In a general embodiment, the invention encompasses a method for treating tinnitus comprising subjecting a subject having tinnitus to a repeated number of sounds starting with a tone at about 9397 Hz followed by successive tones repeated until an approximate match is found with the tone perceived by the tinnitus sufferer. Once the personalized tinnitus tone has been found, the software generates “sine clusters” described below, which are then reproduced by a sound generator and played to the subject on a set clinical schedule, thereby effecting an improvement or reduction in tinnitus symptoms.

One of the most important aspects of the present application, and the impetus to commercialize the Dead Ringer system, is that upon clinical experimentation, the inventor has repeatedly demonstrated UNEXPECTEDLY SUPERIOR RESULTS, as follows: In addition to the consistent 50-100% reduction results I have achieved with my father, Case Study Owen Amman has used a 1-hour ACR cluster track designed by Derek Holley roughly 3 times per week for the last 6 weeks, and it has taken his tinnitus from a 4 to a 0 each time for several hours following each instance: a 100% reduction.