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Hearing some noises
My father has a problem with his ear for 7 years. He hears a continuous whistle sound every moment. Lots of doctors visited him but they say this problem is insoluble. I'm control Engineer and I'm trying to male a device for solving this issue. so my question is this: Can we learn ear (or related part of brain) to not ear some frequencies? In another word can we make ear (or related part of brain) a bit lazy for some frequencies? thanks for ongoing help ...
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Dr. Vinay S Bhat
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
Your father seems to be suffering from tinnitus which may occur because various reasons such as sensory neural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, tumors etc. If your fathers condition is because of sensory neural hearing loss then hearing aids with tinnitus maskers can be used effectively. There are other methods such as tinnitus retraining therapy. The device which you are planning to design is already available which is known as tinnitus masker which masks particular frequency of sound
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