EEG feedback controlled sound therapy for tinnitus
First Claim
1. A method for customized habituation treatment of tinnitus without masking sound or using subthreshold sound, comprising:
- matching narrowband sound frequency to a patient'"'"'s perceived tinnitus;
presenting to the patient a habituating stimulus sound having a specific sound frequency matched to the patient'"'"'s tinnitus,wherein the presented matched habituating stimulus sound activates the same population of neurons affected by tinnitus, andwherein habituation occurs when the tinnitus and the matched habituating stimulus sound are as much alike as possible; and
periodically updating frequency changes as required for maintaining maximum habituation.
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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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11 Claims
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1. A method for customized habituation treatment of tinnitus without masking sound or using subthreshold sound, comprising:
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matching narrowband sound frequency to a patient'"'"'s perceived tinnitus; presenting to the patient a habituating stimulus sound having a specific sound frequency matched to the patient'"'"'s tinnitus, wherein the presented matched habituating stimulus sound activates the same population of neurons affected by tinnitus, and wherein habituation occurs when the tinnitus and the matched habituating stimulus sound are as much alike as possible; and periodically updating frequency changes as required for maintaining maximum habituation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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