Would ChatterBlocker help mask the sound of tinnitus (ringing of the ears)?
Probably so. Different people have tinnitus in different frequency ranges; if yours is very high-pitched, ChatterBlocker may not totally mask the sound. However, it can still help distract your attention away from the ringing. In general, it may be better to play some kind of low level background sound, to capture your acoustic attention, than to spend hours being stressed out about the ringing in your ears. Especially if you’re troubled by tinnitus mostly at night, when the house is quiet and you’re trying to sleep, it may be helpful to play low level nature sounds (such as ocean waves or babbling brooks). (Of course, if the computer’s fan or disk drive noise is irritating in itself, you may want to find another solution.) You may also obtain help from meditation or other mind/body techniques (including the meditations in the full version of ChatterBlocker). Hating the ringing in your ears will not make the sound go away, but it can make you miserable. Meditation can help you accept t
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