Are you Suffering from any of these symptoms as a result of Tinnitus? Call Today for a Consultation.

    Mild to severe anxiety
    Insomnia
    Triggered fight or flight

  Depression
  Negative thinking
  Crying spells

  Hopelessness
  Suicidal thoughts
  Ringing in the ears

Do you feel your family and friends don’t understand?
Are you growing more isolated?
Do you feel like life will never be the same?
Are you refraining from activities that you enjoy?
Are you fearful of losing your job?
Do you find that your thoughts tend to be negative?

If you answered yes to 3 or more of these questions or symptoms, then we can help.

You may be a candidate for Tinnitus Cognitive Retraining Therapy, or TCRT.  Stephen Geller Katz, LCSW-R, with over 20 years of clinical experience, a New York University graduate, developed Tinnitus Cognitive Retraining Therapy and founded Tinnitus Cognitive Center™ in response to the growing number of Tinnitus sufferers coming to his private practice. He discovered that by helping people to retrain and reinterpret the thoughts around their Tinnitus, anxiety and depression symptoms began to improve. But even more important so did the Tinnitus.

Call us at (646) 213-2321 for a consultation.

See our main site: www.tinnituscognitivecenter.com
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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Retraining your brain sounds difficult, but it is actually something that is being done as part of the treatment options available for Tinnitus. Tinnitus, or ringing ears, involves hearing a ringing sound or even a buzzing sound all the time, even when there is nothing there to create the sound. The result can be a constant drain on the body and the mind.

What is Retraining Therapy?

The first step to understanding how retraining therapy can help as a tinnitus treatment option is to understand exactly what retraining therapy is all about. The brain gets used to certain things. It processes things a certain way. This is especially true when dealing with sound. Sound comes into the ear and then the brain has to process it. The brain believes this is the sound you should be listening too or a sound to ignore. If the brain did not do this, you would constantly be jumping at every sound you heard, as soon as it came into hearing.

In the case of Tinnitus, the brain believes this ringing or buzzing sound should be a prominent sound. This means you hear it all the time, everywhere, and it becomes part of the minute-to-minute sounds that would normally be put into the white noise category, there but ignorable.

How Retraining Therapy Works

Retraining therapy is a lot like it sounds, it is designed to retrain the brain so that it recognizes the ringing caused by this condition as a secondary sound, one that does not have any importance. For most people, this causes the sound to lessen in volume and to become easier to ignore. In this way, the stress on the mind and body of the person suffering from this condition can be eased.

There is currently no cure for this disorder and there are a variety of ways it can be caused and experienced. Retraining therapy has gained enough notoriety that it is considered by compensation and insurance programs to be an acceptable treatment option.

If you are experiencing symptoms of Tinnitus, contact us, we offer top care in NYC. We are happy to schedule an appointment for you today.

 

Tinnitus Treatments 

Tinnitus is also known as ringing ears. It is where there is a persistent buzzing or ringing in the ears, even though there is nothing there in actuality to cause the sound. The disorder can be caused by numerous factors. It could be the result of working in an environment with loud noises. It can be the result of an accident or the result of muscle spasms in the middle ear. There are even psychological and neurological reasons as to why someone might be experiencing sounds that do not have a physical cause attached to them.

Tinnitus Treatments

There are numerous treatment options available for Tinnitus. However, none of the ringing ears treatment options are going to offer a cure. As a result, most people do not pursue the necessary treatment to experience a reduction. It may be because the treatments will not bear any real fruit or it could be because the treatments are a variety of ‘let us see what works with you’ out of a hotchpotch of options.

Some of the treatments have proven effective enough that they have made their way onto the acceptable lists for compensation cases.  Behavioral cognitive therapy is one of the options to help treat ringing ears. It helps people deal with the stress that comes from having a constant sound in their ears. This constant noise wears on a person, their nerves, their ability to sleep, and their ability to concentrate. Therapy helps to relieve the stress and help people manage the symptoms with greater ease.

