With AudioNoise you can take advantage of the so-called masking effect: by presenting a low level broadband noise to the Ear it is possible to effectively block other (possibly disturbing) sounds. The point is that a broaband noise is much less disturbing than, say, a high pitched tone, because the brain doesn't interpret it as important information. In fact, after listening to broadband noise for 10-15 minutes you won't even notice it any more unless it is fairly loud. Applications include
* Cube farm background - focus on your work again
* Tinnitus masking (Noiser)
* Baby soothing
* Transfer function measurements (e.g. of your desktop speakers)
* Training background for cochlear-implant patients
The AudioNoise software can generate different types of noise: white, pink, and so-called physiological noise. The latter is adapted to the human ear and stimulates the inner ear (the cochlea) uniformly over its entire length. Each noise type can be restricted to an arbitrary Frequency range.
In order to make the noise even more relaxing, you can apply the "surf effect" to it. This means a waxing and waning of the noise Similar to an ocean surf. With AudioNoise you can choose the strength and period (timescale) of that effect.
AudioNoise can play the noise on your computer or save it to a sound file which can be burned to an audio CD.
In addition, AudioNoise contains a special tool for tinnitus diagnosis: the Tinnitus Finder. This is a Tone Generator with a slider to set pitch. Together with AudioNoise's volume control patients can match the AudioNoise-tone to their tinnitus in order to estimate the tinnitus frequency and to give others an impression of their tinnitus level.
