KR20160044072A - Method and System for Treating Tinnitus through Controlling Frequency - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for treating tinnitus, which is capable of simply removing a tinnitus frequency of a sound source stored in a user′s end terminal or a separated database and then performing a tinnitus treatment, and to a method for treating the tinnitus. More particularly, according to the present invention, a method for treating tinnitus through controlling frequency includes the steps of: (a) requesting a sound source list used to treat own tinnitus through a sound source treatment application by the user; (b) checking user′s tinnitus frequency prerecorded in a sound source treatment database by a sound source conversion server, to which the sound source list is requested, to transfer the user′s tinnitus frequency to the sound source treatment application; (c) extracting the sound source list having the same frequency region as the user′s tinnitus frequency region as a main component by the sound source treatment application to provide the sound source list to the user; (d) selecting any one sound source in the sound source list through the sound source treatment application by the user; (e) analyzing a frequency of the selected sound source and the user′s tinnitus frequency by a sound source conversion engine to remove the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency from the sound source frequency region; and (f) providing the sound source from which the same frequency region as the tinnitus frequency region is removed to the user.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a tinnitus treatment method and a tinnitus treatment system,

The present invention relates to a tinnitus treatment system and a tinnitus treatment method that can easily remove a tinnitus frequency of a sound source stored in a user terminal or a separate database and receive tinnitus treatment.

Tinnitus refers to tinnitus, which is caused by irritation of the ear due to diseases of the ear, mental excitement, vascular disorders, etc., and sounds like a kind of sound only to the patient. In Korea, about 17% of the total people experience tinnitus, It is known that about 8% of the severe tinnitus causing severe disability in the middle of sleep, and about 1% when giving severe disability to daily life.

Recently, with the development of industry, the number of tinnitus patients is gradually increasing due to the increase of noise, the abuse of various electronic devices, the increase of the elderly population, and the abuse of drugs. Therefore, the importance of diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus patients is emerging.

These tinnitus treatments include tinnitus shielding (tinnitus shielding), which uses a pharmacologic therapy that injects a neurotransmitter blocker, surgical therapy, and hearing aids, tinnitus masking method), and tinnitus retraining therapy (tinnitus retraining therapy), which treats tinnitus without hearing loss by continually playing sounds that are smaller than real tinnitus over a wide frequency range.

The tinnitus re-training therapy modifies the tinnitus signal to weakly recognize it and induces it to become a habit. For the habituation process, broadband noise with mixed sounds of all frequency bands, for example, white noise, Such a treatment method can be said to induce the habituation of the patient by continuous treatment for more than 6 hours per day for 1 year or more.

However, the white noise includes noise of all frequencies within a certain frequency band. Therefore, it is disadvantageous for the patient to continuously listen to the white noise for treatment of tinnitus for one year or longer for a long period of time. Rather, by applying stimulation to the normal frequency band, hearing loss is caused rather than causing hearing loss.

Accordingly, a system and a method for receiving a tinnitus treatment more easily by using a sound source that does not cause psychological discomfort even when a user is away from a simple noise like a conventional white noise for a long time is required.

Unlike the existing treatment methods using habituation and desensitization of tinnitus, the present invention uses various sound sources such as music files stored in a mobile device of a patient, Tinnitus treatment system and tinnitus treatment method applying the principle of lateral inhibition which suppresses the nerve stimulation of the frequency where the tinnitus is generated by stimulating around the frequency where the tinnitus occurs, by removing the tinnitus frequency of the patient included in the tinnitus The purpose is to provide.

In addition, the present invention provides a tinnitus treatment system and a tinnitus treatment method that improve the efficiency of treatment for tinnitus through listening without feeling discomfort and headache by using a sound source including various music suitable for a personal tendency for a long time, Have a purpose

In addition, the present invention provides an application service conforming to the characteristics of a high-performance and multi-function portable device such as a smart device, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the tinnitus treatment system and enabling the user to more easily use the tinnitus treatment system and tinnitus treatment There is another purpose in providing a method.

