What’s That Buzz? Finding a Solution for Tinnitus

By Lindsay Prusick, AuDEducation & Training Audiologist, Starkey Hearing Technologies   It affects 10 percent of Americans, no one has the same experience, and it does not discriminate. Can you guess what I am talking about? Tinnitus! The topic of tinnitus has become all the buzz.   Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears, or in the head, when no external sound is present. The sound is real, but no one except the patient hears it.    Researchers and clinicians have worked for decades to figure out the treatment or combination of treatments that can provide relief to patients with tinnitus. However, to date, no one specific treatment has been shown to work for every patient. Fortunately, there are a number of treatment options that have consistently been shown to help.    When Starkey Hearing Technologies set out to develop a tinnitus management technology, we made it a priority to take into consideration clinical research evidence, current tinnitus management protocols, and the needs of tinnitus patients and hearing healthcare professionals.   We recently released Multiflex Tinnitus Technology in Xino Tinnitus, a discreet receiver-in-canal (RIC) 10 device that is the smallest standard hearing aid Starkey currently offers. It provides 12 channels for programming the hearing aid response and 16 bands for shaping the tinnitus stimulus.    Xino Tinnitus is available in up to a 70-gain receiver and comes packed with our reliable and robust ...
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