Developed by University of Colorado Boulder

 

Reclaim Your Life from Tinnitus

Tailored for your tinnitus journey, our app offers a scientifically-backed program to help you manage tinnitus more effectively and improve your quality of life.

Interested? Download the app and complete a screening questionnaire to check whether you qualify to participate!

 
 
 
 
 
 

What's unique about this app

 
 

Evidence-Based Strategies

Discover the depth of our 20-module program, enriched with CBT-based strategies and practical tips. These modules are carefully designed to help you understand and manage tinnitus using scientifically validated methods.

Personalised Support

Gain tailored clinical guidance along with educational modules, focusing on your unique needs. This key feature includes clinician support, ensuring a personalized and supportive experience throughout the program.

Accessible and Flexible Learning

Explore and implement effective tinnitus management techniques at your own pace and comfort with our web-based application, designed to enhance your learning experience at home.

About our team

We are a team of academics and researchers from the University of Colorado, specialising in tinnitus, bringing our extensive expertise in otolaryngology, audiology, and clinical psychology to this project.

 

What our users say

 

”I feel privileged and extremely fortunate to have been chosen to take part in the tackling tinnitus programme because not only has it helped me to reinterpretation and cope with tinnitus effectively it has also given me new positive coping strategies to deal with many aspects throughout my life.“

“Thanks so much to you and the team, it is so great to be doing something positive and taking control rather than just grinning and bearing my tinnitus which I had been doing until now. I now have tools so that tinnitus does not have such a big impact anymore.”

"People said I just need to get used to the tinnitus, but not how. I now know how and this has made such a significant difference to me and the way I relate to and manage my tinnitus. I don’t feel alone and that there is something I can do about the tinnitus, not just having to accept it. Thank you!”

 
 
 

Tackling Tinnitus Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 

The Tackling Tinnitus Study aims to provide you with information and strategies to manage your tinnitus and these can be learnt at the comfort of your own home using a smartphone app. We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how we collect, use and share your personal information.

This policy applies explains: 

  • What personal information we collect through the App

  • How we use your information

  • How we share information

  • Your rights and choices

  • How we protect information we collect

  • Contact information 

By using our app, you confirm you have agreed to the Terms of Use and have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. What personal information we collect through the App

Account and profile information

We collect information about you when you register for an account, create or modify your profile, set preferences, or signup for our Services. This includes your name and email address.

Your use of our program

When you access or use the Tackling Tinnitus App, we will collect and store certain usage data. This includes the types of content you view or engage with, the frequency and duration of your activities, and your progression through content. 

Questionnaires

Through the app we will ask you to answer questions about your tinnitus on a weekly basis. This will include questions about how bothersome your tinnitus is, and what it sounds like. In addition, as a part of the study you will also be requested to complete several questionnaires before, during and after the completion of the self-help offered via this app. 

Device information

We collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices where you install or access our Services. We may associate the information we collect from your different devices, which helps us provide consistent services across your devices. Some examples of the device information we may collect include:

  • Attributes such as the operating system, hardware version, device settings, file and software names and types, battery and signal strength, and device identifiers.

  • Device locations, including specific geographic locations, such as through GPS, Bluetooth, or WiFi signals. We will ask you to opt-in before we use GPS or other tools to identify your precise location.

  • Connection information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, browser type, language and timezone, mobile phone number and IP address. 

2. How we use your information

The personal and research data collected is used for research purposes related to the evaluation of the Tackling Tinnitus program. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the brain and cognition may change following Tinnitus intervention. If you join the study, you will be requested to undergo 8-weeks of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based strategies for tinnitus that are delivered via the smartphone app to manage the consequences of tinnitus. Results of our studies may lead to objective brain indicators of tinnitus distress.

3. How we share information

Information obtained about you for this study will be kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. Research information that identifies you may be shared with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder Institutional Review Board (IRB) and others who are responsible for ensuring compliance with laws and regulations related to research, including people on behalf of the Office for Human Research Protections. 

The information from this research may be published for scientific purposes; however, your identity will not be given out. 

The data collected from this research may be shared with other members of the research community for collaborative purposes.  When data are shared with collaborative researchers, all personal identifying information (including codes) will be removed from the data before being sent. These other researchers will not have access to your personal identifying information. 

4. Your rights and choices 

Participating in this research is entirely voluntary, and the decision is yours. You have the option to withdraw from the study at any time, and your decision will not have any negative consequences. Data collected up to the point of withdrawal may be retained and analyzed for study purposes.