The technical objects to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects which are not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the present invention .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a tinnitus of a user, the method comprising: (a) requesting a list of sound sources to be used for treatment of a user's own tinnitus through a sound source therapy application; (b) inquiring the tinnitus frequency of the user input in the sound source treatment DB by the sound source conversion server which has received the sound source list and delivering it to the sound source therapy application; (c) extracting a list of sound sources whose main components are the same frequency range as the tinnitus frequency of the user and providing the extracted list to the user; (d) the user selecting any sound source from the sound source list through a sound source therapy application; (e) analyzing a frequency of the selected sound source and a tinnitus frequency of a user to remove a frequency equal to a tinnitus frequency in the frequency domain of the sound source; And (f) providing the user with a sound source whose frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency is removed.

In the step (e) of the present invention, the sound source conversion engine converts the selected sound source into WAVE data, converts the WAVE data into a real format or an imaginary format, and then converts the real format data or the imaginary format data into FFT Transform), and after filtering the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency of the user, it is preferable to perform IFFT (Inverse Fsat Fourier Transform) processing.

In the present invention, the sound source conversion engine may divide the WAVE data into a plurality of frequency bands, and then format each divided WAVE data in a real format or an imaginary format.

In the present invention, the sound source conversion engine preferably performs FFT processing after minimizing a leakage frequency of the real-format data or imaginary-format data through windowing.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the sound source from which the tinnitus frequency is removed is stored in the sound source therapy database separately from the provision to the user.

In the present invention, the sound source is preferably a music file.

In the step (d) of the present invention, it is preferable that the user selects one of the sound sources stored in the user terminal.

In the present invention, the tinnitus frequency of the user in step (b) includes: sequentially listening to a plurality of stimuli tones having different frequencies; The user selecting any of the plurality of stimulus notes; And inputting the frequency of the stimulus sound selected by the user into the sound source therapy DB by setting the frequency of the stimulus sound to the tinnitus frequency.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the tinnitus frequency of the user in step (b) is automatically inputted / updated from the server of the hospital where the user is treated.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sound source treatment DB for storing a treatment history including a user's tinnitus frequency. A sound source therapy application for extracting a list of sound sources having a tinnitus frequency band of a user transmitted from the sound source treatment DB as a main component and providing the extracted list to the user; A sound source conversion server for inquiring the tinnitus frequency of the user to the sound source treatment DB, delivering the tinnitus frequency to the sound source therapy application, and transmitting a tinnitus frequency removal request of one sound source selected by the user from the sound source list to the sound source conversion engine; And a sound source conversion engine for analyzing the frequency of the selected sound source and the tinnitus frequency of the user and removing the same frequency range as the tinnitus frequency of the selected sound source and providing the same to the user terminal. to provide.

In the present invention, the sound source conversion engine may include: a decoding unit for converting sound source data into WAVE data; A windowing processor for converting the WAVE data into real format data or imaginary format data and minimizing a leak frequency of the real format data or imaginary format data through windowing; An FFT processing unit for FFT-processing the windowed processed real format data or imaginary format data; A frequency filtering unit for filtering the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency of the user in the FFT-processed real format data or the imaginary format data; An IFFT processing unit for performing IFFT processing of filtered real format data or imaginary format data at a frequency equal to the tinnitus frequency of the user; And an encoding unit converting the IFFT-processed real format data or the imaginary format data into WAVE data.

The sound source conversion engine according to the present invention may further include: a data division unit for dividing the WAVE data converted by the decoding unit into predetermined frequency bands; And a playback unit for merging the WAVE data encoded by the encoding unit and providing the merged WAVE data to a user.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the tinnitus frequency of the user stored in the sound source treatment DB is automatically input from the hospital server of the hospital where the user is treated.

In the present invention, the sound source treatment application may be installed in a user terminal, and the user terminal may be any one of a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a computer, a notebook, an electronic organizer, a PMP or a PDA.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the sound source in which the frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency is removed is stored in the sound source treatment DB separately from the provision to the user.

In the present invention, a plurality of sound sources corresponding to the sound source list are stored in the sound source conversion server, and are preferably transmitted to a user terminal according to a user's request.

According to the tinnitus treatment system and the tinnitus treatment method of the present invention, various sound sources such as music files stored in a mobile device of a patient are used, and the tinnitus frequency of a patient included in a sound source is removed, Tinnitus is reduced by lateral inhibition and it is effective to increase the efficiency of tinnitus treatment by using a variety of music and sound sources suitable for personal preference.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the tinnitus treatment system and provide the effect that the user can receive the tinnitus treatment more easily by providing the application service that matches the characteristics of the high performance and multi- have.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing the correlation between a librarian (user) to which the present invention can be applied, a hospital, a sound source conversion server of a provider of a tinnitus treatment service, and the like.
2 is a configuration diagram of a tinnitus treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a configuration diagram of a sound source conversion engine included in the tinnitus treatment system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a method for treating a tinnitus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a detailed flowchart of a method for treating a tinnitus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating data processing in a sound source conversion engine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a process of analyzing sources of a tinnitus treatment method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
8A to 8B are views showing a state in which a tinnitus frequency of a sound source is removed on a tinnitus treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

As mentioned above, in general, tinnitus is one of the most common symptoms of hearing loss in the ear or in the head, even though there is no external stimulus. More than 95% of normal people experience tinnitus at least once in their lifetime, with 17% of the population suffering from tinnitus and 5% of them feel severe tinnitus to find a hospital. And 1% is known to be too severe to be able to live a normal life.

The treatment of tinnitus includes hearing aids, Tinnitus Masker, pharmacotherapy, and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, among which the most effective and widely used are Tinnitus Retraining Therapy ; TRT).

Tinnitus re-training therapy is a way to classify the tinnitus into non-critical sounds so that the neural network transmitted from the auditory cortex to the cerebral cortex is rearranged and reconstructed so that the cerebrum does not recognize it or feel uncomfortable. And reduce the contrast by reducing the abnormal gain in the auditory system, causing the cerebrum to feel less tinnitus.

The device technology related to Tinnitus retraining therapy, which is mainly used now, has a function of pure tone exposure. To use it, it is necessary to have a very expensive system such as a dedicated device and a hearing aid type. I feel a lot of stress.

Therefore, it is possible to easily perform tinnitus treatment without having a dedicated device in connection with the tinnitus retraining treatment, and there is a desperate need for a system and a method capable of treating tinnitus while using general music files, such as white noise and the like.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary view showing a correlation between a pseudo pseudonym (user) to which the present invention can be applied, a hospital, a sound source conversion server of a provider of a tinnitus treatment service, and the like.

The present invention has been devised on the assumption of a user who is a tinnitus patient, a hospital and a sound source conversion server 130 for treating a user, a sound source treatment DB, and a service provider that provides a sound source conversion engine.

That is, the tinnitus patient stores the medical care history including the tinnitus frequency at the hospital in the hospital server 160, and the medical care server 160 transmits the medical care history to the sound source medical treatment DB, Frequency and the like are automatically stored and updated.

In addition, the user receives a sound source treatment application (Application) provided by the service provider to his / her smart device. When the user desires to receive tinnitus treatment later, the sound source treatment application is executed and the sound source stored in the smart device is converted After transmitting to the server 130, a sound source whose tinnitus frequency has been removed by the sound source conversion engine can be retransmitted and heard.

