.
Hey thanks for this wonderful app, I am 27 and just started having this ringing issue in my ears, sad and scary I know but I am not giving up so lets beat this annoying thing.
Hello All, I cant belive i have found this site. This is amazing. I will try this when I get home. Is there any link between sinus probs and tinitus, as my tinitus changes pitch and tone and levels all the time.. I was wondering if they might be linked. As I suffer really bad with sinuses and thought if I have them flushed out it would help. Any ideas
x
nice work
thanks for taking the time to help others
On just the first try I found that this is truly effective for me, especially with the Pulse 9 high frequency workout!
This tone therapy has the capacity to relieve and potentially cure a lot of people of tinnitus. I’m am glad that this generous act has brought happiness to tinnitus sufferers.
Cheers
Hy, Rob
My name is reinhard from germany, bavaria. The tones are great. Can you send me more tone therapy on my mail-adress to germany. My handling on computer is not the best. i have 2 years tinnitus and was 1 year not at work. This tone therapie is the best therapie i ever had and free. Congratulation from bavaria. you are the best man in the world.
reinhard
Hi Pindel
There is a link below the application where you can download the mp3 files instead if this is helpful - I am pleased that you find these tones help with your tinnitus.
Hi Rob, a very happy NEW YEAR to you !
Number 9 is my personal favorite and -it makes my day- every time my tinnitus is trying to drive me bonkers.
The intensity of my tinnitus gets reduced most of the time after using it for some 10-20min. Relief comes almost instantly after switching on my mp3player
!THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Some weeks ago I stumbled upon a very interesting article regarding a German Researchcenter in Jülich who are developing a so called -tinnitus neurostimulator-.
One of it’s Shareholders is the Federal Republic of Germany (90%).
So I think this could be really something, than the usual -MamboJamboVoodoo- Research-Companys with their magneticpulse-raygun-what-ever-devices- ;D
Here are some of the links I found:
Article translated by Google:
http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fz-juelich.de%2Fportal%2Findex.php%3Fcmd%3Dshow%26index%3D163%26mid%3D707&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Homepage of the ANM -Adaptive Neuromodulation GmbH-
Tinnitus Neurostimulator:
http://www.anm-medical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=25&lang=en
FAQ:
http://www.anm-medical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&catid=1&Itemid=25&lang=en
…and a link to a Clinical Investigation related to above mentioned:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00927121?term=tinnitus+tass&rank=1
Again….. !THANK YOU VERY MUCH! :DD
Best Regards
Lawrence
Hi back there,
I checked back on this great site and saw that that the “Neurostimulator” (from Germany) was discussed. I think that there is a similar device already on the market in the US and it is already for years FDA approved. It also is based on residual inhibition of the tinntus.
It is “The Inhibitor” or formerly also called “HiSonic-TRD”.
It can obviously be purchased in the US.
Has somebody experience with it??
Please check it out:
http://www.tinnitustreatment.com/
http://tinnitussupport92262.yuku.com/topic/8436/t/The-Inhibitor-Ultrasonic-Tinnitus-Treatment-Device-Revisited.html
Happy to hear from you guys and your coping strategies against these annoying sounds!
Cheers,
Micha from Germany
hey mate; nice ap
always a pleasure, back in 6mos
cheers
Rob,
I just found your site and the application. I am looking forward to trying it!
two things:
- I currently wear hearing aids for my hearing loss. Do you recommend using your app with the Hearing Aids or without. I suspect it would be with them, but curious for your (and others) input.
- Have you thought about putting this into an iPhone app? I know there are thousands of people that would use it!
Chris from Boston, MA, USA
Wow, this actually worked. I’m sitting here and it’s quieter! I can’t believe this?!
God bless you! Maybe it’s temporary but wow! This will sure help when I’m tearing my hair out!
Thank you!
Hi ChrisJ — You need to listen with the sound volume equal in both ears — The best way would be to take out your hearing aids and put on headphones and adjust the volume using the “pan slider”.
I haven’t thought of putting it into an i phone app — I need feedback like yours to know if its helpfull — so thanks — I will def look into it — and of course it would be free.
cheers
Hi Alden —
Glad to hear you are getting some relief using this — I really appreciate all comments here —
Take care
rob,
First of all, thank you for this!
