title: [Role of hypnotherapy in the treatment of debilitating tinnitus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hypnotherapy is currently used for tinnitus therapy in our university hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate its efficacy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was performed on 110 patients suffering from distressing tinnitus. They were treated during five sessions with hypnotherapy, supplemented by instruction on self-hypnotherapy. A subjective evaluation was done by the practitioner at the end of the sessions of hypnotherapy. Then a questionnaire on psychologic distress (Wilson 1991) was sent retrospectively to the patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We received 65 responses which were used for this study. Before treatment, the mean value of the Wilson score was 54 (28-104). After treatment, it was: 31 (0-86). 69% of the patients felt an improvement > or = 5 points Wilson score. These results were compared with the evaluation carried out by the practitioner at the end of the sessions of hypnosis. There was a "significant correlation" between the evaluation of the felt benefice, analyzed by the practitioner at the end of the sessions of hypnosis, and by the patient questioned long after the treatment. These results had significant correlation with the evaluation made by the therapist at the end of the five sessions of hypnotherapy. They show, how effective (68% improvement) this therapeutic approach can be.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypnotherapy can be regarded as an effective treatment against distressing tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: CHU Rouen, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Service ORL, 1 rue Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gajan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pannetier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cordier
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amstutz-Montadert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dehesdin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome