Some psychological aspects of tinnitus.
Tinnitus rarely can be cured. The patient, however, needs help to avoid countless ineffective treatments and considerable cost. The clinical examination of patients with severe and chronic tinnitus must include associated psychological disturbances. After all medical and audiological treatments have failed, tinnitus patients often are advised to "learn to live with it." The aim of psychosocial treatment is assisting patients in the identification of aggravating factors in tinnitus and teaching them various coping skills.
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Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, University of Dresden, Germany.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy