Tinnitus is any sound you can hear that is not coming from the environment. Its loudness and annoyance can be managed and reduced, and some people report they can get rid of it completely. Hann Audiology offers individual and personalised consultations remotely online via Telehealth to anyone worldwide, or in person (if you live in Christchurch, NZ).
Likewise, Sound Sensitivity (hyperacusis, recruitment, misophonia, phonophobia) can also be managed and reduced.
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Tinnitus is heterogenous so there are many different causes and presentations. The tinnitus you hear, and its triggers can be very different to someone else's. That's why a Google search can lead to frustration and even louder tinnitus!
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So what works for you might not work for others, but there are various evidence based strategies that can assist in tinnitus reduction, some of which we've known about for 70 years!
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Hann Audiology can help you make sense of these auditory system disorders, support you to find out what is underpinning them, and provide strategies and management advice to help you reduce their loudness and annoyance.
Recommendations are based on sound scientific principles and 25 years of experience, through a holistic lens. We don't claim to be able to fix everyone's tinnitus, but we can help most, sometimes quite successfully.
Specialist Care for Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity
About Duncan Hann
Duncan is a Senior Clinical Audiologist from New Zealand Aotearoa, with over twenty years of experience helping people reduce the loudness and annoyance of Tinnitus.
Duncan used to suffer from severe tinnitus from playing professionally in bands which led to a Master's Degree in Audiology, including a thesis in tinnitus management. He has moderate hearing loss and uses hearing aids.
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Duncan has extensive experience in most areas of adult and paediatric diagnostic and rehabilitative Audiology and can help adults as well as children with tinnitus and hyperacusis. Duncan is also available for consultancy about any hearing related matters.
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Full member of the New Zealand Audiological Society - since 2003
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Master of Audiology, University of Auckland, NZ
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Thesis in Music as a Sound Therapy for Tinnitus
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Published research in Tinnitus
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Hann, D., Searchfield, G., Sanders, M., Wise, K., 'Strategies for the Selection of Music in the Short-Term Management of Mild Tinnitus' Nov 2008, A/NZ Journal of Audiology 30(2):129-140
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Guest Lecturer - Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity
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Master of Audiology Programme University of Canterbury, NZ ​​
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Bachelor of Science degree at University of Canterbury, NZ
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Psychology (neuro and behavioural), Cell Physiology and Zoology.
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