Transforming Tinnitus Care: Dr. Ben Thompson On Hearing Loss, Sound Therapy, & Healthy Aging
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Join us in this episode as we dive into the science of tinnitus management with Dr. Ben Thompson, an audiologist and the founder of Treble Health. Eager to serve those with hearing loss and tinnitus, Dr. Thompson and his team have helped more than 5,000 patients and enrolled more than 2,000 people in their comprehensive treatment program – completely transforming the future of tinnitus care and education…
This conversation touches on:
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How Dr. Thompson got into the field of audiology.
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The cognitive stress that hearing loss often causes.
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The age at which most people start to notice issues with their hearing.
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Where tinnitus comes from.
Dr. Thompson completed his audiology residency at UCSF Medical Center, where he trained under leading tinnitus experts, including Dr. Pawel Jastreboff, founder of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. With years of clinical experience and hundreds of patients treated, he is dedicated to advancing tinnitus care.
In 2020, he launched a YouTube channel sharing practical tinnitus advice, which has grown to over 140,000 subscribers and 20 million views, making it one of the top online resources for tinnitus education.
Want to discover how Dr. Thompson provides world-class, tech-enabled care that helps patients get back to living a full and productive life? Whether you're dealing with tinnitus or are an audiologist yourself, tune in now to hear about Dr. Thompson's mission to advance tinnitus care.
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Keep up with Ben Thompson socials here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treblehealth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benthompsonaud/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@treblehealth
🛍️ Recommended Books from This Episode:
📖 Living with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis – A practical guide to managing tinnitus and sound sensitivity for better quality of life.
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📘 Tinnitus Retraining Therapy – Learn effective strategies and therapies to reduce the perception of tinnitus and improve hearing comfort.
👉 Try it here
📙 Hearing Loss For Dummies – A comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding and managing hearing loss in daily life.
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| 0:28.6 | Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.3 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.1 | My guest is Dr. Ben Thompson. |
| 0:43.1 | He's the founder of treble health. |
| 0:44.8 | We're going to talk about rewiring the way we hear science-based relief for tinnitus and |
| 0:49.0 | hearing loss. |
| 0:49.6 | And as I'm getting older, I'm asking people myself more and more. |
| 0:52.6 | What? |
| 0:52.9 | What did you say? |
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