title: Results of TRT after eighteen months: our experience.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of TRT in patients suffering from tinnitus. The tinnitus disorder affects about 10-15% of the population and, in one person out of a hundred, it is a disabling disorder. TRT treatment is based on Jastreboff's neurophysiological model. TRT consists of two parts: counselling, and sound therapy by means of dedicated hearing aids and sound generators. It proved to be useful to reduce the symptoms related to tinnitus. Jastreboff's structured interviews were proposed to a sample of 51 patients with tinnitus belonging to the I-II-III-IV classes according to Jastreboff. These patients were treated for 18 months. Sixty-eight percent of patients reported a reduction in the symptoms related to tinnitus, such as sleep disturbance, problems in concentration, and inability to relax. A percentage (64.7%) of patients thought that their quality of life was improved. Patients who had suffered from tinnitus for less than one year achieved significantly better results than patients who had suffered for a longer period of time. TRT is an effective tool in the treatment of tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Complessa di Orl-Audiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy. baracca.giovanna@libero.it
authors.forename: Giovanna N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Baracca
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forti
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crocetti
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fagnani
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scotti
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Del Bo
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ambrosetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D011788:Quality of Life; D012063:Relaxation; D012890:Sleep; D013016:Sound; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome