Digital Therapy May 'Rewire' the Brain to Improve Tinnitus
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A cell phone app that combines white noise, active game-based therapy, and counseling could help "rewire" the brain to provide relief from tinnitus symptoms, new research suggests. In a randomized controlled trial, results at 12 weeks showed patients with tinnitus reported clinically meaningful reductions in ratings of annoyance, inability to ignore, unpleasantness, and loudness after using a digital polytherapeutic app prototype that focuses on relief, relaxation, and attention-focused retraining. In addition, their improvements were significantly greater than for the control group, which received a common white noise app.
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@diptangshu What this therapy does is essentially rewire the brain in a way that de-emphasizes the sound of the tinnitus to a background noise that has no meaning or relevance to the listener.