I certainly seems that 8 is not the same in the left and right ear. I determined this by switching the headphones. Doesn’t seem intentional.
charles
P.S. The tone that comes in at 2:09 is only on the left side for me, on both the mp3’s and the app, on both an iPhone and an iMac, with two different sets of headphones, and I can switch them on my head and it is always on just the left channel.
Hi Charles
I just checked the app on my pc and the sound balance is equal on both sides on that file — hhmm maybe a mac issue but I don’t have access to a mac to troubleshoot.
The only other thing that I can think of is if you have high end hearing loss in one ear — but if your switching headphones on your head and the issue flips then probably not.
Try just listening using one phone on one ear — then quickly changing the left and right phone on the same ear — if the levels are perceived different then it could be a mac problem.
thanks for the feedback
rob,
Appreciate you taking the time…
If I listen to the pulse 8 mp3 on my iPhone, the imbalance I hear are the last four separate pure unique tones 18, 20, 22, and 24 seconds in. The tone sounds on the left side and there is a pop instead of a sound on the right side. If I switch the headphones, everything switches.
charles
Hi Charles
A pop — this sounds like your headphones — I listen on high quality sennheiser earphones — if I try using lower quality earbuds I find some tones are missing or distorted — one thing you could try is testing through decent desktop speakers — if the tones are fine through them then it is probably the type of earphones you are using.
cheers
Hi Rob,
I’ve tested on two types of earbuds, two types of speakers, and Sennheiser’s as well. Of all the samples in the app and the mp3s, the only tone that has the issue for me is that one pure tone that occurs for 1 second 18, 20, 22, and 24 seconds in on pulse 8. When I switch the buds/headphones on my ears, the issue switches, so I can’t see how it can be my hearing.
If you are saying those tones are centered for you, it is a mystery I cannot explain.
Thanks,
Charles
Hi Rob!
I have just tested some of the mp3s, since I was not able to make the web application work on my computer.
Nevertheless there is quite a positive effect after all the pulses. The buzz was gone for couple of minutes.
I am able to “live” with my tinnitus without medications or other treatments, nevertheless i am very thankfull that you shared this with us.
If you would like more data or specific tests for any kind of improvements that you would like to make on the pulses please free to contact me. I’ll be more then happy to perform the tests which is the least i can do to help you on any improvements of the cure.
Kind regards from Slovenia,
Vladimir
Hi Vladimir
Great to hear it gives you some relief — I dont know why it doesn’t work on your pc — thats strange — could you tell me what system your using and which bit doesn’t work please.
cheers
Hi Rob
Help, I have downloaded your tone therapy prog. but I have found that pulse 8 only plays for 26 seconds and pulse 9 only plays for 33 seconds. I downloaded it a couple of times but has made no difference, (what am I doing wrong)
Thank you for been so generous
Hello, I just tried it, it seems pulse 4 works for me. Can you help me what to do next, i can download it as mp 3 and than how often I have to listen to it? I also red that in this log that the “HiSonic-TRD. the same is and can be bought in the VS. Can somebody tell me how to do this and is it really helping? Thanks, Ellen de Mooij (just one more question, are there also people who have experiences with the anm neurostimulator (Julich).
Yes, this seems to do a much better job than that tinnitus tamer software…..I used tinnitus tamer, thought it was OK at least, and when I thought it wasn’t too much money to purchase ($35) I did so with my credit card….the company sent me a license code to put into the window so as not to have the 14 day trial period expire, but the code they sent me did not work…after days and days of e-mailing them with no response from anyone whatsoever, I finally gave up and chalked it up to yet another internet scam…..a woman at the company that bills for them told me that she knew of no phone number for vavsoft, which I found suspicious….how can they do business with a company and yet have no phone number for them? Anyway, if they were ever to resolve the situation, I’d gladly stand corrected, but as of now, I believe tinnitus tamer to be just a ploy to get desperate people to spend money. So THANK YOU so much for this application!!!
