A sound enrichment system for provision of tinnitus relief, the sound enrichment system includes a noise generator, at least one signal modulator for random or pseudo-random modulation of a noise signal that is obtained using the noise generator, and an output transducer for conversion of the modulated noise signal to an acoustic signal for presentation to a user. A method of providing a noise enriched sound signal for provision of relief of tinnitus includes generating a randomly or pseudo-randomly modulated noise signal, generating an acoustic noise signal using the modulated noise signal, and presenting the acoustic noise signal to a tinnitus suffering person.

Proposed are a method and device of determining optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment. The method of determining the optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment includes: identifying one or more sound stimuli selected by a user input from among a plurality of sound stimuli; identifying one or more electrical stimuli selected by the user input from among a plurality of electrical stimuli; determining a first complex stimulus sequence of complex stimuli in which the one or more selected sound stimuli and the one or more selected electrical stimuli are combined; and applying the complex stimuli to a user, wearing a tinnitus treatment device, according to the determined first complex stimulus sequence.

Systems, methods and devices for paired training include timing controls so that training and neural stimulation can be provided simultaneously. Paired trainings may include therapies, rehabilitation and performance enhancement training. Stimulations of nerves such as the vagus nerve that affect subcortical regions such as the nucleus basalis, locus coeruleus or amygdala induce plasticity in the brain, enhancing the effects of a variety of therapies, such as those used to treat tinnitus, stroke, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Presented herein are techniques for generating a hierarchical classification of a set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis. The hierarchical classification includes a plurality of nested classifications of a sound environment associated with the set of sound signals received at hearing prosthesis, including a primary classification and one or more secondary classifications that each represent different characteristics of the sound environment. The primary classification represents a basic categorization of the sound environment, while the secondary classifications define sub-categories/refinements of the associated primary classification and/or other secondary classifications.

An exemplary method for fitting a hearing device to a hearing device user performed by a fitting system operatively connected to but remote from the hearing device includes providing, to the hearing device, an adjustable parameter identified by a fitter using a fitting system and a specification comprising an allowed range for the adjustable parameter defined by the fitter using the fitting system. The method further includes transferring the adjustable parameter and the specification to a user interface operatively connected to the hearing device and located with the hearing device for use by the hearing device user, receiving an adjusted parameter value for the adjustable parameter adjusted by the hearing device user with aid of the user interface to be within the allowed range, and updating the adjustable parameter in a transfer function of the hearing device based on the adjusted parameter value.

Various aspects include approaches for managing tinnitus in a user. In some particular aspects, a computer-implemented method of managing tinnitus of a user with at least one wearable device includes: actuating, according to a prescribed pattern and using the at least one wearable device: a) an electro-acoustic transducer to provide an audio output to the user, and b) a contact element to apply vibration to a body part of the user, where the prescribed pattern both stimulates the nervous system of the user and delivers a sound to the user, which together mitigate the tinnitus.

A hearing aid having tinnitus masking function is disclosed, comprising a hearing aid with a audio signal processing unit and a narrowband noise generator unit. The hearing aid is further provided with a network communication module for network connection between the hearing aid and a control terminal, by means of a wired or wireless manner. By adding a narrowband noise generator mutually independent from the audio signal processing unit, and by using debugging software of a computer terminal or mobile phone terminal to issue instructions to change various parameters of the narrowband noise generator through network transmission, hearing impaired persons who have used the disclosed can improve hearings to promote their communication skills, and corresponding narrowband noises are controlled simultaneously to mask the tinnitus, thereby distracting patients' attentions from the tinnitus, and ensuring that the hearing impaired persons can effectively use the hearing aids to communicate with others.

An ear-wearable electronic device comprises a housing configured to be worn in, at or about an ear of a wearer. A sound generator is disposed in the housing and configured to produce at least a tinnitus masking sound. A physiologic sensor arrangement is disposed in or supported by the housing and configured to measure one or both of a plurality of physiologic parameters and a plurality of physiologic conditions of the wearer. The physiologic sensor arrangement is configured to produce physiologic sensor signals in response to the measurements. A controller is operatively coupled to the sound generator and the physiologic sensor arrangement. The controller is configured to detect one or more of presence, absence, and severity of tinnitus of the wearer using the physiologic sensor signals.

A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid device comprises: an input unit configured to receive an acoustical input and transform it into an electrical input signal; a signal transforming unit coupled to the input unit and configured to process the electrical input signal to obtain an electrical output signal; a stimulation unit configured to generate a stimulation signal for acoustic coordinated reset neuromodulation therapy; an output unit configured to transform at least one of the electrical output signal and the stimulation signal into an acoustical output.

Disclosed is a method. The method may include receiving first data based on a stimulus defined according to a patient. The method may include receiving second data based on the stimulus. The method may include determining an indication of tinnitus. The indication of tinnitus may be based on a comparison between the first data and the second data. The method may include administering a tinnitus treatment on the patient. The treatment may be based on the indication. A tinnitus treatment may include one or more of an biological feedback with the patient, transcranial magnetic stimulation of the patient, surgical insertion of the cochlear implant, the cognitive behavioral therapy, the transcutaneous electrical stimulation, pharmacologic therapy on the patient, or applying a hearing aid to the patient.