Researchers form the University of Auckland, New Zealand have developed a smartphone app-based treatment that successfully relieved the symptoms of tinnitus in a small trial.
The app contained a mix of passive and active listening tasks along with written counselling material. The participants were also given Bluetooth bone conduction headphones and a neck pillow speaker to listen to it.
They found that 65 per cent of the volunteers undergoing the new treatment reported significant improvements in their symptoms while those using the white noise app reported no improvement.
The team now plan to refine the treatment and carry out larger trials. They hope to have the app clinically available within the next six months.
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