METHOD AND PROCESS FOR REDUCING TINNITUS

• US 20150005661A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Max Sound Corporation
• Original Assignee: Max Sound Corporation
• Inventors: Trammell, Lloyd
• Application Number:
  US14/188,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20150005661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/559
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/128 evaluating tinnitus
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/75 Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception

Abstract

A process and system for reducing Tinnitus includes receiving an input audio sound by a user. The user listens to different tones (frequencies) of the received audio to determine both amplitude and frequency of the ringing or tinnitus tone in user'"'"'s ears and provides tactile response on an input device (keyboard, etc.). The offending frequencies and amplitudes are identified based on the user'"'"'s responses and a diagnosis from the data collected is produced and a tone map for each ear separately is created and the collection of tones and amplitudes are provided to the user to hear. User is tested for amplitude of these tones and the tones are increased until the audible ringing disappears as the phase of these tones will be shifted from zero to negative 180 degrees and as their level is increased, the ringing will decrease until it is substantially reduced.

Claims

1. A process and system for reducing Tinnitus comprising:

Receiving an input audio sound by a user;

The user listening to different tones (frequencies) of the received audio to determine both amplitude and frequency of the ringing or tinnitus tone in user'"'"'s ears;

User providing tactile response on an input device (keyboard, etc.);

Identifying the offending frequencies and amplitudes based on the user'"'"'s response;

Producing a diagnosis from the data collected;

Creating a tone map for each ear separately;

Providing the collection of tones and amplitudes to the user to hear;

Testing user for amplitude of these tones;

Increasing the tones until the audible ringing disappears as the phase of these tones will be shifted from zero to negative 180 degrees and as their level is increased, the ringing will decrease until it is substantially reduced.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein the audio source is a tone generator.

3. The process of claim 2 further comprising:

Receiving an input audio source by an earpiece;

Providing a tone by a tone generator;

Processing the combined tone generator and received input audio by a sound enhancement module;

Transmitting the enhanced sound to the earpiece;

Providing the enhanced sound received by the earpiece to user.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein the enhancement includes the parallel processing the input audio as follows:

A module that is a low pass filter with dynamic offset;

An envelope controlled bandpass filter;

A high pass filter;

Adding an amount of dynamic synthesized sub bass to the audio;

Combining the four treated audio signals in a summing mixer with the original audio.