5. How we protect information we collect

We will make every effort to maintain the privacy of your data.  All research staff will be trained in their responsibilities concerning the protection of participants’ rights to confidentiality. Information collected through the app will be limited to your name, email address, app usage, and weekly questions regarding your tinnitus. You will be assigned a number code, and your identifying information will be removed prior to data analysis and will not be included in any publications. Only the principal investigator and the research team will have access to the key for decoding this information. Data will be entered into password protected computers that will only be accessed by members of the study team.

6. Contact Information

If you have questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your rights and choices, please email us at vinaya.manchaiah@cuanschutz.edu.  

 
 

Tackling Tinnitus Terms of Use

This agreement was written in English (US). To the extent any translated version of this agreement conflicts with the English version, the English version takes precedence.  

Effective Date: 

Welcome to Tackling Tinnitus

Welcome to the Tackling Tinnitus Study App.  This app is designed for participants involved in a research study involving an Internet-based intervention for tinnitus. Your use of the app indicates your voluntary participation in this research study. You may withdraw from the study at any time. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the App. 

This page explains our terms of use, which contain important information about your legal rights and responsibilities. When you use the Tackling Tinnitus App, you’re agreeing to these terms. 

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. 

By downloading, installing, or using the Tackling Tinnitus App, you're agreeing to these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, do not create an account or use the app.

Please read the Terms carefully. We’ve tried to make the Terms fair and straightforward, but feel free to contact us at vinaya.manchaiah@cuanschutz.edu if you have any questions or suggestions.

1.  Privacy

We value your privacy. The Tackling Tinnitus Privacy Policy outlines important information about how we collect, use and share your content and personal information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help you make informed decisions.

2. Your account

Make sure your account information is accurate and that you keep your account safe. You will follow our rules and the law. You will not be able to create an account and access the Tackling Tinnitus program if you are under the age of 18.

To use our program, you must first create a Cogniss account (“Account”). You agree to: (1) try to choose a strong and secure password; (2) keep your password secure and confidential; and (3) follow the law and our list of Dos and Don’ts. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse.

Your personal information in anonymized, pseudonymized, de-personalized and/or aggregated form when other data is associated.

3. Tackling Tinnitus ‘Dos and Don’ts’

We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same. We ask that you follow our rules.

Dos

You agree that you will: 

  1. Provide accurate information to us and keep it updated.

  2. Immediately notify us of any actual or suspected loss, theft or unauthorized use of your account or access codes.

  3. Complete 2 to 3 modules every week as required in the study.

  4. Complete weekly worksheets and questionnaires.

  5. Do your best to work on the suggestions made in the program to help better manage tinnitus for about 2 hours each week.

  6. Use the Services in a way consistent with these Terms.

Don’ts

You agree that you will not:

  1. Provide any false personal information - including your age - or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

  2. Share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.

  3. Create more than one personal account.

  4. Solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.

  5. Post content that: is hate speech, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains gratuitous nudity or violence.

  6. Engage in cyber-bullying, that is, communications that seek to harass, humiliate, embarrass, torment, threaten, pick on or intimidate another person. Examples of cyber bullying can include (but are not limited to) flaming (repeated negative messages), sexual and racist harassment, denigration, impersonation, trickery, exclusion and cyber stalking.

  7. Facilitate or encourage any violations of these Terms or our policies.

5. Limits

The study team may decide to stop your participation without your permission if the study team thinks that being in the study may cause you harm, or for any other reason. Also, the sponsor may stop the study at any time.

6. Termination

Taking part in this study is voluntary.  You can leave the research at any time, and it will not be held against you. Data collected up to the point of withdrawal may be kept and analyzed for study purposes. Participants who withdraw from the study will not be asked to return for any follow-up visits. If you decide to leave the research, contact the investigator so that the investigator can remove you from the study. 

7. Payments

There is no cost to participate in this study or to use this app. You will not be charged to download or access the Tackling Tinnitus App. You will not be paid to be in the study. 

8. Changes

We may make changes to these Terms. If we ever change them in a way that meaningfully reduces your rights, we’ll give you notice and an opportunity to close your account.

We may modify these Terms or our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide you notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may close your account. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these Terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms.

9. Contact Information

The researcher carrying out this study is Vinaya Manchaiah. If you have questions, concerns, or complaints later, you may call Vinaya Manchaiah at (303) 724 9316.  You can also call the responsible Institutional Review Board.  You can contact them at COMIRB@ucdenver.edu or (303) 724 1055.

Thank you for your participation in the Tackling Tinnitus research study!