title: The efficacy of individual treatment of subjective tinnitus with cognitive behavioural therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It has been a long time since subjective tinnitus cases were described for the first time but they still lack a treatment with proven effectiveness. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 2012 and 2013, 310 patients that suffered from subjective tinnitus were studied. Of these, 267 were included in treatment based on cognitive behavioural therapy. The monitoring period lasted 18 months for most cases, while it lasted 21 months for 11 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Considering patients that interrupted their treatment as failures, the percentage of recovery was 95.7%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cognitive behavioural therapy should always be included in the treatment of people suffering from tinnitus.
authors.affiliation: Servicio ORL, Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto (Valencia), España. Electronic address: canals_pas@gva.es.
authors.forename: Pascual
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canals
authors.affiliation: Servicio ORL, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez Del Valle
authors.affiliation: Servicio ORL, Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto (Valencia), España.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Servicio ORL, Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto (Valencia), España.
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D001307:Auditory Perception; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acúfenos subjetivos; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Entrevista psicológica; Psychologist interview; Subjective tinnitus; Terapia cognitiva-conductual