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.


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Monthly Archives: June 2018

What Do Tinnitus Sufferers Have in Common

 Tinnitus sufferersIt is clear that tinnitus is the perception of sound and sufferer may hear varying degree of noises in the ear by different types of exposure. Some people may develop tinnitus by external exposure while others develop due to an underlying disorder, but there is no specific agenda behind this mystery. Whatever the reason you may discover after diagnosis, the fact remains the same that you are suffering from troubleshooting of tinnitus. There are many leading causes of tinnitus that why it is difficult to examine theroot cause of tinnitus.

Common Elemental Problems Associated With Tinnitus

Besides the perception of sound this condition put some common effects on sufferers. Studies have found that tinnitus sufferers are more vulnerable to sleeping disorders, anxiety, depression, stress, and hypersensitivity. But it is still unclear that tinnitus creates these disorders, or these underlying conditions contribute to tinnitus occurrence.
Tinnitus is something that just not creates physical disorder, but it is also considered to affect the people at an emotional level. However, you can still overcome your disorder by self-analyzing your symptoms via comparing it with another sufferer to gain better options for management therapy.

Here are some common disorders that every sufferer might face during tinnitus:

Insomnia And Tinnitus

Most sufferers of tinnitus have found difficulty in sleeping due to resuming and pausing sounds. It is found that people who are suffering from insomnia also receive the same ringing sensation just as the tinnitus victim experience. The prescribed sleeping pills during tinnitus also responsible for the creation of sleep disturbance as it alters your normal sleeping pattern. To avoid these chronic problems you have to involve remedial measure in your life to get proper relief.

Tinnitus And Hypersensitivity

There are different structural functions of the ear that works as a barrier against external noises. But excessive exposure leads to create unbearable tinnitus along other rare conditions. Most sufferer of tinnitus hears high-intensity noises during tinnitus episodes which are not present in the surrounding. This hypertensive process leads to creating intensifying auditory response in some people, and that is the reason people hear internal noises in the ear even the beats of heart and blood flow rate.

Depression And Tinnitus

 Tinnitus sufferersCongestive issues are also responsible for troubleshooting tinnitus such as anxiety and depression. In most of the cases is it seen that tinnitus create hopelessness due to frequent exposure to sounds. A recent report stated 40 to 70% of tinnitus patients with depression and other disruptive behavioral disorders.

Self Examination Of Tinnitus

Once you recognize the point source of your tinnitus condition, you can develop an easy and effective method to live even in compelling condition.

Bottom Line

Apart from seeing an audiologist, you can also learn to cope up with this condition even you experience this in your whole life!! You can also alleviate annoying sensation by avoiding unhealthy nuisance exposure as this exposure not only retard your cognitive abilities but can also leave you with hearing disability for your whole life. Moreover, be a self observer to point out tinnitus symptoms.

Types of Tinnitus Sounds

Tinnitus soundsThe tinnitus sounds can be of varying types. There is no specific guideline for recognition of tinnitus sounds. But according to the type of sound experience during tinnitus, various categories have been made to distinguish between different types of tinnitus.

Tinnitus considered as the melodious sound in medical terminology. The common type of symptomatic sound people experience is whooshing, buzzing and ringing. The sound is said to appear by the varying physical movement. Some people encounter sound by simple head shake while a lot of victims experience the sudden occurrence of noises in the ear without any movement.

Type of sounds you may experience in tinnitus

Pulsatile Tinnitus and Its Sound

This type of sound synchronizes with your heartbeat. The Pulsatile tinnitus forces you to listen to heartbeat rate and always intimate you to aware of blood flow rate. This even provides you the feeling of blood flow changes via sounds.

Musical Tinnitus and Its Sound

Musical sound is also known as hallucination and false auditory exposure. This musical tinnitus occurs in people who experience hearing disability in the past. This false rhythmic sound created by victim auditory response and sometimes people experience multiple choirs tones in a melodious form. It also appears in people who have no previous hearing disability but the probability of occurrence increase in noise sensitive people.

Low-Frequency Tinnitus and Its Sound

The low-frequency tinnitus is quite puzzling in which the victim find difficulty in understanding the internal and external sounds. However, the tone of the sound seems as that the low octaves is playing on the piano and imitate as murmuring, rumbling, humming and deep droning. This type of tinnitus can be hazardous as it can reduce your cognitive ability and concentration because in this case your ear unable to differentiate surrounds sounds.

Subjective Tinnitus and Its Sound

In this type of tinnitus, you may experience very long episodes of sounds. Subjective tinnitus enables you to hear intense exposure of sounds. The frequent sufferer of this type of tinnitus is recommended to wear hearing aids to avoid intermittent ringing and buzzing. This annoying ringing sensation can cause trouble in your daily activity as it outstrips internal and environmental noises.

Somatic Tinnitus and Its Sound

Somatic tinnitus usually occurs by physical movement and stimulus. It is often caused by a dental problem and by muscle deformity. But this type of tinnitus can be avoided by adopting few preventive measures such as sound therapy and other hypnosis techniques.

Management Therapy

It is almost impossible to aid tinnitus by medication, but you can still combat your condition by involving healthy and effective practices in your lifestyle. Relaxation and Hypnotherapeutic treatment can help you to a certain extent. However, these techniques certainly not alleviate your symptoms but it can overcome some buzzing sensation in your eardrum. You can also add some food to your diet to ease tinnitus because some veggies and whole grains have found to be effective in case of frequent episodes of tinnitus.

