background and aim: tinnitus retraining therapy (trt) comprises comprehensive edu­cational counseling and sound therapy. the aim of this study was to compare the eff­ectiveness of trt relative to a simplified version of trt (strt). simplified trt is different from trt in the duration and type of the educational counseling (shorter) but is similar to trt in the application of sound therapy. meth...

OBJECTIVE Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is characterized by a rapid loss of hearing, most often of cochlear origin. Very little attention has been paid in the literature to quality of life (QoL), psychosocial consequences and audiological rehabilitation after SSHL. DESIGN We studied how level of hearing loss, hearing recovery, tinnitus and vertigo affect QoL after SSHL and the psyc...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to compare treatment outcomes for chronic bothersome tinnitus after Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) versus standard of care treatment (SC) and to determine the longevity of the effect over an 18-month period. STUDY DESIGN A randomized controlled trial comparing TRT to SC for chronic tinnitus. METHODS Adults with subjective, stable, bothersome chronic ...

Abstract Tinnitus is prevalent among military Veterans, yet there a gap between the demand and provision of services for tinnitus rehabilitation within Veterans Health Administration (VHA). We sought to understand service needs preferences with bothersome who use Affairs (VA) services. conducted semistructured telephone interviews in 2019 diagnosed tinnitus, reported it as bothersome. were purp...

lesion can be effective in vascular tinnitus. Here, we present three cases of pulsatile tinnitus of venous origin. Despite general tinnitus therapy and tinnitus rehabilitation therapy, tinnitus was persistent in these cases. Therefore, the patients were treated with ligation of the internal jugular vein (IJV). During angiography, the site for venous ligation was confirmed by compression of the ...

Cochlear implantation is a well-accepted method of aural rehabilitation in deaf or severely hearing-impaired adults and children. A majority of patients not only suffer from hearing impairment but from tinnitus. The high rate of preoperative tinnitus in adults (68.1%) stands in contrast to assumed lower rates in children. Unknown are such factors as how tinnitus develops in children, how they r...

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Abstract The Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research & Development (RR&D) National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory (NCRAR) was first funded by the RR&D Service in 1997 and has been continuously since that time. overall purpose of NCRAR is to “improve quality life others with hearing balance problems through clinical research, technology development, education leads better p...

INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is considered as one of the major symptom associated with many pathologies along with its presence in individuals with normal hearing. With varied cause and mechanism of its generation and increase in number of individuals with complaint of tinnitus, rehabilitation becomes crucial for Audiologists. OBJECTIVE Study was undertaken to find the efficacy of Residual Inhibitio...