Audicin working with the military community

In August 2025, the Audicin Team led by CEO Laura Avonius has been busy interacting with representatives of the military communities. We were proud to have Audicin presented at the Fed Supernova at Capital Factory in Austin and by PSI Services LLC at Defense Health Information Technology Symposium in Nashville.

The feedback from the conversations at these events have got me thinking about how Audicin treatments can make a positive lifelong impact on the health and wellbeing for those who serve. Here’s the facts:

The Need

The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs face a shared challenge: how to sustain the resilience of today’s service members while supporting the long-term wellbeing of veterans.

Decades of operational stress, deployments, and exposure to trauma have left many struggling with sleep disruption, chronic stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These issues are not only personal health crises, they affect military readiness, retention, and long-term care costs.

Traditional approaches, from psychotherapy to pharmaceuticals, remain important. But defense leaders are increasingly exploring scalable, non-invasive, and science-based technologies that can supplement existing care. One promising frontier is the use of therapeutic audio interventions designed to regulate the autonomic nervous system - like Audicin.

Why the Nervous System Matters for Readiness

Military performance depends on the nervous system’s ability to rapidly shift between high-alert states (during combat or training) and restorative states (for recovery and sleep). When this balance breaks down we see:

Sleep difficulties affecting cognitive performance and reaction time,
Heightened stress reactivity leading to burnout or operational errors,
Long-term health vulnerability to PTSD, depression, and cardiovascular disease.

Investing in nervous system regulation is, in essence, investing in readiness and long-term sustainability.

DoD’s Interest in Audio Treatements

The DoD has already demonstrated interest in audio interventions:

In 2022, the department funded a $3.8 million study of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), a sound-based intervention for PTSD.
Military OneSource launched “Chill Drills”, a guided app, to provide stress relief tools directly to service members.
Ongoing military research into resilience training highlights the value of accessible, non-invasive tools to complement conventional therapy.

These programs illustrate a growing recognition: sound is not just entertainment, it can heal.

New Science of Audio Healing

These 2025 studies reinforce the potential of science-informed audio treatment as a therapeutic tool (references at the end):

Induce Physiological Calm:

An RCT found that embedding binaural beats at theta, alpha, and beta frequencies into natural soundscapes significantly lowered heart rate, reduced blood pressure, and improved heart rate variability, all clear markers of parasympathetic activation and nervous system recovery.

Improve Sleep Onset and Quality:

One study examined the efficacy of customized binaural audio tracks to treat chronic insomnia. The results indicated that participants who listened to the audio treatment experienced significant improvements in sleep onset and overall sleep quality compared to the control group.

Together, these findings underscore that evidence-based audio treatment with a tool like Audicin offers an intervention with real benefits for stress regulation and recovery.

The Unique Audicin Approach

Audicin builds on this momentum with science-driven audio environments engineered to support nervous system regulation. Unlike generic relaxation tracks and apps, Audicin uses:

Patent pending binaural and spatial sound mapping design to naturally support brain rhythms,
Neuroscience-informed music patterns to functionally gently guide the nervous system toward calm, focus, or restorative sleep,
Passive listening that does not require active participation, which is critical for individuals in high-stress states who may find meditation or breathing exercises difficult.

For service members, this means a tool that can be integrated into training, in-field recovery, and post-deployment reintegration. For veterans, it offers an accessible, stigma-free option for daily self-care.

Benefits for Defense and Veteran Communities

Scalability: Audicin can be delivered through existing devices (smartphones, headsets) at negligible distribution cost.
Accessibility: Usable across cultures, languages, and literacy levels, crucial for global deployment and diverse populations.
Complementary: Can be layered into existing DoD and VA wellness programs without replacing evidence-based therapies.
Cost-effective: By improving sleep, reducing stress, and supporting recovery, Audicin may lower long-term healthcare costs.

Time for action

For policymakers, defense health leaders, and veteran advocates, the opportunity is clear:

• Pilot Audicin nervous system regulation within existing DoD resilience programs and VA care networks.

• Support research collaborations to quantify outcomes in stress recovery, sleep quality, and PTSD symptom reduction.

• Empower veterans’ organizations to distribute to those in need.

The U.S. military has always been a pioneer in adopting new technologies to protect its members. Audio-based nervous system regulation represents a low-risk, high-reward frontier , one that can strengthen readiness today and support those who served long after their missions end.

Take Away

At Audicin, we believe resilience begins with the nervous system. By harnessing the science of science-backed audio treatment, we can help our military community - from active-duty service members to veterans - find balance, recovery, and strength.

References

Yang, J., et al (2025). Effect of binaural beats embedded in natural sounds on autonomic nervous system activity: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 25(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-04922-x

Lin, K., et al. (2025). Use of customized binaural beats for the treatment of chronic insomnia: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Sleep Medicine, 16(1), 45–52. https://doi.org/10.13078/jsm.250006

The Power of Sound for Military and Veteran Care