Accordingly, the present invention can provide a user with convenient access to a sound source for tinnitus when a user, a hospital, and a service provider are connected to easily exchange data for tinnitus treatment. There are advantages.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a tinnitus treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a sound source conversion engine included in the tinnitus treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The tinnitus treatment system of the present invention includes a sound source treatment DB 140 for storing a treatment history including a tinnitus frequency, a list of sound sources having a tinnitus frequency band as a major component of the user transmitted from the sound source treatment DB, And transmits the tinnitus frequency to the sound source conversion engine. In response to the tinnitus frequency removal request, the tinnitus removal application may request the tinnitus frequency removal engine to remove the tinnitus frequency of one of the sound sources selected by the user from the sound source list. And a sound source conversion engine 150 for analyzing the frequency of the selected sound source and the tinnitus frequency of the user and removing the same frequency range as the tinnitus frequency of the selected sound source and providing the same to the user terminal And the like.

The sound source therapy DB 140 and the sound source conversion engine 150 may be installed in the sound source conversion server 130 according to the invention and the sound source therapy application may be implemented by the user terminal 110 or sound source conversion May be mounted on the server 130, and may further exist in a cloud form.

In the sound source treatment DB 140, a medical history of a user's tinnitus is stored. The medical history may include a user's name, ID, date of medical treatment, prescription, tinnitus frequency, and the like.

In this way, the medical history including the user's tinnitus frequency can be automatically input and updated in the sound source treatment DB 140 from the hospital server 160 of the hospital where each user is treated.

The sound source conversion engine 150 may include a decoding unit 210 for converting sound source data into WAVE data, a processor 210 for converting the WAVE data into real format data or imaginary format data, A windowing processing unit 220 for minimizing a leakage frequency of the imaginary-format data, an FFT processing unit 230 for FFT-processing the windowed processed real-format data or imaginary-format data, An IFFT processing unit 250 for performing IFFT processing on the filtered real-format data or the imaginary-format data at the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency of the user, and a frequency- And an encoding unit 260 for converting the format data or the imaginary-format data into WAVE data It can be formed.

The sound source conversion engine 150 may further include a data divider for dividing the WAVE data converted by the decoding unit into predetermined frequency bands and a playback unit for merging the WAVE data encoded by the encoding unit and providing the WAVE data to a user The second electrode 270 may be formed.

The sound source of the present invention is preferably a music file. The information of the music files existing in the user terminal 110 is transmitted to the sound source conversion server 130 in advance, and a list of music composed mainly of the tinnitus frequency is calculated Or a list of music composed mainly of the user's tinnitus frequency may be calculated using the music files stored in the sound source conversion server 130 and transmitted to the user.

If there is no sound source to be selected from the sound source list in the user terminal 110, the user requests the sound source conversion server 130 to select the sound source and transmits the request to the user terminal 110, You will be able to remove the wave number and listen to it.

That is, the sound source conversion server 130 may be connected to a server of the sound source provider to store a plurality of sound sources, and may transmit the sound sources stored at any time to the user terminal 110 according to a request of the user.

The sound source therapy application 120 may be installed in the user terminal 110 and the user terminal 110 may be a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a computer, a notebook, an electronic notebook, a PMP or a PDA However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any device connected to the sound source conversion server 130 and capable of transmitting and receiving data may be used.

Meanwhile, the sound source in which the frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency of the user is removed may be stored in the sound source treatment DB 140 separately from the provision of the sound source to the user, and the sound source may be stored in the user terminal 110 at any time You will be able to retransmit.

4 is a flowchart of a method for treating a tinnitus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

The process of the tinnitus treatment method of the present invention with reference to FIG. 4 is as follows.

First, the user performs a step of requesting a list of sound sources to be used for treating his / her own tinnitus through a sound source therapy application (S110). That is, the user operates the sound source therapy application 120 on the user terminal 110 to request the sound source treatment server 130 for a sound source list to be used for tinnitus treatment.

Here, the sound source conversion server 130, which has requested the sound source list, inquires the tinnitus frequency of the user input in the sound source treatment DB 140 and transmits it to the sound source therapy application 120 (S120).

At this time, the tinnitus frequency of the user input in the sound source therapy DB 140 is determined by i) sequentially listening to a plurality of stimulating tones having different frequencies by the user, ii) Selecting one stimulus sound, and iii) inputting the frequency of the stimulus sound selected by the user to the sound source therapy DB by setting the frequency of the stimulus sound to the tinnitus frequency. That is, the user may set the tinnitus frequency in the hospital where the user is to be treated, and may be input to the sound source therapy DB 140 via the hospital server 160.

