Open AccessThe use of fractal tones in tinnitus patient management
Author(s) -
Robert W. Sweetow
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
noise and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-4030
pISSN - 1463-1741
DOI - 10.4103/1463-1741.110289
Subject(s) - tinnitus , habituation , fractal , audiology , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , speech recognition , neuroscience , psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mathematical analysis
A variety of noises have been employed for decades in an effort to facilitate habituation, mask, or suppress tinnitus. Many of these sounds have reportedly provided benefit, but success has not been universal. More recently, musical stimuli have been added as a sound therapy component. The potential advantages of using such stimuli, in particular fractal tones, in combination with amplification are discussed in this paper.