Hearing Aids with Notch Therapy — Post Your Experience!

[G H]

I have an appointment with an audiologist next week to see if the Signia Silk in-ear device with a notch program can provide relief for the tinnitus in my right ear at 8 kHz. It jumped from level 2 to level 5 after a left shoulder steroid injection last June.

I also found the same hearing aid on eBay from a vendor outside the US for half the cost

So has it made any difference?

 

[Head Tone]

Over the last two weeks, I have been using a single right-side Signia Silk 7 with a boost matching the hearing loss shown on my audiogram, along with a tinnitus notch from 7.5 to 8.5 kHz. I can't say yet whether my level 5 tinnitus has decreased, but mentally there is definitely an improvement. My brain feels more balanced, and I am enjoying life more again. It may take another month to see whether the tinnitus level has actually dropped.

There is also an option to add a masking noise generator program, but for now, my provider chose to start with the notch only.

 

[Head Tone]

I have been using the Signia Silk combination Notch hearing aid with the frequency amplification mode for needed ranges. I also use the Brownian noise masker function about 50 percent of the time. I have been using it for about two months now.

It has been a year since the tinnitus level in my right ear increased from a 2 to a 5. Over time, I got past hyperacusis, regained about 50 percent of my hearing loss, and the hearing aid helped significantly.

However, last week I experienced a relapse. My hearing now measures almost exactly the same as it did a year ago, based on audiograms I took myself using Nuheara earbuds.

Has anyone else experienced periodic relapses of hearing loss? At the moment, the hearing aid is no longer able to restore clear hearing, and the sound on the right side feels like it is coming from underwater.

 

[CurlyBee]

It would also seem that notch therapy can't really be used for high pitch tinnitus. For example mine is somewhere in the 12-13 kHz range. My hearing aids don't even produce sound in that range

Actually, I edit audio and video (or at least I could before tinnitus turned my life upside down). In Final Cut Pro, there is an "EQ" filter that can be applied to a soundtrack, and you can adjust the settings to notch out higher frequencies. Mine is at 14,600 kHz, and this is how I set it up. You cannot use the two bands on the far right—you have to use the third band from the right.

Also, interestingly, the musician Grimes, who creates dreamy, ethereal pop music (she's one of Elon Musk's children's mothers), has two songs that actually make my tinnitus more manageable: Genesis and Oblivion.

If you need more detailed instructions, let me know.

I also just asked ChatGPT how to create a notched audio. Here's the link: https://chatgpt.com/share/68531d82-81cc-8002-ad76-381f2c91adb4

 

[AfroSnowman]

Actually, I edit audio and video (or at least I could before tinnitus turned my life upside down). In Final Cut Pro, there is an "EQ" filter that can be applied to a soundtrack, and you can adjust the settings to notch out higher frequencies. Mine is at 14,600 kHz, and this is how I set it up. You cannot use the two bands on the far right—you have to use the third band from the right.

Also, interestingly, the musician Grimes, who creates dreamy, ethereal pop music (she's one of Elon Musk's children's mothers), has two songs that actually make my tinnitus more manageable: Genesis and Oblivion.

If you need more detailed instructions, let me know.

I also just asked ChatGPT how to create a notched audio. Here's the link: https://chatgpt.com/share/68531d82-81cc-8002-ad76-381f2c91adb4

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Maybe I'm mistaken, but I was under the impression that there are no hearing aids on the market that can physically produce sounds above 8 kHz. We can certainly create notched audio files above 8 kHz, but I thought hearing aids were not capable of generating sound in that range.

 

[kingsfan]

Also, interestingly, the musician Grimes, who creates dreamy, ethereal pop music (she's one of Elon Musk's children's mothers), has two songs that actually make my tinnitus more manageable: Genesis and Oblivion.

Grimes has tinnitus.

 

[CurlyBee]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I was under the impression that there are no hearing aids on the market that can physically produce sounds above 8 kHz. We can certainly create notched audio files above 8 kHz, but I thought hearing aids were not capable of generating sound in that range.

Good question. I don't use it with my hearing aids—I use my Bose headphones for that.

I'm one of those unfortunate people for whom the Neosensory Duo actually worked. And two months after I bought the system outright, they closed up shop. It was the only thing that truly worked for me.

Now, I'm back to occasional IV Ketamine treatments, which were recommended by my audiologist. I can't seem to let go and accept this. I feel victimized, since my tinnitus resulted from a brain injury caused by two rear-end accidents in one year—neither of which was my fault.

I'm also extremely sensitive to sound. So when four audiologists told me they could help, only to later say I just needed to change how I feel about it and suggest therapy instead, it left me incredibly frustrated.

Even the way doctors in therapy videos pronounce tinnitus bothers me. I say "tin-ay-tus," and they say "tinna-tis." It drives me crazy. I feel like the only control I have is pronouncing it in a way that makes sense to me.

I get angry. I honestly feel like this will never end. But the Neosensory band gave me 10 to 15 minutes of peace.

But the Neosensory band gave me 10-15 minutes of peace.

I just learned from ChatGPT that there are ways to hack Bluetooth devices. It sounds like the NSD uses BLE-type Bluetooth, and I'm going to devote my time to seeing if I can write an app that can communicate with the band.

The company shut down in February and announced that the device would stop working. They told users they could save their settings, but they only notified people by email—and I never received one. That was a really terrible way to treat customers.

The device was still working in May 2025, but in June, it stopped letting me log in and told me to contact customer service. I had no idea the company had shut down. When they didn't reply, I searched online and found out they were gone.