Mechanisms and Research Progress of Personalized Music Therapy in the Treatment of Tinnitus

Abstract

Personalized music therapy has shown promising application prospects in the management of tinnitus. Although domestic and international scholars have discussed related literature on music-based interventions, the mechanisms, specific methods and research progress of personalized music therapy have not been described in a systematic and detailed way. In view of this gap, this article reviews several main approaches that use personalized or individualized sound and music in tinnitus treatment, including neuromonics tinnitus therapy, tailor-made notched music training, phase-shift treatment, the Heidelberg model of music therapy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) five-tone therapy. It also briefly introduces our department's practical experience with using natural sound for non-masked sound therapy in idiopathic tinnitus. We hope this review will provide a useful reference for further research and clinical application of music therapy for tinnitus.