[Chronic tinnitus].
Chronic tinnitus is a frequent symptom in the current medical practice. Patients presenting with chronic tinnitus have to be evaluated by comprehensive examination, including ENT status, audiometry and complete neuro-otological evaluation if required, to exclude an organic cause of tinnitus, as an external--or middle ear lesion, or a retro-cochlear process. Most often, chronic tinnitus is only associated with a sensorineural hearing-loss. Overall, no drug treatment can be proposed. However, the patient needs help and two techniques can be proposed to make the symptom more tolerable: the bio-psycho-social model, with a medical and psychological sustain, and the habituation auditory therapy, using noisers to mask the tinnitus.
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Service d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale CHUV, Lausanne. florian.barras@chuv.hospvd.ch
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D001299:Audiometry; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*