EEG feedback controlled sound therapy for tinnitus
First Claim
1. An objective method for diagnosing tinnitus comprising:
- (a) determining a perceived tinnitus tone pitch of a subject;
(b) recording an auditory evoked potential using an EEG machine 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 individually 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 using data collection and analysis software, wherein an increase in the slope of the AR response to the tinnitus tone pitch is indicative of tinnitus, thereby diagnosing 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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1. 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 using an EEG machine 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 individually 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 using data collection and analysis software, wherein an increase in the slope of the AR response to the tinnitus tone pitch is indicative of tinnitus, thereby diagnosing tinnitus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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