Clinical Implication and Therapeutic Efficacy of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy.
- Author:
Shi Nae PARK
1
;
Sang Won YEO
;
Sang Hee CHUNG
;
Soo Jin RHEE
;
Yong Soo PARK
;
Byung Do SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. swyeo@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Tinnitus retraining therapy;
Tinnitus
- MeSH:
Humans;
Korea;
Psychoacoustics;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Tinnitus*
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2002;45(3):231-237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) has been presented as a new approach to tiniutus management. The aim of this paper is to show the clinical implication method of TRT in our clinic and to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of TRT based on questionnaires and tinnitograms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the clinical implication method of TRT, 60 patients with tinnitus, who visited Tinnitus Clinic, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital from May, 1999 to July, 2001, and who had received TRT for their tinnitus, were included for the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy of TRT. Their psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus and changes of subjective tinnitus were analyzed. RESULTS: Loudness, awareness, annoyance and effect on life of tinnitus decreased after TRT. Tinnitus handicap score also significantly decreased (p<0.05). Forty-eight patients among the sixty patients (80%) showed relief of their tinnitus in more than 2 of 4 subjective parameters (loudness, awareness, annoyance and effect on life of tinnitus). CONCLUSION: TRT has been shown to be effective in the treatment of subjective tinnitus. Modification of TRT may be necessary for easy application of this therapy in Korea.
