I
have tinnitus and my doctor has recommended that I buy a masking sound device
for treatment. Any suggestions?
It seems your doctor is either a musician or a salesperson.
Tinnitus is a disorder where there is a perception of sound that is not related
to the external environment. Subjective tinnitus is only heard by the sufferer
and not by anyone else. At present, there is no single treatment that works in
all patients.
Now we have doctors turning into business people and
recommending unproven therapies. Some years ago, sound therapy or masking
devices were developed to treat tinnitus on the principle of distraction. This
sound is played which is often sufficient to distract the individual from
hearing noises produced from within the ear- or masking the tinnitus.
Unfortunately, all good studies have shown that masking devices suck-meaning
you pay a lot of money for a device which looks like a portable radio but the
darn thing does not work for your disorder.
As of today, the management of
tinnitus remains difficult and requires multiple strategies. Go and see a
decent ENT surgeon and stop visiting charlatans. Your doctor sounds like a crooked businessman.
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