Cognitive Retraining Therapy works to retrain the way the brain hears sounds. This makes it possible for the mind, in essence, to tune out the sound created by the Tinnitus.

Choosing a Treatment

Ringing ears treatment options are wide enough that they can be varied to match the patient’s individual needs. The more severe the case, the more varied the treatments, but most people will be able to experience some relief with some of the treatment options available.

If you are experiencing issues with Tinnitus or think your may have this condition, contact us for trusted Tinnitus care in NYC.

Monthly Archives: August 2014

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Retraining your brain sounds difficult, but it is actually something that is being done as part of the treatment options available for Tinnitus. Tinnitus, or ringing ears, involves hearing a ringing sound or even a buzzing sound all the time, even when there is nothing there to create the sound. The result can be a constant drain on the body and the mind.

What is Retraining Therapy?

The first step to understanding how retraining therapy can help as a tinnitus treatment option is to understand exactly what retraining therapy is all about. The brain gets used to certain things. It processes things a certain way. This is especially true when dealing with sound. Sound comes into the ear and then the brain has to process it. The brain believes this is the sound you should be listening too or a sound to ignore. If the brain did not do this, you would constantly be jumping at every sound you heard, as soon as it came into hearing.

In the case of Tinnitus, the brain believes this ringing or buzzing sound should be a prominent sound. This means you hear it all the time, everywhere, and it becomes part of the minute-to-minute sounds that would normally be put into the white noise category, there but ignorable.

How Retraining Therapy Works

Retraining therapy is a lot like it sounds, it is designed to retrain the brain so that it recognizes the ringing caused by this condition as a secondary sound, one that does not have any importance. For most people, this causes the sound to lessen in volume and to become easier to ignore. In this way, the stress on the mind and body of the person suffering from this condition can be eased.

There is currently no cure for this disorder and there are a variety of ways it can be caused and experienced. Retraining therapy has gained enough notoriety that it is considered by compensation and insurance programs to be an acceptable treatment option.

If you are experiencing symptoms of Tinnitus, contact us, we offer top care in NYC. We are happy to schedule an appointment for you today.

 

Tinnitus Treatments 

Tinnitus is also known as ringing ears. It is where there is a persistent buzzing or ringing in the ears, even though there is nothing there in actuality to cause the sound. The disorder can be caused by numerous factors. It could be the result of working in an environment with loud noises. It can be the result of an accident or the result of muscle spasms in the middle ear. There are even psychological and neurological reasons as to why someone might be experiencing sounds that do not have a physical cause attached to them.

Tinnitus Treatments

There are numerous treatment options available for Tinnitus. However, none of the ringing ears treatment options are going to offer a cure. As a result, most people do not pursue the necessary treatment to experience a reduction. It may be because the treatments will not bear any real fruit or it could be because the treatments are a variety of ‘let us see what works with you’ out of a hotchpotch of options.

Some of the treatments have proven effective enough that they have made their way onto the acceptable lists for compensation cases.  Behavioral cognitive therapy is one of the options to help treat ringing ears. It helps people deal with the stress that comes from having a constant sound in their ears. This constant noise wears on a person, their nerves, their ability to sleep, and their ability to concentrate. Therapy helps to relieve the stress and help people manage the symptoms with greater ease.

Cognitive Retraining Therapy works to retrain the way the brain hears sounds. This makes it possible for the mind, in essence, to tune out the sound created by the Tinnitus.

Choosing a Treatment

Ringing ears treatment options are wide enough that they can be varied to match the patient’s individual needs. The more severe the case, the more varied the treatments, but most people will be able to experience some relief with some of the treatment options available.

If you are experiencing issues with Tinnitus or think your may have this condition, contact us for trusted Tinnitus care in NYC.

Tinnitus Cognitive Center™

Stephen Geller Katz, LCSW-R
19 West 34th Street
Penthouse Floor
New York, NY 10001

Call today for a consultation
646-213-2321