The Neuromonics Tinnitus treatment works on three levels, auditory, attentional and emotional. The treatment delivers a spectrally-modified neural stimulus that is designed to interact, interrupt and desensitize tinnitus disturbance.
The stimulus is embedded within precisely designed music and customized for each user’s profile. The music positively engages the linbic system, the part of the brain associated with emotional response, allowing for pleasant, effective treatment.
The Neuromonics device targets the neurological processes underlying tinnitus, which involve the neuro-plastic changes in the brain. These processes involve…
- 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.
Using neuroplasticity, the Treatment stimulates the auditory pathway with the intention of promoting new neural changes that allow the brain to help filter out the tinnitus sound, thus reducing the disturbance and impact of tinnitus (i.e. it retrains the brain to stop paying attention to the tinnitus sound and stop reacting negatively to it). It is the most comprehensive long-term therapy that targets the neurological processes of tinnitus—auditory, attentional and emotional.
