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www.JoshGuide.com Tinnitus Therapy Millions of people worldwide suffer from tinnitus, a whistling, ringing or buzzing in the ears that isn’t caused by an outside source. According to the American Tinnitus Association, at least 50 million people suffer from tinnitus or have suffered from it in the past. For 2 million sufferers, tinnitus causes problems with their jobs, families and relationships or with their sleep. A cure is still not available, but many of those with tinnitus are finding relief through neuromonics therapy. 1. Neuromonics Traditional sound therapies use sounds from the environment to drown out the tinnitus. They usually use broadband noise, which sounds like a hearing aid noise, wind or a shower. Neuromonics is a music therapy. It uses New Age and Baroque music, as well as some broadband noise to stimulate the process of neuroplasticity, which is a process that attempts to teach the brain to disregard the ringing or buzzing inside the ear. The music brings pain relief to tinnitus sufferers and also lowers heart rates and respiration. 2. How it Works New Age or Baroque music is played for the patient for two hours per day for approximately half a year. The music is adjusted for each person’s hearing level. The first phase covers about two months during which time broadband noises are played with the music. A signal is delivered to keep the person from focusing on his tinnitus and to calm him. In the second phase, the broadband noise is removed. This phase …