Notched Environmental Sounds: A New Hearing Aid Supported Tinnitus Treatment Evaluated in 20 Patients.

Notched Environmental Sounds: A New Hearing Aid Supported Tinnitus Treatment Evaluated in 20 Patients.

Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Oct 27;

Authors: Strauss DJ, Corona-Strauss FI, Seidler H, Haab L, Hannemann R

Abstract
There is converging evidence in that the suppression of neural hyperactivity by lateral inhibition using tailor-made notch filtering is a promising approach to support tinnitus treatments. We evaluated a new notched environmental sound technology for the first time as hearing aid supported tinnitus treatment in 20 tinnitus patients. This technology employs a notch filter which abruptly filters out environmental sounds in behind-the-ear hearing aids at the tinnitus frequency. We evaluated this new approach using a double-blind pre-/post therapy evaluation in 20 tinnitus patients (10 controls, 10 patients with notched environmental sound) using a widely accepted psychometric instrument and objective electroencephalographic means. The subjective and objective results show that tailor-made notch filtering in hearing aids might support tinnitus treatments. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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