Long-term effects of psychological treatment of tinnitus.
Twenty patients with severe tinnitus who had undergone behavioural treatment, including applied relaxation and perceptual restructuring, were re-assessed 9 months after completion of treatment. Among the self-recorded variables, tinnitus loudness, discomfort from tinnitus, depression, and irritation, discomfort from tinnitus was the only variable which was still significantly reduced. As part of the 9-month follow-up assessment, the patients' recall of the loudness and discomfort from their tinnitus was studied. Correlations between original recordings and recall data were low.
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
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D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*