Experts available to talk about tinnitus, their family experience, and how new tools can make a difference for millions of people - developed in Auckland, Sydney, and in Bristol , London, Leeds and Newcastle.
A free trial of the latest evidence-based therapies is available for Tinnitus Awareness Week starting 2 February.
The seven-day challenge incorporates the latest research from Newcastle University in the UK along with research from Auckland University, the Ear Institute at University College London and Leeds Trinity University.
- Many people living with tinnitus are still told that “nothing can be done” but clinicians following the latest research say that is bad advice which can lead to more stress, anxiety, and depression.
- While there is no cure, there are new evidence-based tools that help reduce the impact of tinnitus. You can help your brain filter out the noise and get your life back.
- These approaches are available for free trial during Tinnitus Awareness Week via a guided 7-day challenge.
- The free Sound Wellness Challenge is available online at:
tools.mindear.com/sound-wellness-challenge
Our researchers are available for interview about the trial and about the broader issues of tinnitus including:
- What tinnitus is (and what it isn’t), including why the brain can lock on to the sound
- What actually helps (and what doesn’t), and why advice to “just ignore it” often backfires
- The role of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based approaches, and why access has traditionally been a bottleneck
- Digital care and apps: what the evidence suggests, who it might suit, and how to use them safely as part of a broader care plan
- The guided 7-day challenge giving access to the latest evidence-based sound tools, and the research that informs the tools.
- How to spot red flags and avoid miracle cures that exploit desperation.
They can also speak to their personal experience of tinnitus in their own families, and how those experiences led them to dedicate their professional lives looking for better options.
General background on tinnitus is also attached to support your coverage.
Contact details:
- Dr Matthieu Recugnat (Sydney, Australia), whose grandmother suffered severely from tinnitus. [email protected] +61 432 064 071
- Dr Fabrice Bardy (UK, Bristol), whose father developed severe tinnitus after a head injury. [email protected] +44 7878 140 422; +33 744 81 82 88
- Dr Will Sedley (UK, Newcastle) Researcher who has been leading the development of the new soundscapes for tinnitus [email protected] +44 7713 632553
- For general interviews or background, contact Fabrice or Matthieu directly. Will can speak directly to the Newcastle research and how it has been adopted in the 7-day challenge
- For media coordination: Niall Byrne: [email protected], +61 417 131 977.