Then, the sound source treatment application 120 extracts a list of sound sources having a frequency region equal to the frequency of the user's tinnitus as a main component, and provides the extracted list to the user (S130) The user selects one of the sound sources he / she wants to hear (S140).

At this time, the user can select any sound source from the sound sources stored in his / her user terminal 110. If there is no sound source to be heard at his / her terminal, the sound source conversion server 130 And then proceeds to the process after receiving the sound source.

In operation S150, the sound source conversion engine 150 analyzes the frequency of the selected sound source and the tinnitus frequency of the user to remove the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency in the frequency domain of the sound source.

In this case, the sound source conversion engine 150 converts the selected sound source into WAVE data, converts the WAVE data into a real format or an imaginary format, and then performs FFT (Fsat Fourier Transform) processing on the real format data or the imaginary format data And then filter the same frequency as the user's tinnitus frequency.

Subsequently, a sound source whose frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency is removed is provided to the user (S160).

Meanwhile, it is preferable that the sound source from which the tinnitus frequency is removed is stored in the sound source treatment DB 140 separately from the provision to the user, and can be retransmitted at any time when the user requests it.

5 is a detailed flowchart of a tinnitus treatment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the user operates the sound source remedy application 120 to request a sound source list (S11), the sound source remedy application 120 delivers the user's request to the sound source conversion server 130 (S12) After the user's medical history is inquired in the sound source treatment DB 140 in step S13, the sound source treatment DB 140 transmits the medical history including the user's name frequency to the sound source conversion server 130 S14), and the sound source conversion server 130 transmits the user's name and frequency of the user's medical history to the sound source therapy application 120 (S15).

The sound source therapy application 120 selects sound sources that are composed mainly of the user's nominal frequency of the sound sources existing in the user terminal 110 and provides the sound source list to the user (S16).

When the user selects one of the sound source lists displayed through the user terminal (S17), the sound source treatment application 130 requests the sound source conversion engine 150 to remove the tinnitus frequency of the sound source (S18).

The tinnitus frequency removal step of the sound source by the sound source conversion engine 150 will be described in detail as follows.

First, in the decoding unit of the sound source conversion engine, sound source data that can be formed of MP3 or the like is converted into a WAVE (PCM) format (S19).

Subsequently, the data division unit divides the WAVE (PCM) data into a minimum frequency processing unit for parallel processing (S20), and converts the WAVE (PCM) data into a real number format or an imaginary number format for FFT do.

Thereafter, the windowing processor minimizes the leakage frequency or spectral leakage of the real format data or imaginary format data through windowing (S21).

After the windowing process, the real-format data or the imaginary-format data that has been removed from the FFT processing unit is transformed from the time domain format to the frequency domain format using a predetermined FFT algorithm (S22) The frequency of the frequency domain is analyzed to filter the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency.

Then, the IFFT processing unit converts the frequency domain data in which the tinnitus frequency is filtered into a time domain format using a predetermined IFFT algorithm (S24), and outputs real format data or imaginary format data that has been subjected to the FFT / The format data is converted into WAVE (PCM) data to be transmitted to the engine call object (S24).

Finally, it is checked in real time whether the WAVE (PCM) data in which the tinnitus frequency is removed from the playback unit of the sound source conversion engine is completed in real time, the completed buffer is collected and the WAVE (PCM) data is transmitted to the sound source therapy application (S25) The sound source treatment application can provide the user with the sound source (S26).

6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating data processing of a sound source conversion engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a frequency transforming unit 240 for transforming a WAVE data into WAVE data by the decoding unit 210 of the sound source conversion engine 150, After filtering the anomalous frequency of each WAVE data, is transmitted to the sound source therapy application after the merging process of each WAVE data whose demarcation frequency is removed by the reproducing unit 270. [

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a process of analyzing a source of a tinnitus treatment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a user transmits a sound source previously stored in his / her user terminal 110 to a sound source conversion server 130, and the sound source whose frequency is removed by the sound source conversion engine 150 is retransmitted, And so on.

