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Abstract

REISS and REISS, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, University of Dresden, Germany write that tinnitus can rarely be cured . The authors review the literature (12 references).

Background

Methodology

Results

The authors write that the tinnitus patient requires help to avoid countless ineffective treatments and considerable cost. They further state that the clinical examination of patients with severe and chronic tinnitus must include associated psychological disturbances. If all medical and audiological treatment fail, tinnitus patients are often advised to "learn to live with it". The aim of psychosocial treatment is to assist patients to identify aggravating factors in tinnitus and to teach them various coping skills.

Conclusion

References

Reiss M and Reiss G Some psychological aspects of tinnitus. Perceptual and Motor Skills 88(3): 790-2. Jun 1999.