Hi Rob
Just discovered your site. Suffering with loud white noise with a pipe organ note on top! Tinnitus first started last October after a few very stressful weeks, have had some periods of relative quiet, but noise has been unbearable now for about 6 weeks. Best noise masker for me is the sea, walking as close to the water edge as possible (if unable to go in - live close to Cornwall so lots of sea around). Am hoping your ‘noises’ will give me some relief so that I can get a decent nights sleep - am desperate! I have lost the lower tones in my left ear almost completely, right ear not affected. Find socialising virtually impossible, the general noise of people talking and background noise just merge to become a complete cacophony of unbearable ringing noise. Anyone else have relatives who have suffered, my father did? Hoping for relief, even short term!
Hi!
I’m also a tinnitus patient, mine is around 6 to 8 kHz.
Interesting site you have, hope to come here often. Just one question, where can I download the application you made>
Hi Martin - I have not made a downloadable version for this - there is a link on this page where you can download the pulse files as mp3 if this is of any help.
hi rob,
i’m from indonesia, this couple of month i just surfing the net to learn about ringing noise in my ear.. it seems frustating at first, but after many resources.. i found your blog and find out many people sharing the same problem with me and fought hard to heal.. thank you for your share.. wish you well..
hi rob,
I am from China, thank for your working, the mp3 sounds really help my sleep. just let you know you really help a lot of people, thank you!
Hi Rob
For 40 yrs I’ve had T, at about 3/10. Lately its bad, about 8/10, perhaps due to negative pressure in middle ear. I’ve stumbled across your blog when investigating sound therapy. I’ve had a play with it, and sense that it has helped. Can you please clarify correct use. Should I pick the pulse which is closest to my noise [say 4] and stay with that. If so, for how long at a time and how frequently.
Thanks for what you’ve done for us.
Bob
Pulses 1 and 2 seem to be working for me so far. Not sure about the other pulses - I think a few of them agitated my tinnitus a bit, but yeah, 1 and 2 seem to give me a fair bit of relief
… at least for a while anyway… I’m gonna try this in the longterm and see if little ‘mask-blasts’ here and there reduce my tinnitus volume :D.
Thanks loads btw. It’s great that you’re hosting this - shame you’re not updating this blog anymore though
hello everyone, can anyone reply with the link to the software to download it, or can someone please email it to me, at jerseyshore7 at verizon dot net? thank you! i want to try it but there is no download link… thanks all!!!
I thing posture and jaw position is the main cause of tinnitus what is the general understanding of it ?
can I please download these at mp3s somewhere?
Hi Phil
The link to download as mp3 is just below the pulse descriptions on this page.
Thank Rob! Happy New Year!
Pulse 9..Excellent. Gives me peace for about 10 minutes following a good blast!
Thank you. I’ll check back in with status report
Dear Rob, I wonder if you can help me? I have low frequency hear loss in my left ear. I also have hyperacousis (lower tone sounds are very loud, such as doors slamming) and high pitch tinnitus, mainly in my right ear. I’ve had one TRT session and was given white noise implants to wear, but the high pitched tinnitus has definitely got worse since I started that..so I have stopped. Which of the tones you have put up here do you think might work best? Thanks, Jack
Hi Jack — Regarding the hyperacusis, you probably have already been told that blocking out the sounds that you are sensitive to (using earmuffs etc) is a bad idea as this will make your ears more sensitive to that stimulus. It would be best to gradually increase your exposure to the sounds that irritate your ears thus de-sensitising them.
Which tones will work best ?? I am afraid I would not know — there is not much known about “residual inhibition”so it would be unfair of me to offer any advice apart from try them all at intervals of a few hours — and see which ones offer any relief.
thanks for commenting
thanks Rob. I figured out the hyperacousis problem for myself..certainly got no help from my ENT!
thanks, i’ve been using the #9 and seem to get a few minutes of relief. it doesn’t go away but it’s less intense.
I have had continuous loud tinnitus for 22 months without let up…..after listening to numbers 8 and 9 one after the other I am getting around 60 seconds of no tinnitus!!….sadly, it then comes back gradually, but at least I have heard silence for the first time in almost 2 years…thanks a lot.
