Sound from surrounding Environment: A TV programme running in the background is often helpful when the tinnitus is disturbing.
Some examples of masking due to environmental sounds are:
Playing with friends, surfing on a beach, festival and other celebrations.
A "Walkman" or “Ipod” can be used with plug-in-ear earphones; which can be switched on when resting.
Modern hearing aids incorporating latest technological advancement are very effective at submitting the usual soft environmental sounds around you, and helping to get tinnitus mask. Older aids were not useful for this purpose. They can be programmed to amplify the whisper like sound around you without amplifying loud decibel sounds (thus avoiding noise induced hearing loss), and thus mask the annoying unwanted irritating tinnitus sound.
Tinnitus maskers : They are not hearing aids in true sense but generate some pleasing sounds in the ears which are not disturbing. They in no way can be used for people with hearing loss. But its use for masking is very limited as most of tinnitus affected age group are of old age with hearing loss and so hearing aid is a better option..
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