Digital Hearing Solutions
Sonormed
Sonormed is a Hamburg-based medical technology company with a strong focus on digital audiology and was founded in Hamburg in 2012. Building a unique infrastructure that integrates regulatory requirements (e.g. medical device regulation), specific needs of ENT physicians and the requirements for reimbursement is the core mission of Sonormed. The company cooperates with well-known industrial companies, insurance companies and research institutes. Against this backdrop Sonormed leverages their sound technological know-how in digital audiology for diagnostics, therapeutic use and workflow management to build a portfolio of related products. Our interdisciplinary team of sound engineers, computer scientists and neurobiologists develops state-of-the art solutions to improve hearing impairments.
Sonormed’s most widely recognised solution is Tinnitracks, a fully digital therapeutic app for tinnitus patients. Tinnitracks is a certified medical solution providing access to the scientifically validated Tailor-Made Notched Training (TMNMT), a neuro-acoustic treatment approach that targets hyperactive nerve cells underlying the perception of tinnitus. In Germany, Tinnitracks has become the first therapeutic app to be reimbursed by statutory and private health insurances. Heading towards a complete integration into the existing healthcare system, Sonormed was able to receive numerous prestigious awards for the development of Tinnitracks, e.g.,the renowned US technology award SXSW in “Digital Health & Life Sciences Technologies”.
Team
Sonormed GmbH was founded by Adrian Nötzel, Jörg Land and Matthias Lanz.
The management consists of Jörg Land and Matthias Lanz. Jörg Land, responsible for marketing and business development, was responsible for marketing and product management in various IT companies. Matthias Lanz, who heads the IT department, can also draw on previous experience in founding a company and in developing international structures. Co-founder Adrian Nötzel, responsible for the product development, complements the team’s competence in the field of audio technology. The Sonormed team also includes developers, psychologists and medical professionals.
We would like to thank the institutions that supported us in establishing our company:
Tinnitus Treatment
Unlike as previously thought, tinnitus does not develop in the ear, but in the brain through pathologically overactive nerve cells. This overactivity can be soothed by listening to individually filtered music so that the tinnitus volume is noticeably and sustainably reduced. Enjoying music to fight tinnitus – Tinnitracks is realizing it.
With Tinnitracks, tinnitus sufferers can simply use their favorite music for their daily tinnitus treatment. The app helps you to filter out your individual tinnitus frequency from selected pieces of music. The Tinnitracks app reliably analyzes, whether a piece of music is suitable for therapy, and it supports users with additional functions to enable the best possible implementation of the therapy.
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- Filtering the music with high performance filters
- Therapy–accompanying videos by Dr. Johannes Wimmer
- Simple and pleasant application
- Therapeutic effects scientifically confirmed
- Reimbursement by various health insurance companies
Meine Tinnitus App – Only available in Germany
The DTx “Meine Tinnits App” is a reimbursed mobile App for the treatment of tinnitus.
Good hearing – better working
Hearing loss is often a subtle process that is only discovered at an advanced stage and affects the life and efficiency of the individual. In 2017 Sonormed will be launching a new audiology solution that supports early self detection.
Further information will follow shortly.
Partner
Sennheiser
Sennheiser, a traditional German company with international standing, is one of the leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. For more than 65 years Sennheiser has been the equivalent of quality products, realistic sound and tailor-made solutions. In close cooperation with Sennheiser, three headphone bundles were specifically designed for use with Tinnitracks to provide optimal conditions for therapy. We rely on Sennheiser’s headphone expertise throughout our portfolio.
German health insurances
The products of Sonormed are adapted to the requirements of health insurance companies in order to facilitate access to products such as Tinnitracks for policy holders.
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ESIT – European School on Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research
The European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research (ESIT) is an education program funded by the European Union with the goal to promote inter-disciplinary tinnitus research in Europe. Within the “Horizon 2020” program, the EU supports the ESIT program with 3.8 Mio. Euro for the next four years. ESIT educates 15 PhD students across Europe with outstanding academic as well as personal skills to perform excellent tinnitus research. Twelve universities from ten European countries and 34 academic, clinical and industrial partners will be coordinated by the University Clinic Regensburg to carry out the tinnitus research. Among the goals of the ESIT research project is the development of individualized treatment methods, first genetic studies on tinnitus, and building up the largest pan-European database for systematic and inter-disciplinary tinnitus research.