Will be using it on a regular basis for relief.
think I just sent my email prematurely! so much for improved concentration…
thanks, Rob. As I said, I am making lots of use of the pink noise, but can’t seem to find a valid link for the tone therapy app. If you could point me in that direction, I’d appreciate it. I like pulse#8.
pardon the redundancy…. if the first note made it through… if not,
a thousand thanks for staying on top of this. Does anyone here have experience with the american fda approved device?
Hi suzy — The app is/should be on the top of this page — there is no link as such —the app is just above where it says –”instructions” and just below where it says “The working application can be found directly beneath this text. — enjoy”
You should see a picture of the application — this is the actual working application, you just click on the buttons to use it …… If you can’t see the application or you can, but didn’t realise it was the actual application …. then could you add further comment so that i can improve useability.
thanks susy
Hello Rob.
Trying your program out now while I have been reading the posts. I can’t hear tones 3 & 4 unless I turn up the apllication and computer volumes to max levels. I tried 9 for a bit which gave me a weird hearing sensation at times, can’t really discribe it, like hearing something and not hearing it at the same time, brain confusion. If a person were to get relief would it be after only a short exposer to the sounds? i.e. I listen to each pulse for 5mins and see if any reduce the tinnitus, if not does I just start over for a longer period? I have very high freq Tinnitus brought on by a medication, I have had for 6 years 24/7 in stereo. I am leery of this ANM from Germany, probably costs an arm and a splean plus you practically have to live in Germany since you need access to your “trained” ENT specialist for “adjustments”. I resigned myself years ago that there is no cure, and realized long ago that there are many out there that will and have taken advantage of tinnitus “sufferers” and become rich. I also beleive the the brain is tied inexorably to the wallet e.g. “you paid $5000 for that treatment, did it work” “of course it did!!, I wouldn’t be stupid enough to pay $5000 for something that didn’t work!!” Anyways, thank you for your work, I will keep trying the different tones to see if any happen to do anything
I just downloaded a program called soundmasker 6.00.32, it generates a number of noise “colors”, you are able to mix them together and adjust volume and freq settings. I am trying a mix of high freq Blue and low freq Purple, with blue about twice as loud as purple, its a pretty good mask. Still playing with it though, probably take some time to find nervana
Thanks for this, just came back from the doctors with the advice “theres nothing that can be done just loearn to live with it”, Thanks again you’r now officially better than my doctor!
If you could get this into an ipod touch/iphone/android app i’d happily pay for it as it’s the first relief ive had scince the spring.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I will like to use Tone Therapy Application, but I didn´t find where to download the application. Could you tell me where I can do this? Thanks a lot
Hi rob
number 5 does it for me, does not last long around a minute, will frequent use help make it last longer. bye the bye you are also better than my ent
thanks steve
Hi rob
mucking around with the sound and i have just realised that using no 5 even for as little 10 seconds gives me the same time of quiet as listening to the whole thing wierd ! perhaps other have noticed the same,
steve
Rob, I was able to download the Mp3 files but the application is not there. I read post 90 where you explained where the app should be and looked carefully but I can’t find it. Can you help? Thanks
Hi Jean — I have uploaded a picture (screenshot) taken on my computer of what you should be seeing
-Could you tell me what you see differently on your computer
thanks
click this link
It’s not there on my Mac when I use Safari as a browser. I’ve been having trouble like this with other things while using Safari so I used the browser Firefox and there it was. Thanks Rob.
I’ve had tinnitus for just 4 months now but it’s been the worst 4 months ever. I’m so glad to have found these mp3s after listening to the first pulse I noticed some short term relief which felt great!
Going through the others now and will be putting them on my iPod. It’s so refreshing to see someone actually willing to help people without trying to monetize it, there are so many sites like that on the internet. You genuinely are a good person and I thank you for that.
Thanks for these mp3 tones; for the 1st time in the 14 years I’ve had tinnitus I experienced a 70-80% reduction albeit for just 5mins. It was good to be able to “fight back”.
One point though, in the hours that followed the tinnitus was at a noticeably higher level for about 4hrs, has anybody else found this?
