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The Future of Digital Hearing Aids in Tinnitus
Treatment
Tinnitus can feel like a mind-
numbing curse. It's characterized by a 24 hours a day, 7
day a week ringing in your ear.
According to the American Tinnitus
Association, as many as 50
million people suffer from this
condition.
While there are a variety of causes for ringing in the ears
including earwax build up, the more common
scenarios involve cochlea nerve
damage, eardrum rupture and head or
neck trauma.
Unlike older analog hearing
instruments, today’s digital computerized
devices can use audio technology to
cancel out the effects of the
"disease".
The answer to helping sufferers of
tinnitus lies in device circuitry that
is capable of emitting signals or
waves that effectively cancel out those that the sounds occurring inside the ear.
This feature is known as DNR and it works by
picking out sound waves
and then emitting a canceling
pulse.
DNR is already present in advanced earpieces,
and while it has not been perfected it can give hope to the 50
million suffering from tinnitus that their
quality of life can be improved through digital
hearing instruments.
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