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B A Goldstein1, A Shulman, M L Lenhardt
1Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Box 1239, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Abstract:
Masking of tinnitus by noise can produce residual inhibition, a persistence in the reduction in tinnitus after the noise is removed. Typically, this relief is very short-lived, on the order of minutes. This report highlights long-term inhibition of tinnitus by UltraQuiet therapy, a new technique that employs patterned sound in the 10- to 20-kHz range, presented through bone conduction. Nine subjects participated in a study of the efficacy of this tinnitus suppression technique. Eight reported improvement in tinnitus symptoms; one did not complete the study. The duration of the improvement ranged from days to weeks. This long-term inhibition may involve a truly plastic change in the brain at the central level.