When the user transmits a sound source to remove the tinnitus frequency to the sound source conversion server 130 through the sound source therapy application (S31), the sound source conversion server 130 requests the sound source conversion engine 150 to remove the tinnitus frequency of the sound source (S32).

First, in the decoding unit of the sound source conversion engine, sound source data that can be formed of MP3 or the like is converted into a WAVE (PCM) format (S33). Then, in order to parallel-process the WAVE (PCM) (S34), and then converted into a real number format or an imaginary number format for FFT conversion processing of the divided unit WAVE (PCM) data.

Thereafter, the windowing processing unit minimizes the leakage frequency or spectral leakage of the real format data or the imaginary format data through windowing (S35), and outputs the noise-removed real format data or the noise canceled format data in the FFT processing unit Imaginary format data is converted from a time domain format to a frequency domain format (S36), and the dB corresponding to each frequency of the frequency domain can be analyzed and stored in a decibel map.

The IFFT processing unit converts the frequency domain data filtered by the tinnitus frequency into a time domain format (S37), and then performs frequency conversion on the frequency domain through the FFT / IFFT Format data or imaginary format data to WAVE (PCM) data for delivery to the engine call destination.

Thereafter, the playback unit checks in real time whether or not the WAVE (PCM) data from which the tinnitus frequency is removed by the parallel processing is completed in real time, collects the completed buffer, and transmits the WAVE (PCM) data to the sound source therapy application (S38) And the sound source can be reproduced by providing it to the user (S39).

In step S38, the reproducing unit collects the dB information analyzed by the FFT processing unit using the Get function, collects the output values of the sound source conversion engine, and transmits the collected values to the sound source therapy application. The output value is transmitted to the sound source treatment DB and stored (S40).

FIGS. 8A and 8B are views illustrating an example in which a tinnitus frequency of a sound source is removed on a tinnitus treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8A shows a frequency analysis 310 and a frequency spectrum 320 of a sound source before being input to the sound source conversion engine 150. FIG 8B shows a frequency analysis of a sound source output by the sound source conversion engine 150 310 and the frequency spectrum 320 of FIG.

That is, referring to FIG. 8B, it can be seen that the sound source output by the sound source conversion engine 150 shows the region 320 where the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency of the user is removed.

As described above, according to the present invention, in order to solve the suffering of the patient who is listening for a long time by using only pure tone, noises, or restricted therapy music corresponding to widely used tinnitus frequency, By eliminating the frequency domain and providing the conversion, it is possible to maximize the therapeutic effect by providing a sound source that is suitable for the individual frequency by reducing the tinnitus by the lateral inhibition action and making it easy to listen for a long time.

According to the present invention, in order to prevent the loss of auditory cells caused by the linear control of the playback device volume of the smart device, it is possible to reflect the individual's hearing level and to enable independent sound control for each frequency band of the sound source It is possible to provide an equalization function.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the specific embodiments of the present invention, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. Various modifications and variations are possible.

110: user terminal 120: sound source therapy application
130: sound source conversion server 140: sound source treatment DB
150: sound source conversion engine 160: hospital server
210: decoding unit 220: windowing processor
330: FFT processing unit 240: Frequency filtering unit
250: IFFT processing unit 260:
270: reproduction part 310: frequency analysis graph
320: Frequency spectrum
330: area where frequency equal to the user's tinnitus frequency is removed from the sound source

Claims (16)

