Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Responses to "listening to your tinnitus" From: Fatima Husain <husainf@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:57:23 -0500--00000000000015dd1205c9f327fd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Brian I will attempt to answer. What you are describing seems like the "sounds and thoughts" meditation, which is one of the mindfulness-based cognitive training (MBCT) exercises, where the individual meditates on their body's sounds & external sounds, including their tinnitus (if they have it). We conducted an MBCT intervention for adults with bothersome tinnitus and found that a great majority were helped by an 8-week MBCT course. When we were designing the experiment, we were worried if this particular exercise would exacerbate someone's tinnitus and we gave directions to the instructors accordingly. But, we found that no one complained about listening to or being intensely aware of their tinnitus in this context. There have been several published reports of MBCT being useful and if they all did the standard MBCT, then it would include this type of meditation. Other psychology-based treatments may also include such meditation exercises. No published report, to my knowledge, has weighed in on the relative merits of different aspects of MBCT or similar plans. Hope this helps, Fatima On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:57 PM Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, I received several responses to my post on "listening to your > tinnitus" in which I described a method I had found that seemed to > alleviate my tinnitus. Unfortunately, all of the posts described methods > in which an acoustic signal is present to the ear with frequencies that > match (or mask) the tinnitus, which is different from what I was talking > about. > > The method I was describing involved actually focusing on the tinnitus, > not an auditory stimulus. I can hear out some of the individual tones in > my tinnitus, and I find when I do this the tinnitus seems to lessen in > severity. > > So, does anyone know of any work that that been done in this area? > > Thanks, > Brian Gygi > -- Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Science and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Faculty Affiliate Neuroscience Program and Computational Science and Engineering Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab University of Illinois husainf@xxxxxxxx www.acnlab.com --00000000000015dd1205c9f327fd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Brian<div><br></div><div>I will attemp= t to answer. What you are describing seems like the "sounds and though= ts" meditation, which is one of the mindfulness-based cognitive traini= ng (MBCT) exercises, where the individual meditates on their body's sou= nds & external sounds, including their tinnitus=C2=A0(if they have it).= We conducted an MBCT intervention for adults with bothersome tinnitus and = found that a great majority were helped by an 8-week MBCT course. When we w= ere designing the experiment, we were worried if this particular=C2=A0exerc= ise would exacerbate someone's tinnitus=C2=A0and we gave directions to = the instructors accordingly. But, we found that no one complained about lis= tening to or being intensely aware of their=C2=A0tinnitus in this context. = There have been several published reports of MBCT being useful and if they = all did the standard MBCT, then it would include this type of meditation. O= ther psychology-based treatments may also include such meditation exercises= . No published report, to my knowledge, has weighed in on the relative meri= ts of different aspects of MBCT or similar plans.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div= ><div>Hope this helps,</div><div>Fatima=C2=A0</div></div><br><div class=3D"= gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at = 11:57 PM Brian Gygi <<a href=3D"mailto:bgygi@xxxxxxxx">bgygi@xxxxxxxx<= /a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0= px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><= u></u> =20 =20 =20 <div> <div> Hello, I received several responses to my post on "listening to you= r tinnitus" in which I described a method I had found that seemed to a= lleviate my tinnitus.=C2=A0 Unfortunately, all of the posts described metho= ds in which an acoustic signal is present to the ear with frequencies that = match (or mask) the tinnitus, which is different from what I was talking ab= out.=C2=A0=C2=A0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The method I was describing involved actually focusing on the tinnitus, = not an auditory stimulus.=C2=A0 I can hear out some of the individual tones= in my tinnitus, and I find when I do this the tinnitus seems to lessen in = severity. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> So, does anyone know of any work that that been done in this area?=C2=A0= =C2=A0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Thanks, </div> <div> Brian Gygi </div>=20 </div> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"= class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Fatima T.= Husain, Ph.D.<br>Professor, Dept. of Speech and Hearing Science and</div><= div>The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology<br>Faculty Af= filiate Neuroscience Program and Computational Science and Engineering<br>A= uditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab<br>University of Illinois<br><a href=3D"= mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a><br>= <a href=3D"http://www.acnlab.com" target=3D"_blank">www.acnlab.com</a></div= ><div><br></div></div></div></div></div> --00000000000015dd1205c9f327fd--