A development and implementation of a tinnitus treatment method

URIZ, A. J.; AGUERO, P.; CASTIÑEIRA MOREIRA, J.; TULLI, J. C.; GONZÁLEZ, E. L.; MASCARDI, G.; SAJAMA, E.

Tucuman

Congreso; XIX Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería; 2013

Sociedad Argentina de Bioingeniería

Tinnitus is a physiological phenomenon where a person listens sounds which have not been generated by any external source. Today, many people suffer this condition. Although, in very few cases therapeutic methods completely eliminate tinnitus, it is possible to apply a variety of techniques to improve the quality of life of people with this condition. One of the most used methods to treat tinnitus consists of masking the tinnitus using an external sound. The main goal of this work is to present the development of a tinnitus treatment method, which optimizes the synthesized sounds in order to improve the life?s quality of the user. Subjective tests and experimental results are used to analyze the performance of the method.