MuteButton is an innovative new Tinnitus neuromodulation device that targets auditory-somatosensory convergent structures in the brain that are involved in the generation of Tinnitus. The device delivers multimodal stimuli to modulate neuropathological activity and suppress the associated illusory sound.

 

How can it help you?

What is Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is the perception of illusory low-level sound, typically a hiss or buzz.  It can be caused by treatable conditions, like excess fluid, wax or even foreign objects lodged in the ear canal. Subjective Tinnitus has no such apparent cause, and no currently-available effective treatment.

What is MuteButton?
Mutebutton is a novel technology intended to alleviate the symptoms of Subjective Tinnitus. The device synchronously presents sound using headphones and tactile representations to an intra-oral array on the tongue.

How does it work?
The device simultaneously stimulates the senses of hearing using sound and touch using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

Low-entropy multimodal stimuli are used to target brainstem structures where the auditory and trigeminal nerves converge. Rate-encoded signals are used to suppress the neuropathological activity suspected to be involved in the generation of Tinnitus.

High-entropy stimuli are used to target auditory-somatosensory integration structures in the cerebral cortex giving the brain a multimodal basis for sound discrimination to harness inherent neurological mechanisms that suppress illusory percepts such as the sounds of Tinnitus.

How can I get involved?
MuteButton are currently conducting a number of treatment studies in clinics in Dublin, Ireland. If you are a tinnitus sufferer and wish to participate in a MuteButton treatment study, please contact us at: info@mutebutton.ie

How can it help your Patients?

Device Classification
MuteButton is a novel research platform for the investigation of auditory-somatosensory neurological integration and its ability to modulate the symptoms of Subjective Tinnitus. It is a non-surgically invasive (Class IIA) device, currently in pre-clinical development, that simultaneously stimulates the auditory and trigeminal nerves using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

Development Status
The MuteButton device is currently in pre-clinical phase development. MuteButton are currently conducting a number of treatment studies that will form the basis for a regulatory approval submission to the relevant Notified Bodies & Competent Authorities.

Collaborative Research
We are actively seeking academic & clinical partners interested in collaborating in Tinnitus neuromodulation research, particularly in the area of transcutaneous trigeminal nerve stimulation. If you are a clinician, healthcare professional or academic involved in this or related areas of research or believe that your patients may benefit from a collaborative treatment study, please contact us at: research@mutebutton.ie