What is masking and how can it help me?
Masking is the use of other sounds to "drown out" or "mask" the annoying noises associated with tinnitus. In the past, sufferers wishing to mask their symptoms usually ended up purchasing many masking CDs and hardware maskers in an effort to find a suitable masking effect for their particular tinnitus symptoms.
Tinnitus Masker Pro goes a step further than standard masking products , allowing you to experiment with an infinite number of combinations of sounds and frequencies until you find the best masking effect for your symptoms. You can then play the combination of sounds back in realtime, or record the sound output to wav or mp3.
How
does masking work?
Masking is generally successful because
the masking sound and the tinnitus sound
are vastly different in quality. Tinnitus
usually produces a shrill, high-pitched,
unpleasant tone. In contrast, masking sounds
are typically soothing. Most individuals
can and usually do "automatically"
ignore certain external sounds. These sounds
are ignored if they are not too loud or
harsh and if they are relatively constant
and monotonous. Ignoring the masking sound,
which covers up the tinnitus, means that
the tinnitus is automatically ignored as
well.
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