Call today for a free 15 min phone consultation 646-213-2321

Monthly Archives: June 2018

What Do Tinnitus Sufferers Have in Common

 Tinnitus sufferersIt is clear that tinnitus is the perception of sound and sufferer may hear varying degree of noises in the ear by different types of exposure. Some people may develop tinnitus by external exposure while others develop due to an underlying disorder, but there is no specific agenda behind this mystery. Whatever the reason you may discover after diagnosis, the fact remains the same that you are suffering from troubleshooting of tinnitus. There are many leading causes of tinnitus that why it is difficult to examine theroot cause of tinnitus.

Common Elemental Problems Associated With Tinnitus

Besides the perception of sound this condition put some common effects on sufferers. Studies have found that tinnitus sufferers are more vulnerable to sleeping disorders, anxiety, depression, stress, and hypersensitivity. But it is still unclear that tinnitus creates these disorders, or these underlying conditions contribute to tinnitus occurrence.
Tinnitus is something that just not creates physical disorder, but it is also considered to affect the people at an emotional level. However, you can still overcome your disorder by self-analyzing your symptoms via comparing it with another sufferer to gain better options for management therapy.

Here are some common disorders that every sufferer might face during tinnitus:

Insomnia And Tinnitus

Most sufferers of tinnitus have found difficulty in sleeping due to resuming and pausing sounds. It is found that people who are suffering from insomnia also receive the same ringing sensation just as the tinnitus victim experience. The prescribed sleeping pills during tinnitus also responsible for the creation of sleep disturbance as it alters your normal sleeping pattern. To avoid these chronic problems you have to involve remedial measure in your life to get proper relief.

Tinnitus And Hypersensitivity

There are different structural functions of the ear that works as a barrier against external noises. But excessive exposure leads to create unbearable tinnitus along other rare conditions. Most sufferer of tinnitus hears high-intensity noises during tinnitus episodes which are not present in the surrounding. This hypertensive process leads to creating intensifying auditory response in some people, and that is the reason people hear internal noises in the ear even the beats of heart and blood flow rate.

Depression And Tinnitus

 Tinnitus sufferersCongestive issues are also responsible for troubleshooting tinnitus such as anxiety and depression. In most of the cases is it seen that tinnitus create hopelessness due to frequent exposure to sounds. A recent report stated 40 to 70% of tinnitus patients with depression and other disruptive behavioral disorders.

Self Examination Of Tinnitus

Once you recognize the point source of your tinnitus condition, you can develop an easy and effective method to live even in compelling condition.

Bottom Line

Apart from seeing an audiologist, you can also learn to cope up with this condition even you experience this in your whole life!! You can also alleviate annoying sensation by avoiding unhealthy nuisance exposure as this exposure not only retard your cognitive abilities but can also leave you with hearing disability for your whole life. Moreover, be a self observer to point out tinnitus symptoms.

Types of Tinnitus Sounds

Tinnitus soundsThe tinnitus sounds can be of varying types. There is no specific guideline for recognition of tinnitus sounds. But according to the type of sound experience during tinnitus, various categories have been made to distinguish between different types of tinnitus.

Tinnitus considered as the melodious sound in medical terminology. The common type of symptomatic sound people experience is whooshing, buzzing and ringing. The sound is said to appear by the varying physical movement. Some people encounter sound by simple head shake while a lot of victims experience the sudden occurrence of noises in the ear without any movement.

Type of sounds you may experience in tinnitus

Pulsatile Tinnitus and Its Sound

This type of sound synchronizes with your heartbeat. The Pulsatile tinnitus forces you to listen to heartbeat rate and always intimate you to aware of blood flow rate. This even provides you the feeling of blood flow changes via sounds.

Musical Tinnitus and Its Sound

Musical sound is also known as hallucination and false auditory exposure. This musical tinnitus occurs in people who experience hearing disability in the past. This false rhythmic sound created by victim auditory response and sometimes people experience multiple choirs tones in a melodious form. It also appears in people who have no previous hearing disability but the probability of occurrence increase in noise sensitive people.

Low-Frequency Tinnitus and Its Sound

The low-frequency tinnitus is quite puzzling in which the victim find difficulty in understanding the internal and external sounds. However, the tone of the sound seems as that the low octaves is playing on the piano and imitate as murmuring, rumbling, humming and deep droning. This type of tinnitus can be hazardous as it can reduce your cognitive ability and concentration because in this case your ear unable to differentiate surrounds sounds.

Subjective Tinnitus and Its Sound

In this type of tinnitus, you may experience very long episodes of sounds. Subjective tinnitus enables you to hear intense exposure of sounds. The frequent sufferer of this type of tinnitus is recommended to wear hearing aids to avoid intermittent ringing and buzzing. This annoying ringing sensation can cause trouble in your daily activity as it outstrips internal and environmental noises.

Somatic Tinnitus and Its Sound

Somatic tinnitus usually occurs by physical movement and stimulus. It is often caused by a dental problem and by muscle deformity. But this type of tinnitus can be avoided by adopting few preventive measures such as sound therapy and other hypnosis techniques.

Management Therapy

It is almost impossible to aid tinnitus by medication, but you can still combat your condition by involving healthy and effective practices in your lifestyle. Relaxation and Hypnotherapeutic treatment can help you to a certain extent. However, these techniques certainly not alleviate your symptoms but it can overcome some buzzing sensation in your eardrum. You can also add some food to your diet to ease tinnitus because some veggies and whole grains have found to be effective in case of frequent episodes of tinnitus.

Call today for a free 15 min phone consultation 646-213-2321

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