Lenire Device for Tinnitus
You may feel like your tinnitus has taken over your life. The noise can be distracting and leave you feeling agitated, especially if it’s affecting your sleep. Lenire neuromodulation is an at-home tinnitus treatment that can teach your brain to disregard the ringing, buzzing, humming or whooshing in your ears. That means fewer auditory intrusions and less emotional stress. This device provides two sources of neural stimulation to teach your brain to focus on something else and reduce distress. Hearing Associates offers this treatment option, so you don’t have to worry about tinnitus disrupting your day.
What is Lenire Neuromodulation?
It’s an FDA-approved method that was created to reduce the impact of tinnitus symptoms. The system includes wireless headphones, a mouthpiece called a Tonguetip and a handheld controller. You wear headphones, place the Tonguetip in your mouth and activate the system with the controller for two 30-minute sessions each day for 12 weeks. You’re not required to do anything. The audio from the headphones and pulses from the mouthpiece stimulate your brain without requiring any conscious effort from you.
How Does the Lenire Device Help with Tinnitus?
Hearing loss deprives your brain of auditory stimuli, so your brain overcompensates, generating extra neural activity that results in hearing sounds that aren’t there. That’s what you perceive as ringing or buzzing.
The Lenire device disrupts that process by delivering alternative stimulation to redirect your brain’s attention away from those phantom sounds. The headphones play calming music while the Tonguetip produces electrical pulses. That teaches your brain to prioritize other input, desensitizing you to your tinnitus.
Who is a Candidate for Lenire Neuromodulation?
Lenire is an effective treatment option for subjective tinnitus, which is only audible to you. You may consider this type of treatment if you experience moderately severe tinnitus that disrupts your daily life, sleep patterns or emotional state. If you’ve tried other management methods without success, Lenire could provide you with the much-needed relief so you can improve your quality of life.
What to Expect During a Lenire Consultation
You’ll discuss your physical symptoms and medical history before completing a hearing test to determine the cause of your tinnitus. When talking with your audiologist, it’s important to explain the intensity, frequency and duration of your symptoms. If you’re a candidate for Lenire and choose to pursue treatment, you’ll be given the Lenire headphones, Tonguetip and controller so you can begin your listening sessions at home. If you have trouble with your equipment, you can bring your device into one of our offices for assistance.
Benefits of Using Lenire to Treat Tinnitus
Bimodal neuromodulation: When you use a Lenire device, you receive auditory and tactile stimulation, which is better for retraining your brain. The music not only masks the sounds, but it also helps you learn how to focus more on the sounds you want to hear.
Ease of use: You can complete a listening session whenever and wherever you want. The device and its accessories are portable and easy to charge. You don’t have to worry about syncing devices or downloading apps, either.
Customization: You can adjust the music type and volume and the intensity of the electrical pulses. If the audio is too loud or the Tonguetip stimulation feels too strong, your audiologist will tweak the settings until you’re comfortable.
How Lenire Compares to Other Tinnitus Treatments
The effectiveness of tinnitus management depends on the severity of your symptoms and treatment preference. Sometimes, sound therapy is enough to distract your brain from the ringing. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches you how to adjust your behavior and thought patterns in response to the auditory triggers. While those methods can be effective for many people, Lenire approaches tinnitus from the perspective of neurological stimulation. A Lenire device provides neural stimulation to teach your brain how to refocus. You also don’t have to wear hearing aids to benefit from this treatment.
Explore Lenire Neuromodulation at Hearing Associates
Living with tinnitus isn’t easy, but there are treatment options that can provide you with much-needed relief. Lenire neuromodulation is available at Hearing Associates, and our team is well-versed in providing personalized treatment. You can count on your audiologist to tweak settings until they’re just right. That way, you can take your device home and immediately start soothing your symptoms.
Are you ready to reduce the impact tinnitus has on your daily life? Call 888-760-2032 to get started.
FAQs
You may experience a temporary increase in tinnitus as your brain adjusts to stimulation. The electrical pulses can also cause mild discomfort that subsides with use.
Yes. Lenire received FDA approval in 2023.
Treatment lasts 12 weeks. However, you may require further use to continue improving the perception of your tinnitus.
Pricing varies. Please consult your audiologist for further information.
No, but it is clinically proven to provide symptom relief.
Listening through the headphones is like listening to music, while the Tonguetip stimulations feel like tiny electrical “pops” on the end of your tongue.