Device for treating a tinnitus affliction
OwnerKlaus Grüblinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for the treatment of a tinnitus condition, comprising a pressure point body which is dimensioned so that it can be secured to or in the vicinity of the auricle, characterized in that said pressure point body has a fastening element and a pressure element, whereby the position of the auricle is changed and/or the middle ear is deformed.
Claims8
A method for the treatment of a tinnitus condition, comprising the step of placing a device behind an auricle of an ear of a subject, wherein pressure is exerted on the auricle by a pressure point body of the device, the pressure point body comprising a ring-shaped fastening element and a pressure element projecting from the fastening element, wherein the fastening element is secured to an earpiece, wherein the auricle of the subject is changed in position when the subject wears the earpiece, thereby changing the entry angle of sound into the ear and alleviating the tinnitus condition.
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