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Tinnitus frequency generator

A manual tone generator built for tinnitus: a continuous tone from 20 Hz to 16,000 Hz with coarse, fine and 1 Hz steps, a choice of pure tone, soft tone, triangle, narrow noise band or hiss band, left/right balance, and a volume that starts low. If you would rather be guided step by step, with an octave check, use the guided tinnitus frequency finder.

Last reviewed 28 August 2026 · Updated 27 September 2026 · Sources listed below · Not medical advice

What a frequency generator is for

Many people with tonal tinnitus want to know roughly what pitch they hear. A frequency generator lets you sweep a tone up and down until it sounds similar. That rough pitch is useful in two ways: it helps choose masking sounds with energy in the same region, and it lets you try the frequency-centred experiments in Find My Quiet Sound (see how tinnitus pitch matching works). It is not a hearing test and it does not change the tinnitus itself.

How to use it safely

  1. Tones feel louder than noise at the same setting, so Find My Quiet Sound caps the tone level lower than other sounds and fades it in. Keep it at the lowest comfortable level.
  2. Sweep slowly with the slider, then refine with +/−10 Hz and +/−1 Hz.
  3. Check one octave up and down. Pitch matching often lands an octave off; compare the tone with double and half its frequency before you settle.
  4. Stop if anything feels uncomfortable. A few minutes is plenty.

Typical ranges

Most people place their tinnitus between about 3,000 and 8,000 Hz, but lower and higher pitches are common. If yours sounds more like a hiss than a ring, the narrow-band and hiss-band tone types will feel closer than a pure tone. More in what tinnitus frequency means and typical ranges.

Sound Visualizer (Frequency Bloom)

The Open Sound Visualizer button opens Frequency Bloom, a live visual whose pattern changes with the frequency and level you set — a calm way to see what you are hearing. It is decorative, not diagnostic.

Sources

  1. Self-administered tinnitus pitch matching versus a conventional audiometric procedure (2017)
  2. Evaluation of iPod-based automated tinnitus pitch matching (2015)
  3. NIDCD — Tinnitus (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
  4. WHO-ITU standard: Safe listening devices and systems

Important: Find My Quiet Sound is designed for sound masking, relaxation and tinnitus management support. It does not diagnose, treat or cure tinnitus and is not a substitute for professional medical care. If your tinnitus is new, in one ear only, pulsing with your heartbeat, or comes with hearing loss or dizziness, see a doctor or audiologist.

Written from the sources above by the Find My Quiet Sound project; no clinician has reviewed this page. See Research & Sources and the medical disclaimer.