Scientific Background of Notched Music Tinnitus Treatment

Various clinical studies indicate that Notched Music has the strong potential to at least reduce the individually perceived tinnitus loudness. The main idea behind this approach is to make use of the plasticity of the human brain's auditory cortex. Significant scientific contributions stem from Prof. C. Pantev, Dr. H. Teismann and Prof. H. Okamoto.


Listening to Notched Music is a long-term treatment. Usually it takes at least six month to achieve a significant reduction of tinnitus loudness.

Selected Scientific References and Publications

  • Listening to tailor-made notched music reduces tinnitus loudness and tinnitus-related auditory cortex activity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • Customized notched music training reduces tinnitus loudness,
    Journal of Communicative and Integrative Biology
  • Listening to Filtered Music as a Treatment Option for Tinnitus: A Review,
    National Institute of Health
  • Combining transcranial direct current stimulation and tailor-made notched music training to decrease tinnitus-related distress - a pilot study, Public Library of Science (PLOS) One

  • Tinnitus: the dark side of the auditory cortex plasticity, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

  • Current tinnitus research at the University of Münster