Therapy
for tinnitus relief at home
The treatment with tinniwell takes place through a few, uncomplicated steps and is based on the latest research findings in the field of tinnitus treatment. Determine your personal tinnitus tone easily from home without visiting a doctor, and relax with frequency-filtered music.
The three pillars of therapy
Only a few steps to tinnitus relief
Frequency detection
Using a tone generator, similar to what is used by your ENT doctor, various tone frequencies are produced, and the volume is increased until you perceive the tone.
Music
Identifying the tone is essential for treating tinnitus with frequency-filtered music, providing maximum relaxation. The specific tone is filtered out from personally selected music and directed to the headphones. Clinical studies at the University of Münster confirm the effectiveness of frequency-filtered music for tinnitus therapy.
Warmth
Constrictions of blood vessels can be a cause of tinnitus complaints. With its patented in-ear headphones, tinniwell enables heat treatment in the outer and middle ear. This creates a psychological and physical relaxation effect due to the many nerve endings in this area. The warmth promotes blood circulation in the ear, potentially alleviating tinnitus in the long term.
Step 1
Determination of the tinnitus tone
Accurate determination of your personal tinnitus tone is crucial for effective treatment with frequency-filtered music. Previously, this was only possible through a complex process conducted by an ENT doctor, creating significant effort for both the patient and the doctor, making effective therapy nearly impossible – especially since the frequency and volume of tinnitus often change daily.
Tinniwell now allows this process to be done by patients themselves, conveniently and clearly. Simply put on the supplied headphones and determine your tinnitus tone precisely. Using sliders for coarse and fine adjustments, the tone determination is simple yet precise, allowing you to start music therapy in minutes and make adjustments as needed, for instance, if the tone frequency changes.
Step 2
Music therapy
After identifying your tinnitus tone, the therapy proceeds with frequency-adjusted music tailored to your tinnitus for personalized treatment. Use the included patented therapy headphones, activate therapy mode, and enjoy the soothing effects of tinniwell. The device comes preloaded with several pieces of music from the renowned therapist Dr. Arnd Stein’s popular PulsTakt60 series, creating a relaxing listening experience that continues to have effects after use.
You can choose between different application modes to optimally treat your tinnitus. Discover the best mode through simple experimentation, with support available from our competent staff, your ENT, or your hearing aid specialist. Further details on treatment can be found in the “Frequently Asked Questions” section.
Step 3
Heat therapy
In addition to the large headphones used for tone calibration, specialized in-ear headphones are available for everyday use. These provide heat treatment through direct contact warmth in the outer or middle ear. Numerous nerve endings are activated by the heat, while blood circulation in and around the ear is stimulated, which can relieve tinnitus symptoms that may be caused by arterial or venous constrictions.
These in-ear headphones are made of heat-conducting material and fitted with silicone tips to ensure optimal fit, designed specifically for tinniwell.
Information for interested parties and customers
FAQ
There are various types of ear noises, including clicking and pulsing. However, about 70-80% of all patients report a whistling (single tone) or hissing. Tinniwell is particularly effective for this group. However, due to the relaxation effect of the special tinnitus music and heat earphones, all other affected individuals can also experience relief.
Tinnitus is often associated with hearing loss in many patients. Effective therapy with tinniwell is possible for this group as well, provided hearing loss does not exceed 65 dB. Patients with greater hearing loss may require a more extended treatment period.
The volume of the comparison tone is determined individually for each ear when identifying the tinnitus tone. This differentiation is immediately integrated into the treatment mode, making separate control of music volume unnecessary and unplanned.
Software updates for tinniwell can be performed via a USB stick. Once a suitably programmed USB stick is inserted, the device updates automatically.
With a screen size of 4.3 inches, the built-in monitor has a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels, allowing the display of even the smallest details.
No machine can replace a visit to the doctor. Tinnitus can have both physical and psychological causes and must always be discussed with a doctor.
Testimonials
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- Okamoto, H., Stracke, H., Stoll, W., & Pantev, C. (2010). Listening to tailor-made notched music reduces tinnitus loudness and tinnitus-related auditory cortex activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(3), 1207–1210. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20080545
- Stracke, H. , Okamoto, H., Pantev, C.( 2010). Customized notched music training reduces tinnitus loudness. Communicative integrative biology, 3(3), 274–277.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918775/
- Wilson, E., Schlaug, G., & Pantev, C. (2010). Listening to filtered music as a treatment option for tinnitus: A review. Music perception, 27(4), 327–330. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21170296
- Lugli, M., Romani, R., Ponzi, S., Bacciu, S., & Parmigiani, S. (2009). The windowed sound therapy: a new empirical approach for an effective personalized treatment of tinnitus. The international tinnitus journal, 15(1), 51–61. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19842347
- Pantev, C., Okamoto, H., & Teismann, H. (2012). Music-induced cortical plasticity and lateral inhibition in the human auditory cortex as foundations for tonal tinnitus treatment. Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 6(June), 50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22754508
- Pantev, C., Okamoto, H., & Teismann, H. (2012). Tinnitus: the dark side of the auditory cortex plasticity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1252(1), 253–8.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22524367
- Teismann, H., Okamoto, H., & Pantev, C. (2011). Short and intense tailor- made notched music training against tinnitus: the tinnitus frequency matters. PloS one, 6(9), e24685.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21935438
- Pape, J., Paraskevopoulos, E., Bruchmann, M., Wollbrink, A., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2014). Playing and listening to tailor-made notched music: Cortical plasticity induced by unimodal and multimodal training in tinnitus patients. Neural Plasticity. 2014:516163. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24895541
- Teismann, H., Wollbrink, A., Okamoto, H., Schlaug, G., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2014). Combining transcranial direct current stimulation and tailor-made notched music training to decrease tinnitus-related distress – a pilot study. PloS One 9, e89904. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587113
- Stein, A., Engell, A., Junghoefer, M., Wunderlich, R., Lau, P., Wollbrink, A., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2015). Inhibition-induced plasticity in tinnitus patients after repetitive exposure to tailor-made notched music. Clinical Neurophysiology, S1388-2457(14)00473-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25441152
- Stein, A., Engell, A., Lau, P., Wunderlich, R., Junghoefer, M., Wollbrink, A., Bruchmann, M., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2015). Enhancing inhibition-induced plasticity in tinnitus–spectral energy contrasts in tailor- made notched music matter. PloS One 10, e0126494. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25951605
- Wunderlich, R., Lau, P., Stein, A., Engell, A., Wollbrink, A., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2015). Impact of Spectral Notch Width on Neurophysiological Plasticity and Clinical Effectiveness of the Tailor-Made Notched Music Training. PloS One 10, e0138595. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583393/
- Stein, A., Wunderlich, R., Lau, P., Engell, A., Wollbrink, A., Shaykevich, A., Kuhn, J.-T., Holling, H., Rudack, C., & Pantev, C. (2016). Clinical trial on tonal tinnitus with tailor-made notched music training. BMC Neurol. 16, 38. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26987755
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- Weisz, N. (2013). Aktuelle Trends aus der neurowissenschaftlichen Tinnitus-Forschung und deren klinische Implikationen. Tinnitus-Forum, 17(1), 18–21.http://www.tinnitusresearch.org/en/documents/downloads/TF_1_13_wissenschaft.pdf
- Møller, A. (2011). The Role of Neural Plasticity in Tinnitus. In A. Møller, B. Langguth, D. de Ridder, & T. Kleinjung (Eds.), Textbook of Tinnitus (pp. 99–102). New York: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5
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