Thanks again.
Rob,
You’re a good man for posting this application. It has helped me considerably. Thank you.
Por fin algo on line que funciona despues de todos los programas de pago que hay. Muchas gracias desde España.
Fer
I wish this had pulse sounds like sine waves also. I am not being ungrateful, just giving some ideas…there is a software on the net called: Tinitus Tamer but they want too much $$. I’m not cheap but I’m not rich either.
Great website, it has helped me…problem is is that the sound that I hear is not white noise, it’s more a constant extremely high pitched sound. I used the Tinitus Tamer (free trial) and it allowed me to adjust the exact high pitched frequency that I hear…it helped very much. I think you’re an Angel…to do this for free? We Americans need more people like you that help instead of hurt. Thank you so much.
i here it i justwant to know if i should listen to the pulse near to the pith of my T? tnx desperate from T.
im a musician here in philippines we have a lot of same situation here mostly live band performer unforunately theres none reasearch here in this not advance country for the illness about T. some ordinary people here or most of all here cant afford to by something like tipa device from aus. so sad for all of us that our goverment cant provide or even have no time for or the sufferer like us. so very sad that we only have to do is accept without trying anything else or we cant even if we try. so good that someone like you sharing this for free. hope for the best result about the science research about T. and hopefully they reach mass people from poor country with a lot of poverty of us. god bless to us.
Thank you Rob I can sleep comfortably in my bed again
Hi Leyroy — yes — most effect seems to be when the tone is closest to your tinnitus tone that you hear.
Rob,
Very cool effort indeed. Do you by chance have an 8k band mp3 track (between pulse 3 & 4)?
As a side-note; what was/is your profession or background?
thanx
Hi Labear
I did not create a tone at that frequency — To do this I would have to create white noise then edit/trim it in sound editing software — it has been a while since I made this though. If I still have the sound editing software I will make you a tone . ………………. If you could send me a — “yes please” — response back then I will e-mail it to you if i can.
thanks
Today I was a printer
Thanks, very helpful.
Is there any way that you could add an option to select the amount of time that is silent between the pulses of sound. And also how long the sound pulses are between the silence. That would be excellent.
Thank you.
Chris
Hello Rob from the State of Minnesota…
Your site seems pretty cool…
Are the sounds you have on this site like the ones that those who claim “Neuromonics Treatments” will stop this horrible sound we suffer with?
Of course, these “Neuromonics Specialists” claim that they will make “Custom” sounds to add in the background to the music that you listen to, and this will “Stop the ringing” in our ear/s.
Being a musician, I’ve only been able to figure out that the horrible sound in my ears is in the Key of C, a very high C, and it’s pretty close to the #9 that you have on your site.
If you can, please respond to me and let me know if you have used any of your sounds in music that you listen to. I’m curious also if anyone else has done so. Naturally, the people that “Sell” the “Neuromonics Treatment Music Devices” are gouging the desperate people that pay them EXTREMELY HIGH PRICES!
Perhaps, however, the high gouging price may be worth it, especially when I look at the lying scumbags like “T-Gone” and “Arches Formula” and the real dirt-bag “Drummer” at “Quietus.” These scumbags all “Promise” results, but as I’m sure that you and probably all readers of this blog know, they are lying scumbags that gouge desperate sufferers of T.
I commend you Rob for trying to do something to help all of us that suffer with this T thing. By the way, I told an ENT doctor here in Windom/Jackson, Minnesota, that he should be ashamed of himself for trying to hock the “Arches Formula Pills” that he buys from those lying scam artists on me. The main ingredients? Ginkgo Biloba and Garlic. Does it cure T like they claim? Hell no! Didn’t do a damn thing but cost over $250 US dollars!
Again, kudos to you for your efforts…
Hi Chris and Jim
Chris — thanks for suggestion … feedback taken on board — if I make a version 2 of this app I will incorporate this feature …
Jim..I made this sounds myself and they are not based on the neoromonics ones — I use these sounds when I need a bit of relief from T when it is getting me down — I don’t use them every day– I don’t mix them with music at all because I just use the tones on their own.
Thanks for commenting.