Therapy
for tinnitus relief at home
Resaphene Suisse AG developed the tinniwell as a wellness device for home use, to be used independently of doctors and to promote the relaxation of tinnitus sufferers. The tinniwell can determine personal tinnitus frequency and suppress this frequency by emitting “anti-noise”, or play individually-filtered music to promote relaxation.
The three pillars of therapy
Only a few steps to tinnitus relief
Frequency detection
Just like your ENT doctor, tinniwell uses a tone generator to produce a range of sound frequencies which can be regulated either upwards or downwards in volume until you hear the sound. The built-in ANC technology now allows simple frequency detection at home. Tiny microphones inside the headphones pick up background noise and cancel it out using “anti-noise”. This allows tinnitus-tone detection without interference from background noise.
Music
Frequency detection forms the basis for treating tinnitus with frequency-filtered music, thus achieving maximum relaxation. The identified frequency is filtered out of individually-selectable music and passed on to the headphones. Clinical studies at the University of Münster confirm the effectiveness of frequency-filtered music in tinnitus therapy.
Warmth
One cause of tinnitus symptoms is the constriction of blood vessels. tinniwell patented in-ear headphones offer the possibility of heat treatment in the outer and middle ear. Due to the large number of local nerve-endings, this creates a physical and psychological relaxation effect. The warmth provided promotes blood circulation in the ear, eventually leading to tinnitus relief.
Step 1
Determination of the tinnitus tone
The exact determination of your personal tinnitus tone is crucial for an effective therapy with frequency-filtered music. Until now, this was only possible in a complex procedure by an ENT doctor, which means considerable effort for patients and doctors and makes effective therapy almost impossible – not least because the frequency and volume of tinnitus change daily for many affected people.
tinniwell now enables this procedure for the first time for the patient himself, very conveniently and understandably.
Simply put on the supplied ANC headphones, which silences all ambient noise, and determine your tinnitus tone very precisely. Thanks to the simple and at the same time precise tone determination using sliders for rough and fine adjustment, you are ready for music therapy in a few minutes and can make adjustments at any time – for example, if the frequency of the tone should change.
Step 2
Music therapy
After determining your tinnitus tone, the therapy is carried out using frequency-treated music. This is adapted exactly to your tinnitus and thus enables individual treatment. For this, use the enclosed, patented therapy earphones, enter the therapy mode and enjoy the relaxing effects of tinniwell. There are several pieces of music by the renowned therapist Dr. Arnd Stein pre-installed from the well-known PulsTakt60 series. Immerse yourself in a relaxed listening experience that continues after usage.
You have the choice between different application modes to treat your tinnitus ideally. The best way to find out which one is right for you is to simply try it out. Our competent staff, your ENT or hearing care professional will be happy to help you. For more information on treatment, see the FAQ section or seek a personal consultation at 07531 – 716 401 018
Step 3
Heat therapy
In addition to the ANC headphones, which are used to measure the sound, special in-ear earphones are used for everyday use. These are used for heat treatment by contact heat directly in the outer or middle ear. A large number of nerve endings open there, which are stimulated by the use of heat. At the same time, blood circulation in and on the ear is promoted, which can alleviate tinnitus symptoms that are caused by narrowing of the arteries and veins.
The in-ear earphones, which are made of a thermally conductive material and use silicone attachments to ensure an optimal fit, were specially developed for tinniwell.
Information for interested parties and customers
FAQ
Noises in the ears can have a wide variety of manifestations. A crackling or throbbing noise is also part of it. However, about 70-80% of all patients complain of whistling (single tone) or hissing. tinniwell is particularly suitable for this group of patients. The relaxing effect of the special tinnitus music and the warmth earphones can also provide relief for all other patients.
In many patients, tinnitus is accompanied by hearing loss. Successful treatment with the tinniwell is also possible for this group of people. However, the hearing loss should not be greater than 65DB. Patients with greater hearing loss may need longer treatment times.
In the tinnitus tone determination, the volume of the reference tone is determined separately for each ear. This diversification is then directly transferred to the treatment mode. A separate volume control for the music is therefore not target-oriented and is not intended.
With tinniwell, software updates are possible via a USB stick. The device updates itself automatically when an appropriately programmed USB stick is inserted.
The integrated monitor has a screen size of 4.3 inches and a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels. Even the smallest details can be displayed in this way.
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
München
- 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/
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- 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
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- 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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