Patent Document ID: 9242067
Application ID: 14217090
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implementable method of treating tinnitus in a subject, the method comprising: generating, in an audible signal generator, an audible stimulation signal having a first firing point and first firing period, stimulus onset, and/or duration; generating, in an electrical signal generator, a somatosensory stimulation signal to stimulate a somatosensory system of a subject, the somatosensory stimulation signal having a second firing point and second firing period, stimulus onset, and/or duration; and establishing, in a processor coupled to the audible signal generator and the electrical signal generator, a timing order and timing difference between the first firing point and the second firing point to reduce the tinnitus, wherein the first firing period and the second firing period are to be maintained asynchronously to reduce the tinnitus so that the firing period does not overlap the second firing period; and applying the somatosensory stimulation signal to the somatosensory system of the subject, and applying the audible stimulation signal to an auditory system of the subject.