Fire, artillery, aircraft, helicopters, grass sewers – all of them are somewhat common equipment heard or used by military personnel from the first days of their service. But all of them also cause long -term damage to human hearing. In fact, anything More than 85 decibels It will cause harm, and the higher the sound, the less time it takes to harm.

For many old warriors, the most common symptoms of long -term hearing damage are tinnitus, ringing, screaming or whispering in the ear that we can hear but have no external source. Not only is the veterans, but it does not affect the veteran population as a secondary product for their work. but Hearing aid makerAnd one of the five main developers of aid in the United States, developed a smartphone application called ReliefIt is available via iOS or Android to anyone suffering from tinnitus.

Dr. Laurel Kristensen is the chief hearing staff at GN Resound. She was working to develop hearing for more than 25 years, but her most important relationship with her work is that she also suffers from tinnitus.

“In the United States, 3 million current members of service and old warriors are suffering from Tuna, which is the most related to service,” Kristensen told Military.com. “We really don’t know what causes tinnitus, and this is one of the reasons why there is a treatment. It is definitely our brain’s response to losing our hearing or exposure to noise. But everything with tinnitus and working with patients who have tinnitus focuses on its management.”

One of the most effective methods of tinnitus is an audio therapy, which includes the use of external sounds to manage and reduce the visualization of the condition. Sounds such as white noise, nature sounds, or automatic music can be used to cover or reduce the emergence of the tinnitus, which stimulates the auditory system to help the brain get used to the tinnitus.

“It is about getting used to.”. “You are trying to make you focus less on this sound, so we add more sounds to return to it. Imagine that you are in a dark room and that you light a candle. This candle puts a huge amount of light, and this is what you focus on. Don’t focus much on your ear tinnitus.”

This is where the application and other front come. The relief application can be operated directly in some loud hearing devices via Bluetooth as well. In fact, there are hearing aids, such as Vivia present, which have sound treatment options in hearing devices themselves. While Kristensen loves ancient warriors an auxiliary experience in hearing, she reminds them that they do not need a rounded device to use the Resound application; It can be used with Apple or Android devices and play with Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and of course hearing tools.

“If you give someone the relief application, you give him a lot of information about the tinnitus there,” she said. “But there are also sound tools, such as beach sounds, for you there. We have also developed some audio tools for use, as well as things such as hiding noise, white noise and pink noise.”

The application has been developed with a number of elements that have been clinically validated, such as audio therapy and media consulting, but it was specifically tested at the Institute of Physiology and Hearing Science in Warsaw. I found the study for six months The relief application that exists showed a decrease in the intensity of the tinnitus throughout the three -month period.

While many old warriors already realize that they suffer from varying degrees of tinnitus, Kristensen reminds them of taking the appropriate steps towards treatment. Look for information about Tinnitus and get an examination to see if your ears are ringing due to hearing loss or another reason – because there are things that can be repaired.

“When you have your ears completely, completely covered with wax, it can cause some tinnitus, which is easy to deal with,” she said. “Then there is a miner disease that can come with dizziness and hearing loss. Stress and caffeine can also be an operator.”

Kristensen says old warriors that while living with tinnitus can be a struggle and there is no direct treatment, the disobedience management is possible, and something that can be done with consulting, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or training treatment of tinnitus.

She said: “I am always optimistic about this, because you see the patients who enjoy it completely, and there are people who commit suicide because of the tinnitus.” “One of the messages you want to be strong is that you can manage your ear tinnitus, which can be done. Get this medical evaluation, watch the hearing world, know if you have hearing loss, get hearing devices and get a healthy treatment in these hearing devices. Use things like Resound Relift.”

Ancient warriors who want more information about the tinnitus or we hear products should visit Resound. Those interested in downloading the Resound Relief application can App Store Or on Google Play.

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