Enriched Acoustic Environment (EAE)
- What it is: Broadband sound shaped using a person’s hearing profile.
- Study: 82 adults completed one of two EAE listening protocols.
- Outcome: Tinnitus handicap decreased after four months in both groups.
Beyond masking: sound therapy and CBT tools for tinnitus
Tinnitus Toolkit brings together four research-linked sound therapy approaches with structured cognitive behavioural therapy tools to support tinnitus management.
Match your tinnitus sound, explore guided CBT and sleep sessions, create personalised Soundscapes, track impact over time and follow new research — privately, offline and without ads or tracking.
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Understanding Tinnitus
Clear information can make tinnitus feel less confusing and more manageable.
Tinnitus Can Be Managed
Even when the sound remains, its impact can change. CBT can help reduce the attention, threat and distress that keep tinnitus in the foreground.
Explore the CBT programmeSound Can Be Used Strategically
Different sound approaches interact with the auditory system in different ways. Tinnitus Toolkit includes four adjustable approaches linked to published research, although individual results vary.
Compare the four approachesPersonalisation Depends on the Approach
Some approaches use your matched tinnitus frequency, while EAE can use your hearing profile instead. My Sound helps you manually match and save the sound you perceive.
Learn about tinnitus pitch matchingTinnitus Can Change From Day to Day
Sleep, stress, sound exposure and other factors may influence how noticeable tinnitus feels. Tracking patterns can help without assuming that every change has a single cause.
Explore possible patternsBuild Your Routine
Combine sound therapy, CBT and periodic progress tracking
FOCUSED SESSION •
SMR Decorrelation
A planned listening session using sound shaped around your matched tinnitus frequency. It can play while you continue another quiet activity.
OTHER APPROACHES •
Explore Three More Sound Therapies
EAE
Personalised to hearing
Band-gap
Notched around your frequency
Flanking Bands
Bands around your frequency
💡 Each approach includes its own suggested listening protocol
MENTAL SKILLS •
CBT Course & Exercises
Build practical skills to reduce the attention, threat and distress that can keep tinnitus in the foreground.
Four-part course
Guided skill sessions
CBT-I sleep tools
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS •
Track Tinnitus Impact
Use the built-in THI questionnaire periodically to see how tinnitus is affecting daily life over time.
25 self-reported questions
Trends saved in History
For personal tracking only — not a diagnostic test
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Use headphones where recommended
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Keep volume comfortable
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Follow each therapy’s protocol
Sound Therapy Approaches
Four adjustable approaches linked to published tinnitus research.
Band-gap Noise
- What it is: Notched sound therapy using broadband sound with a narrow gap around your matched tinnitus frequency.
- Study: 23 participants listened to tailor-made notched music for 12 months.
- Outcome: The target group showed reduced tinnitus loudness and auditory-cortex activity.
Flanking Bands
- What it is: Two adjustable sound bands positioned below and above the matched tinnitus frequency.
- Study: 184 participants completed a three-month non-randomised controlled study.
- Outcome: The customised-sound group showed a greater reduction in tinnitus handicap than the music control group.
SMR Decorrelation
- What it is: Broadband sound modulated to reduce correlations between frequencies near the tinnitus pitch.
- Study: 53 participants completed a blinded randomised crossover trial.
- Outcome: Self-rated tinnitus loudness decreased after active modulation, but not after sham.
Tinnitus Toolkit implements these approaches independently from the published studies.
The summaries describe study findings, not guaranteed individual outcomes.