More Than Just Ringing
It starts as a faint buzz. Maybe it sounds like a distant whistle, a low hum, or even ocean waves. You look around the room to find the source, but the room is silent. The sound is coming from inside your head.
This is tinnitus, a condition that affects nearly 50 million Americans. While it's often dismissed as "just ringing in the ears," anyone living with chronic tinnitus knows it is much more than that. It can lead to sleep deprivation, anxiety, inability to concentrate, and a feeling of hopelessness.
"Tinnitus isn't a disease itself—it's a symptom. It's your brain's way of telling you that something has changed in your hearing system."
The Senior Impact Scale
Clinical data on how chronic noise impacts quality of life.
The Brain-Ear Connection
To understand how to treat tinnitus, we first have to understand why it happens. In most cases, tinnitus is a reaction to hearing loss. When the tiny hair cells in your inner ear are damaged (from noise exposure or aging), they stop sending signals to the brain.
Your brain, craving that input, "turns up the volume" to try and find the missing sound. When it can't find it, it creates its own noise to fill the silence. That phantom noise is your tinnitus.
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Specialist-led treatment results in nearly 90% satisfaction.
Why Masking Isn't Enough
For decades, the standard treatment was "masking"—essentially drowning out the ringing with white noise or nature sounds. While this offers temporary relief, it doesn't solve the problem.
As soon as you turn the white noise off, the ringing comes back, often seeming louder than before.
This is where Signia has changed the game. Instead of just covering up the problem, they have developed technology to treat it at the source.
Signia's Secret Weapon:
Notch Therapy
At Hearing Benefit Services, we recommend Signia because they are the only aids equipped with patented Notch Therapy—a clinical approach that retrains the brain.
Identification
We identify the exact frequency (pitch) of your tinnitus tone during your comprehensive clinical exam.
The "Notch"
We program your Signia hearing aids to amplify all sounds except that specific frequency, creating a "notch" in the sound profile.
Brain Training
By relegating the tone to the background, your brain slowly learns to ignore it and stops prioritizing the noise.
Clinical studies show Notch Therapy can significantly reduce annoyance within weeks. For some, the sound disappears completely.
Your Pathway to Silence
Getting fitted by a specialist is a straightforward 3-step process.
Clinical Mapping
Precision diagnostics to locate the exact pitch and intensity of your tinnitus.
Custom Fitting
Programming technology to "notch" the sound out of your auditory awareness.
Ongoing Support
Monthly specialist support to ensure your brain filters out the ringing for good.
Taking the First Step
You do not have to "just live with it." While there is no cure, it is highly manageable. The first step is a comprehensive hearing evaluation to check for underlying loss.
If you are tired of the ringing, clicking, or buzzing taking over your life, let us help you find peace again.