This short listening exercise builds a match to the sound you hear — its pitch and its texture — then tests whether outside sound can cover it, and sets you up with a masker to rest your ears in. About four minutes.
Use headphones in a quiet room. Set your device volume somewhere soft and comfortable — you can adjust it freely during the first steps. Which ear is your tinnitus in?
One rule for the whole exercise: if any sound becomes painful, turn it down or stop. Never push to the level of pain — one step below pain is always the stopping point. Short of that, don't be shy: some steps are supposed to get loud.
Step 1 of 4 · What kind of sound is it?
Which of these is most like your tinnitus?
Tap each one to hear a sample — each plays for about fifteen seconds, so you have time to adjust. Can't hear one? Turn your device volume up. Too loud? Turn it down. None will be exact — pick the closest family: a clean tone, or a shhh / static texture? Higher, or lower?
Tap a playing sample to stop it early, and re-listen as many times as you like. If you're torn between two, pick either — you'll fine-tune everything next.
Step 2 of 4 · Sculpt the match
Shape the sound until it matches
Tap Play to start the sound, then work the two sliders while it plays: pitch moves it up and down, texture narrows it toward a pure tone or widens it toward static. Tap Pause to compare against your tinnitus in the silence.
If it's hard to hear — especially up high — go ahead and turn your device volume up for this step. That's fine here.
Pitch—
200 Hz · low16 kHz · high
Texture—
Pure toneWide static
Step 3 of 4 · Cover it up
Can sound cover your tinnitus?
Masker volume
SoftMax
Expect this to get loud — often louder than most people would ever choose for listening, and probably louder than "comfortable." That's normal, and it's how we get a true answer. The one hard stop is pain: if you're one step below pain and still hear your tinnitus, stop right there and tap the red button — that's a real and useful result.
One more measurement
How soft can you still hear it?
🔒 Keep every volume exactly where it is — the buttons below are the only thing that changes loudness now. This step is what makes your loudness number meaningful.
You found the sound that covers your tinnitus. Now find the softest whisper of it you can still detect: tap Softer until it completely disappears, then Louder one step at a time until it just barely returns.
Your result
Your tinnitus profile
Matched pitch
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Texture
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Ear
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Treatable?
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Masking loudness
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🔒 Your exact matched frequency is saved. Members see the full detail — and unlock maskers personalized to it.
Preview · shaped relief sound
Two ways to shape sound around your match: notched noise carves a quiet gap at your pitch, and narrow band plays a band of noise centered right on it. Both have been shown to provide relief — which works better depends on the person, so try both and trust your ears. Toggle the shaping to hear what it does. Device volume is yours again — set this wherever you like.
Relief sound
Width
SofterLouder
🔒 Members · shaped relief sound
Members preview relief sounds shaped exactly around their matched pitch — notched or narrow band, in three widths — and take their favorite home as a daily masker.
This tool is for general wellness and self-exploration. It is not a hearing test and doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. For a full tinnitus assessment, book a visit with our clinic — bring these results along.
Your masker
Rest your ears in it
Pick a masker — tap it again to switch it off and enjoy the atmosphere alone — blend to taste, and let it run — through your phone's speaker while you read or fall asleep, through headphones, through Bluetooth hearing aids, or through RidRing ear-level devices from our clinic. In the full app it keeps playing with your screen locked, like music.
Keep the blend simple — the masker is the centerpiece; the atmosphere is the wrapper. Set it just loud enough to take the edge off, never louder than comfortable.