(a) requesting a list of sound sources to be used for treatment of the user's own tinnitus through a sound source therapy application;
(b) inquiring the tinnitus frequency of the user input in the sound source treatment DB by the sound source conversion server which has received the sound source list and delivering it to the sound source therapy application;
(c) extracting a list of sound sources whose main components are the same frequency range as the tinnitus frequency of the user and providing the extracted list to the user;
(d) the user selecting any sound source from the sound source list through a sound source therapy application;
(e) analyzing a frequency of the selected sound source and a tinnitus frequency of a user to remove a frequency equal to a tinnitus frequency in the frequency domain of the sound source; And
(f) providing a user with a sound source whose frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency is removed;
/ RTI > The method of claim 1, 2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (e)
The sound source conversion engine converts the selected sound source into WAVE data, converts the WAVE data into a real format or an imaginary format, processes the real format data or the imaginary format data by FFT (Fsat Fourier Transform) Wherein the frequency is filtered and then subjected to inverse Fsat Fourier transform (IFFT). 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the sound source conversion engine divides the WAVE data into a plurality of frequency bands and then formats each of the divided WAVE data into a real format or an imaginary format. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the sound source conversion engine performs FFT processing after minimizing a leakage frequency of the real format data or imaginary format data through windowing. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sound source from which the tinnitus frequency is removed is stored in the sound source therapy DB separately from the sound source provided to the user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sound source is a music file. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (d)
Wherein the user selects one of the sound sources stored in the user terminal. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tinnitus frequency of the user in step (b)
The method comprising the steps of: a user sequentially listening to a plurality of stimuli tones having different frequencies;
The user selecting any of the plurality of stimulus notes; And
Setting a frequency of the stimulus sound selected by the user as a tinnitus frequency and inputting the frequency into a sound source therapy database;
And the tinnitus is input to the sound source therapy DB via the frequency control. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tinnitus frequency of the user in step (b)
Wherein the user is automatically entered and updated from a server of the hospital being treated. A sound source treatment DB storing a treatment history including a user's tinnitus frequency;
A sound source therapy application for extracting a list of sound sources having a tinnitus frequency band of a user transmitted from the sound source treatment DB as a main component and providing the extracted list to the user;
A sound source conversion server for inquiring the tinnitus frequency of the user to the sound source treatment DB and delivering the tinnitus frequency to the sound source conversion application, and transmitting a tinnitus frequency removal request of one sound source selected by the user from the sound source list to the sound source conversion engine; And
Analyzing a frequency of the selected sound source and a tinnitus frequency of the user and removing the same frequency region as the tinnitus frequency among the frequency regions of the selected sound source and providing the same to the user terminal;
A tinnitus treatment system comprising frequency control comprising: The sound source conversion engine according to claim 10,
A decoding unit for converting sound source data into WAVE data;
A windowing processor for converting the WAVE data into real format data or imaginary format data and minimizing a leak frequency of the real format data or imaginary format data through windowing;
An FFT processing unit for FFT-processing the windowed processed real format data or imaginary format data;
A frequency filtering unit for filtering the same frequency as the tinnitus frequency of the user in the FFT-processed real format data or the imaginary format data;
An IFFT processing unit for performing IFFT processing of filtered real format data or imaginary format data at a frequency equal to the tinnitus frequency of the user; And
An encoding unit for converting the IFFT-processed real format data or the imaginary format data into WAVE data;
Wherein the tinnitus treatment system comprises: 12. The sound source conversion engine according to claim 11,
A data divider for dividing the WAVE data converted by the decoding unit into predetermined frequency bands; And
A playback unit for merging the WAVE data encoded by the encoding unit and providing the WAVE data to a user;
Wherein the tinnitus treatment system further comprises: 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the tinnitus frequency of the user stored in the sound source treatment DB is &
Wherein the user is automatically input from a hospital server of a hospital to be treated. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the user terminal is installed in a user terminal, and the user terminal is any one selected from a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a computer, a notebook, an electronic organizer, a PMP or a PDA. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the sound source from which the frequency domain equal to the tinnitus frequency is removed is stored in the sound source treatment DB separately from the provision to the user. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the plurality of sound sources corresponding to the sound source list are stored in the sound source conversion server and are transmitted to the user terminal at the request of the user.

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