[Psychological aspects of subjective tinnitus].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the psychological aspects of tinnitus and so as to treat them more effectively.


METHODS
A total of 225 patients with first complain of subjective tinnitus was studied with interviewing, Zuang's self-rating scale of depression and tinnitus questionnaire to evaluate their psychological issues.


RESULTS
All patients showed obvious psychological problems. 21% of patients were resulted from psychological causes. 67.7% of patients were resulted in server psychological responses. The rest patients showed not only psychological causes but also psychological responses.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that there is close relationship between tinnitus and psychological issues. Tinnitus questionnaire and tinnitus retraining therapy are powerful tools in diagnosing and treating psychological issues in tinnitus patients.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
Hongtian
H
Wang
Ying
Y
Zhou
Suoqiang
S
Zhai
Weiyan
W
Yang
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy