Tinnitus masker of sound therapy including tinnitus maskers in tinnitus management. Audiologic Tinnitus Management (ATM) is a clinical protocol for management of tinnitus involving counselling and sound therapy including tinnitus maskers. Neural Plasticity and Cortical Remapping – tinnitus is associated with cortical reorganizaton after hearing loss. Tinnitus masker Tinnitus maskers are a range of devices based on simple white noise machines which are used to add natural or artificial sound into a tinnitus sufferer's environment in order to mask or cover up the ringing. The noise is supplied by a sound generator which may reside in or above the ear or be
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