Acoustic therapy is a treatment to relieve severe tinnitus by listening to sound.

I suffer from severe tinnitus.
I want to relieve my tinnitus now!

Acoustic therapy is something I would like to encourage you to try.

Acoustic therapy is therapy in name, but in reality, it is a way to mask tinnitus with sound! The method is called
By listening to other sounds, you can divert your attention from the tinnitus and make it less bothersome! This is a method called

Let's take a look at how acoustic therapy works!

The treatment of tinnitus is summarized in "Treatment for tinnitus varies depending on the cause Summary of treatment methods".
Please refer to it.

Contents

Acoustic Therapy Overview
Acoustic therapy with environmental sounds
Acoustic therapy using Sound Generator
Acoustic therapy with hearing aids
Apps for acoustic therapy

Acoustic Therapy Overview

Acoustic therapy has become a very major method in the treatment of tinnitus.
The goal is not to cure tinnitus fundamentally, but rather to mask it with other sounds so that it doesn't bother you anymore! This is a method called

If tinnitus is caused by hearing loss, there is no treatment for hearing loss, so there is no fundamental solution.
In the case of sudden hearing loss, immediate treatment often leads to recovery, so if you're experiencing tinnitus due to sudden hearing loss, treat it right away!
So, acoustic therapy is a way to try to make it as uncomfortable as possible.

What I mean is that in an environment without sound, the sound of tinnitus is emphasized and becomes bothersome, so we should create an environment with various sounds to get used to the sound of tinnitus.
If you want to hide the trees, use the forest strategy.

Specifically, this means playing various noises such as white noise at a low volume.

Acoustic therapy uses the following three types of sounds, which are used differently depending on the degree of hearing loss.

Environmental sounds
Sound Generator
Hearing Aids

This acoustic therapy is also used in a treatment called TRT therapy.
Please refer "What is TRT therapy? A therapy that trains you to get used to tinnitus" for regarding TRT therapy.

Acoustic therapy with environmental sounds

Literally, it is an acoustic therapy performed with environmental sounds (sounds that normally abound in this world) without using any special equipment.

For example, a healing CD containing the sounds of nature can be played to relieve tinnitus.

Not only does the sound of the tinnitus simply blend in with the ambient sound, but it also balances the sympathetic autonomic nervous system with the parasympathetic autonomic system.

This method requires that the sound from the CD be audible.

Acoustic therapy using Sound Generator

People with normal hearing to those with mild hearing loss can use Sound Generator for acoustic therapy.

Unlike environmental sounds, the Sound Generator produces noise to acclimate tinnitus.

You will be examined in the hospital and the Sound Generator will be adjusted so that it produces noise according to your hearing level.
The Sound Generator will then be used to acclimate you to the sound of tinnitus.

Acoustic therapy with hearing aids

People with moderate hearing loss and above use hearing aids because they cannot hear normal ambient sounds and Sound Generator does not provide acoustic therapy.
Basically, many people with moderate hearing loss use hearing aids.

It is nice to know that there are hearing aids with Sound Generator and hearing aids that can be paired to play music, so that people with moderate hearing loss and above can also use acoustic therapy.

For those with severe to profound hearing loss whose hearing does not improve with hearing aids, cochlear implants may be considered.

Apps for acoustic therapy

There are a variety of smartphone apps available these days.
Just search for tinnitus and you will find a variety of apps.

It is not advisable to make the sound too loud, but you can play the sound at a volume that is audible enough not to bother you, like background music, so that you do not have to focus on the tinnitus sound.