by Barbara Thomson
There is a new habituation therapy designed for those who have tinnitus or ringing ears. This therapy is called as Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. This treatment, which is relatively new, has 80 percent success rate in a trial mad. This therapy uses the idea that the brain can ignore noise that a person used to hear everyday. The person must be patient as this treatment may take effect within the first 18 months.
Counselling must be given to the patient. It would be explained to them how the combination of tinnitus retraining treatment and sound enrichment that could stop the negative reaction of ringing ears, thereafter, slowly ending their perception of it. A noise generator is used in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy to provide a background noise level. The goal is to offer hope to those who have ringing ears. Time and effort are essential keys to learn and implement the technique to one self.
To succeed in this treatment, an effort to know about tinnitus and the whole course of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy must be understood by the one who wishes to take this therapy. It would benefit him to have a basic knowledge that through the subconscious auditory neuronal networks, auditory cortex perceives sound.
To give as an idea of how Tinnitus Retraining Therapy works, consider this concept. If a person is living in a noisy area all his life, he would get used to the noise and won't notice it unless someone would mention it. But for a person living in a peaceful place, and you have him transfer to a noisy place, he would be bothered and notices the sound automatically. In this example, it shows that to the person who is living in a noisy environment all his life, his brain gives no meaning to the sound other than a noise. And since the sound becomes meaningless to the brain, it "tunes out" the sound using a brain function called Auditory Habituation. This means that the brain no longer gives negative reaction to ear noise. This concept of the brain processing is the same as what has been used in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy.
So how can we retrain the brain in such a way that the brain won't get a negative reaction to the noise or ringing ears, or tinnitus allowing auditory habituation through Tinnitus Retraining Therapy? By listening to a constant digitally created full audio spectrum white noise, MP 3 or CD. The level of the sound must be below that of the level of the ear noise, so that it makes the ear noise less noticeable. The sound would make the plasticity of the brain to increase, in such a way that it wouldn't cause an emotional response. This would result in auditory habituation.
Patients must be cooperative in the whole treatment, helping him self finish the course to achieve the treatment which is the goal of the therapy. Patients need to be prepared before starting with the procedure. Functions of the brain must be fully understood. Patience and faith must be qualities that a person who wishes to undergo the treatment bears. He must believe that Tinnitus Retraining Therapy works and overcoming it would be achieved at the end of the treatment. The entire course would take about 18 months, so he must be constant and determined to finish the treatment.
Want to find out more about tinnitus retraining therapy, then visit Barbara Thomson's site on how to choose the best tinnitus retraining therapy for your needs. Free reprint avaialable from: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy - Detailed Guidelines.
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