Can noise cure tinnitus? Tinnitus Treatment Effect of White Noise

There are many people who suffer from tinnitus. There are ways to help if you only hear tinnitus without any major changes in your hearing. It is to proceed with sound therapy, which is to listen intently to white noise. 'White noise' is noise in which sounds of all frequencies are distributed at the same intensity, which has the effect of hiding and concentrating tinnitus.

However, white noise can be annoying to some people, and in that case, 'pink noise' or 'brown noise' with more emphasis on the lower frequency range than white noise may feel softer.

What are the precautions for white noise sound therapy?

The reason why white noise, pink noise, etc., are good as a treatment is because they are neutral sounds that are neither good nor bad. However, you must listen to these sounds with both ears. If you only hear on the left side that your tinnitus is only in your left ear, you may have tinnitus on your right side.

In addition, the loudness of the sound is also important. Studies have shown that for patients whose tinnitus is so severe that they are bothered, hearing so loudly that the tinnitus is not heard at all in the early stages of sound therapy, i.e., complete occlusion may be helpful. However, after a long period of treatment for more than 18 months, it was found that the treatment effect was better if the tinnitus and noise were mixed together, that is, at the smallest volume that could alleviate the tinnitus.

It is also recommended to listen to the sounds of nature, such as the sound of the waves and the rain. These natural sounds don't have as much of a training effect as white noise, but they do have a mood-altering and emotional relief effect. You can do white noise therapy for six hours a day, and then listen to the sounds of nature every now and then to change your mood.

What do I need to know to treat tinnitus?

If your tinnitus is severe, you should not stay in a quiet place, and you should always turn on white noise. For patients who are fine outside but only hear tinnitus at home, this treatment is even more important.

If tinnitus is accompanied by dizziness or a feeling of muffledness, it is necessary to identify the accompanying mind or body problem in order to treat it. It's important to find out the disturbing causative factors that are the underlying cause of tinnitus, and you can focus on the important things that are the underlying causes, not tinnitus, with a positive mindset that it can be treated.

In addition, it may be helpful to consider other techniques, such as hearing aids, as adjunctive therapeutic devices. Correctly matched hearing aids are the easiest way to get rid of tinnitus for people with hearing loss, and they can also help improve hearing.