EEG feedback controlled sound therapy for tinnitus
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Abstract
An automated method for treating tinnitus by habituation through use of neurological feedback, comprising the steps of connecting a subject through a set of attached headphones to an electronic sound player that is connected to a PC workstation presenting sound examples by software to the subject who can refine them by manipulating a series of controllers on the player, making an electronic recording of the sound in a digital music format, storing the recording in the computer, transferring a copy of the electronic sound file to the subject'"'"'s electronic music player, generating an EEC signature of the subject'"'"'s brain activity in response to the presented sound, sound using the customized sound to stimulate the auditory system while the brain activity is recorded, wherein the computer continuously monitors for the feedback signatures and drives the sound stimuli appropriately.
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10. An objective method for diagnosing tinnitus comprising:
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(a) determining a perceived tinnitus tone pitch of a subject;
(b) recording an auditory evoked potential of the subject to the tinnitus tone pitch and to at least one other tone pitch, wherein the tinnitus tone pitch and the at least one other tone pitch are played to the subject at a first intensity;
(c) repeating step (b) with at least a second intensity;
(d) calculating the slope of augmenting/reducing (AR) response of N100 for the tinnitus pitch and the at least one other tone pitch, wherein an increase in the slope of the AR response to the tinnitus tone pitch is indicative of tinnitus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An EEG marker of tinnitus suitable for diagnosing the presence of tinnitus in a subject, comprising;
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a replica of an experience of a subject to sound, wherein the sound includes a sound that is annoying to the subject; and
a measure of an EEG response of the subject to increasing intensity of the sound, wherein the peak amplitude of an N100 component can be determined from the measure of the EEG. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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