MindEar: new app to help tinnitus sufferers

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Tinnitus is a pretty awful condition that can drive someone nuts. Unfortunately, there's not all that much that can be done about it other than masking it and / or habituating to it. This app is aimed at habituation using CBT, so will hopefully help some people. I can see it in the iPhone app store, so it's out now and presumably for Android too.

Whether it is a ringing sound or perpetual buzzing, tinnitus is a common and often debilitating condition. Now researchers say they have designed an app that can reduce its impact.

While there is no cure, there are a number of ways of managing the condition, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This helps people to reduce their emotional connection to the sound, allowing the brain to learn to tune it out. However, CBT can be expensive and difficult for people to access.

Researchers have created an app, called MindEar, that provides CBT through a chatbot with other approaches such as sound therapy.

New app can reduce debilitating impact of tinnitus, say researchers

MindEar delivers CBT through chatbot with sound therapy allowing brain to learn to tune out condition

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