Tinnitus | REM Audiology

Is there a cure to tinnitus?
There is not one particular treatment that gets rid of tinnitus. However, there are different methods you can utilize to help lessen tinnitus episodes. REM Audiology uses the Neuromonics Treatment, audio-processing devices, Tinnitus Retraining Treatment (TRT) and counseling specific to each case. Neuromonics is a reputable solution to tinnitus. Tinnitus is often a result of hearing loss after exposure to excessive or loud noises. You might hear ringing, buzzing, hissing, clicking, roaring or beeping even though there is no external or environmental sound creating it. Tinnitus can be a debilitating condition. It is a condition that can result from underlying causes such as ear infections, foreign objects, wax in the ear, or head trauma. Tinnitus is sometimes a side-effect to medications. It is estimated that 10% to 15% of adults have prolonged tinnitus requiring medical evaluation and approximately 50 million Americans suffer from tinnitus with 2 million Americans suffering from severe tinnitus. REM Audiology offers services starting with comprehensive diagnostic audiological tinnitus evaluations. Therapies range from treatment of hearing aids, maskers, Neuromonic devices, tinnitus retraining therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and relaxation techniques. The Neuromonics Treatment has been tested for years around the globe before coming to the US – it is the most technologically advanced way to reduce tinnitus disturbance and get your life back on track. Contact us for an appointment today at 856-627-4400.

What causes tinnitus?
Not only can the underlying causes mentioned earlier be the reason for your tinnitus, there are other factors to consider as well. The common cause for tinnitus is exposure to loud noises. Tinnitus is also a result of hearing loss due to aging. Other causes can be:

Hearing loss
Ototoxic drugs
Depression
Anxiety

Excessive noise
Lyme disease
Trauma/head injury
Traumatic brain injury

Thyroid disorders
Post traumatic stress disorder
Temporal mandibular joint disorder

What effects does tinnitus have?
Many sufferers of tinnitus are sleep deprived due to irregular sleep patterns. Medications are often prescribed to cover some of the symptoms tinnitus causes or other health conditions it might have an impact on. However, these medications typically do not treat the tinnitus itself. This means you’ll most likely still hear the ringing, buzzing or other noises but your side effects might diminish.

Common Effects of Sleep Deprivation:

Aching muscles
Irritability
Diabetes-Type 2
Inability to relax
Loss of sleep

Headaches
Weight gain/obesity
Depression
Impatience
Lack of concentration

Sensitivity to loud sounds/ hyperacusis
Decreased concentration/
ADHD-like symptoms
Negative impact on work,
family and social life

When do you know you should get checked for tinnitus?
For those of you who haven’t inquired about your hearing and experience significant changes in your hearing, you might turn up the television, or even repeat yourself a lot because you can’t hear over the noises in your ear. It’s time to come in and get checked. You don’t have to live with this forever. Neuromonics can help lessen those unpleasant experiences.

For those who are returning patients, it’s important to come in and see how your hearing loss is changing over time. If you start to experience those initial problems that originally brought you in, the level of your tinnitus might have changed due to consistent exposure to those harmful noise levels.

What is the Neuromonics treatment?
This Neuromonics tinnitus treatment is FDA-cleared, patented and clinically-tested. So you know it’s the real deal. It is clinically administered and monitored by a trained healthcare professional. It’s comprehensive, non-invasive and effective-offering proven and significant long-term reduction of tinnitus disturbance. The Treatment is designed to target the neurological processes of tinnitus, specifically its auditory, attentional and emotional aspects. The Treatment is delivered via a compact, light-weight and uniquely-designed medical device. This Treatment is effective and has been around since the early 90’s with thousands of patients treated worldwide.

How does it work?
The Treatment delivers a spectrally-modified neural stimulus that is designed to interact, interrupt, and desensitize tinnitus disturbance for a long-term benefit. The stimulus is embedded within precisely-designed music and customized for each user’s profile. The music positively engages the limbic system, the part of the brain associated with emotional response, allowing for pleasant and effective delivery of the treatment. The Neuromonic device is distinctive in that it targets the neurological processes underlying tinnitus. There are three discrete but interrelated processes in the development of disturbing tinnitus:

Changes within the auditory system which lead to the initial perception of the tinnitus sound.
The attentional filters in the brain which cause the patient to pay attention to the tinnitus perception.
The emotional response and the limbic system which cause an aversive reaction to the tinnitus.

All of these steps involve neuro-plastic changes in the brain. Using neuroplasticity, the treatment retrains the brain to stop paying attention to the sounds caused by tinnitus and stop reacting negatively to it.

Neuromonics Treatment Testimonials

Tom WHY THE NEUROMONICS TINNITUS TREATMENT? “The thing that caught my eye was that there were clinical trials to back up the claims of success. I have had more good days in the first month of treatment than I have had in the last 22 years. The treatment has improved my energy, focus, sense of well being and my excitement for life.”	Simon WHY THE NEUROMONICS TINNITUS TREATMENT? “It really began to affect my life. After a day of battling the loud noise in my ears at work, I would go home at the end of the day absolutely lethargic. I was afraid that this condition would last twenty-four hours a day for the rest of my life.”	Chris WHY THE NEUROMONICS TINNITUS TREATMENT? “Some people talk about not being able to get to sleep; my problem was when I woke up in the morning. For years and years the first thing I would do in the morning was jump out of bed, because I couldn’t stand lying in bed in that very quiet situation with this ringing in my ears. It was at the point where I’d be saying half a dozen times a day ‘This is driving me crazy.’ I had to find something.”
RESULTS: “The Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment has given me an easier and more practical long term solution to tinnitus. Give it a few weeks and you won’t believe the difference! The treatment changed my life.” Tom developed tinnitus from an unknown cause.	RESULTS: “The treatment changed my life. Whenever I see people with tinnitus, I say, ‘give Neuromonics a try’ there are still a lot of doctors who will tell you there’s nothing you can do about it. But there is something you can do about it, and this is it.” Simon developed tinnitus as a result of Meniere’s disease.	RESULTS: “It’s made life more tolerable. I sometimes listen to the treatment when I am lying in bed at 4 AM, and most mornings I’ll fall back asleep. My life is a hundred percent better.” Chris developed tinnitus as a result of a car accident and head trauma.

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Source:Neuromonics Inc., www.neuromonics.com