title: [The curative effect of cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of chronic subjective tinnitus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the efficacy of the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for the treatment of chronic subjective tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty-seven patients were randomly divided into two groups. Sixty-eight patients of the control group were treated by masking therapy; and the other 89 patients of the experimental group were treated by CBT therapy. The score of tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) was utilized to analyze the treatment efficacy in the two groups respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate assessed by of THI score in the experimental group was not significantly higher than the control group 2 months after treatment (P > 0.05), but was significantly higher than the control group 6 months and 12 months after treatment (P < 0.05 respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CBT therapy contributed to achieve rapid adaptation of tinnitus feeling, which shows great value of further clinical application.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Zhuanglong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Qiuping
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yongliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Qiming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yuehui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome