My wife has had tinnitus for six months. For the last four months she
has been using sound therapy - nature sounds enriched with frequencies.
I believe they are from a Petroff at Stanford, but don't quote me. She
listens to them constantly. Their piped throughout the house, on the
car stereo. And when whe is out she wears an iPod with some expensive
headphones.

The results have been very good. There are other factors that have
contributed to her improvement, but the sound therapy has provided
comfort and the annoyance, the severity, and the amount of time that
her condition occupies her thoughts and controls her emotions is
greatly reduced. The negative factors are so reduced, in fact, that she
has started about getting a job. (She had to quit her other job because
of tinnitus). To that end, we bit the bullet and ordered some of those
sound generators, thinking it might give her confidence in her job
search.

We picked them up just yesterday. She said they felt great and that she
already how liberalizing it would be to have the discreet sound
generators that tuck neatly behind her ears. She was thrilled to have
them and get her life back.

As soon as she put them on she realized something wasn't right. The
sound was less complex and didn't seem to blend as comfortably as the
Petroff therapy. The white noise pumped into her head sounded like the
tinnitus. It seemed as thought the tinnitus overcame to sound,
dominated the sound. The new tinnitus-like sound filled her head and
the old anxiety began to rise.

My wife is determined. She figured she would get used to it so she
refused to take them off and return to the old sound therapy. My wife
kept them on for 14 hours. She even slept with them on. In the morning
her tinnitus was higher and more annoying than it had been in weeks.
She became anxious and depressed. By the end of the day, after
listening to her old sound therapy, she stared to feel more at ease.

Okay, so here's the question. Has anyone ever had experience with these
sound generators. Did she wear them too long. Does one need to adjust
to them. Is this type of therapy too intense for such prolonged
exposure. Her doctor is out of town, and I just can't wait until next
week to place a call and ask him. Love to hear anyone's responses or
experiences.

Thanks