INTRODUCTION Chronic subjective tinnitus is associated with cognitive disruptions affecting perception, thinking, language, reasoning, problem solving, memory, visual tasks (reading) and attention. OBJECTIVE To evaluate existence of any association between tinnitus parameters and neuropsychological performance to explain cognitive processing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study design was prospecti...

Introduction: Tinnitus is a symptom reported by the individual as sound sensation, perceived in ears or head, continuously intermittently without external source of stimulation. This alteration has variable causes and may be associated with patients hearing loss normal hearing. Among main methods cited treatment possibilities, aids been presented widely used resource. Objective: To carry out an...

OBJECTIVES We evaluate the relative effectiveness of a newly available tinnitus treatment approach for different categories of patients in general private practice. METHODS This was a cohort study, sponsored by Neuromonics, involving the first 470 patients to undertake the Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment in 7 Neuromonics tinnitus clinics. All patients were provided with a dynamic acoustic neur...

The quantity and quality of aural rehabilitation training that audiology graduate students receive versus the current services available to those students regarding work with the hearing impaired, cochlear implant recipients, patients with vestibular disorders, patients with central auditory processing disorders, and patients suffering from tinnitus were examined. Forty ASHA-accredited colleges...

Cochlear implantation (CI) is increasingly being used in the auditory rehabilitation of deaf patients. Here, we investigated whether the auditory rehabilitation can be influenced by the psychological burden caused by mental conditions. Our sample included 47 patients who underwent implantation. All patients were monitored before and 6 months after CI. Auditory performance was assessed using the...

Chronic tinnitus has a very high prevalence in industrialized countries. Latest studies found chronic tinnitus in 4% of the German population, with almost 2% suffering severely in their daily life. Because no curative therapeutic approach is available--neither pharmacological nor surgical--the main focus lies in treatments that enhance the habituation of tinnitus. Habituation occurs in almost 5...

Objective: Considering the heterogeneity of the symptoms shown by patients suffering from chronic tinnitus, there are surprisingly few interdisciplinary treatments available, and mostly available only for inpatients. In order to provide an interdisciplinary treatment, we developed a day care concept in which each patient was treated by an ENT doctor, a cognitive behavioral therapist, a speciali...

CONCLUSION The potential severity and persistence of ASI symptoms has significant clinical and medico-legal implications. With the rapid growth of call centres around the world, professionals providing tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy are increasingly likely to encounter some or all of the cluster of ASI symptoms in their clients. BACKGROUND Acoustic shock injury (ASI), occurring as a result ...