I hope it’s as helpful to others as it has been for me.” It’s been scary, dark and emotional and has opened up deep wounds and sensitivities surrounding my own issues, … What started out as a DIY approach to my own tinnitus has led me to create this sound therapy library. Rupert says, “Creating this music has been an incredible journey. The T-Minus app is free an Android version is in the works.

The content is also available via Spotify to anyone with a premium account. The T-Minus website says the app can cover a whole range tinnitus noises, and also provides links and tips for how to cope with the condition. It contains a music library of what he calls ‘Mind Environments’ that includes tinnitus-specific music, broadband sounds, modulated sound and fractal tones that users can choose from and tailor to their own specific needs. The T-Minus app is the culmination of Rupert Brown’s experiments that began with that old Toshiba cassette player. Eventually, using this form of therapy, Brown was able to regain control of his life and went on to play with the likes of Nigel Kennedy, Cher, The Lighthouse Family, Darryl Hall and Robbie Robertson, to name just a few. In a fascinating recent interview, he tells how he discovered that jamming the Record, Play and Pause buttons on an old Toshiba cassette player produced a hissy white noise sound, that made his tinnitus bearable for him. Unnerved, Brown went hunting for solutions. As the condition worsened and took its toll on the musician, he found that not only could the doctors not help him, they instead told him he should give up the thought of ever playing music again. Instead, it was flooded with a cacophony of screams, bells and thunder. After a string of shows with Roy Ayers at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in 1991, Brown found he was having difficulty hearing with his left ear.

Tinnitus: Don’t give upĭrummer Rupert Brown has been dealing with tinnitus for over 30 years. Unfortunately, that is why many musicians, especially those who play louder instruments like the drums, suffer from it.

An estimated 1-3% of the world’s population suffers from tinnitus so severe, that leading a normal life can become nearly impossible.Ĭonstant exposure to loud sound sources increases the risk of tinnitus, or can exacerbate an already existing condition. Depending on the severity of the condition, the sound can be loud or soft, low or high pitched, or come from one or both ears. Many people describe the sound as a ringing or buzzing, but it can also be a clicking, hissing or roaring. Tinnitus is defined as an audible sound that persists, even though there is no actual source behind it.

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