softer than the patient’s tinnitus rather than louder. Researchers believe that rather than masking, or covering up the tinnitus, these sounds are interfering with or suppressing it.


A Novel Approach to Sound Therapy


The UCI team tested 20 patients. The results showed that the amplitude modu- lated sounds were four times more likely to offer a reduction in tinnitus perception than white noise, and were the most effec- tive out of all the tested treatment sounds. Overall, the short-term effect showed that 35% of patients received greater than 70% reduction in tinnitus perception, 35% of patients experienced a 30% to 50% reduction, and 30% of patients experienced less than 30% reduction. This approach to sound therapy has helped patients who had not benefitted from more traditional forms of tinnitus therapies before.


and then Food and Drug Administration clearance was secured. In September 2011, SoundCure began offering the “Serenade®


Tinnitus Treatment System”


to audiologists along with comprehensive training in tinnitus evaluation and tinnitus management. The tones developed in Dr. Zeng’s lab are now known as “S-Tones®


”. Where Are They Now? Fan-Gang Zeng, Ph.D.


Dr. Zeng continues to devote time to tinnitus research. His graduate students who worked with him on the ATA grant have by now earned their Ph.D. titles and in turn, helped to launch S-Tones. Michael, known as “Patient Zero,” still


manages his tinnitus but believes it is much better. He has returned to being an active musician. He says, “I feel these very gifted people can make a difference. I believe many tinnitus sufferers now have options and hope for relief. Don’t give up.”


Many scientific breakthroughs never make it out of the university lab. Fortunately in this case, the firm Allied Minds learned of the UCI’s work, licensed the technology, created a company called SoundCure and put together an executive team. Soon the first prototype sound therapy devices were engineered,


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This technology is being offered in more clinics all the time. As usage grows, more patients are benefiting. Recently the wife of a patient noted that since treat- ment, he was laughing and joking again, like he used to. “I got my husband back,” she says.


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At the Migraine-Meniere-Tinnitus Clinic, we focus our diagnosis & treatment on the patient’s physiological, pathological and anatomical malfunctions of their nose, sinuses and Eustachian tubes. Treatment corrections aim to normalize functions and equalize the nasal airway. This may take three to 10 days.


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Dr. Hoover is a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Board of Allergy & Environmental Medicine and Royal Society of Medicine, London, and a Diplomat of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dr. Hoover has served the Houston area for 25 years, spoken in over 26 countries and published in numerous medical journals, such as:


– International Rhinology. Supplement 2.all.1987 – Tinnitus & Allergy. Proc II International Tinnitus Seminar, Munster, Germany. 1987. Publisher, Harch V. Karlstruhe


– The Journal of Japan Rhinologic Society. Vol 30,1(1991)


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